12 Dec 09 Job Search – Are You Qualified Enough to Get a Job

Are you? This is the question you should ask yourself every morning you get off your bed. The answer to this question will get you a job. How to find if you are qualified or not? The only way to do so is to ask this question and test yourself. You need to do an honest assessment of your skills, and honestly review how well it is suited for the job you are searching. You should try to find answers to the following questions:

What was the last degree, diploma, or certificate course you completed?
Which year?
What seminars, video course, or webinars do you attend and how frequently?
Which blog, website, forums, magazines or books do you read in a month and how many?
What has changed in your industry in the last year, or the last two years?
Have you tried to update yourself by learning new advancement?
How much time or money have devoted on this?
Will you get a job, if you were fresher? Analyze this on the basis of skills you have.

This is not an exam where you need to excel by hook or by crook. This is a real life test which you can only pass if you are honest with yourself. These are the basic questions you need to ask. The honest assessment of your skills will tell you what you need to learn in order to be employable again. If you do not update your skills, you will be obsolete before late. Keep on inventing, reinventing and upgrading yourself, and you will always be in demand.

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23 Nov 09 You are An Expert, Own Your Domain Part – II

In the first part of you are an expert, own your domain, I talked about the internal changes you need to bring in yourself to instantly sound and feel like an expert in your domain. In this issue of the mini-series, I will talk about how to upgrade you skills and keep reinventing yourself in order to keep your position as an expert in your chosen niche secure.

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An expert is a person who knows most of the relevant detail about his domain (if not all), and you can only hope to know all if the information is presented to you in a platter. Thankfully, it is served that way. All you need to provide the address (e-mail ID) where you want it to be delivered. Keep yourself apprised of recent findings, thoughts, ideas, development, and research, etc., in your niche.

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Getting news by the hour is too late. We are the generation of “NOW”, and we should get it everything here and now. Be it information about the recent development (by recent I meant development in last 10 or 20 minutes), or the latest breaking news (the news that broke 30 or 60 seconds ago). You can get this by setting an alert for your niche. Setting up Google Alert will keep you on top of the news in your niche. This is what an expert is supposed to do: be on top of all the development in the industry.

Develop your skills

A true expert is a person who keeps on investing resources in continuous learning. Learning should never stop, if you intend to become an expert. Take a certificate course that educates advance students like you in your chosen field. Attend seminars, be a part of industry gatherings, read books, attend webinars, etc. to upgrade your skill.

Always remember, the moment you stop growing you stop being seen as an expert.

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15 Aug 09 5 Ways to Save your Job

In the current economy, getting a job is very difficult, and so is keeping oneself safe from getting fired. Through this article, I am going to share 5 tips that will help you retain your job in tough times.

Tip 1: Increase visibility

What is out of sight is out of mind, and also out of job. Do not just follow, “9am in the office and 6 pm out of office” routine. Go and talk to your boss, and invite your colleagues for a dinner at your place. Use the first coffee you have in office as an opportunity to strike conversation.

Tip 2: Volunteer

Volunteer for the work outside your department. Participate in group activities and company’s sponsored events. Attend seminars, and be part of company-wide committees.

Tip3: Seize opportunity

Do not wait for your boss or someone from HR department to push you to do a work. Be proactive and take responsibility.

Tip 4: Keep learning and let other know about it

Invest time and money (if required) in learning new skills, and make your company know about it. I am not saying that go to your boss and tell, in his face, what you are doing these days, nor I am asking you to stick a big notice on the notice board. Let them know about it but not overtly.

Tip5: Respect others

Do you think people in your company are stupid? And the receptionist and the guard at the door are not worth talking to? Change your point of view. How you treat them is seen by invisible eyes of the office. Respect others.

Tags: Boss, Colleagues, Committees, Economy, First Coffee, Getting A Job, Group Activities, Hr Department, Invisible Eyes, Office Routine, Out Of Sight, People, Point Of View, Receptionist, Respect Others, Seminars, Sponsored Events, Time And Money, Tough Times, Visibility

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