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Coronavirus is new to India even when several countries were threatened earlier by MERS CoV and SARS India was not much affected. Our generation is seeing the worst enemy of our lives but this could be tamed by many ways. At this point in time there isn’t any significant development in the drug/vaccination discovery although the trials are underway. Those staggering numbers in the USA, Spain, Italy and the ROW evidently portrays the danger associated with the virus. Personally, I speak to many of my friends in the US and they are confined to their houses and are fearful to even step out. WHO has been recommending strict measures and useful guidelines and awareness materials to create awareness, to protect people from acquiring the disease. Based on their guidelines all the countries are following their footpath. India is guided by WHO, Ministry of Health and family welfare of central and state governments. The news channels are doing their part to ensure the right information rea...

In a recent event where I was invited to be part of, I was amazed to see a friend of mine launching a book amidst renowned dignitaries and bunch of young minds.It is not quite easy to author a book unless you have that fire in you. A data suggests that If 100 aspires to write a book, only 3 ends up writing it and 25% of that would actually publish it. Therefore, taking to writing and getting it to fruition is a journey by itself which needs commitment, passion and focus. Even, I’ve had the interest in authoring a book since 5 years but I barely made any attempt in that direction. This book launch from the classmate of mine has actually kindled my hidden interest and I plan to author a book soon. So, on that premise what does it take to author a book, if we delve deep into that there are few tips that really would help you. In the interest of my readers I thought would list it down here.., “Before you can launch a bestseller, you have to write a bestseller”  Jeff Goins ...

Often, we come across HR professionals who grapple with so much at work (firefighting) that naturally shift their focus from ensuring a successful on-boarding. In my personal experience I've always emphasized the importance and thus practiced it as a routine. Many young HR professionals I talk to share that they are not aware of how the On-boarding should be and what forms part of it and some are generally not aware of its purpose nor the impact. This blog is aimed at throwing some light on the concept and practice as it will guide behaviors at work. By and large On-boarding  must follow a sequence and it doesn't differs greatly thereby I'm busting the myth that that it differs from industry to industry and company to company. As you are aware, the success of a recruitment function lies in hiring the most suitable resource to fulfill a requirement within the organization and enormous efforts and much time is invested in the activity which is anchored end to end by the ...

At the outset, a very happy weekend to all my followers, fellow bloggers. I’m taking Talent Acquisition for this weekend to explore some of the key aspects which will benefit the experienced and the aspiring TA specialists. I’m sure you are following all my blogs and liking it…If you do then leave a comment below Being a specialised role for an HR, how to stand out in this role from  the rest is a question that you must ask yourself. I have tried my best to throw some light on the subject, and here are some pointers to make the function more effective to ensure you hire the best talent for your company and you command respect in your organization.  Manpower Planning Being participate in the manpower planning exercise, ask questions, seek clarity and contribute to arrive at more detailed requirements. The first step in the overall life-cycle is this where the management would be directly involved and is a critical exercise either at the end of the financial year...

When it come to language proficiency often people talk about English both at the higher education level  and at work. English is a lingua franca and most widely spoken common language across the boundaries. Essentially, it is the language of business. I colloquially tell all my budding students that Tamil is my Voice and English a commercial noice that I make to survive. It is a language that has become inseparable part of everyone's life who wish to work or live outside their country. From my personal experience at work we weigh communication skills ahead of one's technical proficiency because certain critical positions across departments  in the organization goes beyond administrative/operational  to tactical and strategic. Despite, all these demands from the society why is most of us are unable to learn and speak proficiently? Let's break it down within the context of India and understand the basis before some tips to speak fluently in English. Everyone is born w...

Hi there, In this blog, I'm going to write about the  practice of  providing and receiving feedback and feed-forward  from the HR Standpoint in the context of workplace. Essentially, feedback is an art that is aimed at  providing the right tips for an employee or a co-worker to understand, realise, reflect and improve his approaches towards a task or behavior. Feedback is an art and not a science, let's understand that so it will be easy to understand what follows.  There are couple of methodologies that can be adopted to be sure that the feedback given is absolutely objective in nature.There are humongous doubts among the employees on how to give feedback to a co-worker, a subordinate or to a reporting manager. When the giver is clear about the purpose of giving feedback as I stated above the insecurity surrounding the art disappears. There are several myths around feedback. Let me throw some light to dispel that, 1. Feedback is only for juniors and subo...

Ever wondered what a successful HR  leader does? What qualities distinguishes him/her  from the rest? Here are few qualities or characteristics that I thought would highlight out of my experience in the field of Human Resource Management dealing with people behaviors and based on my interactions with HR leaders. 1. Continuous Learning Any successful HR leader, continuously learn and update themselves  on the new age  skills, changing business scenario and the expectation of the younger generation. They believe that  staying abreast of the latest developments in technology would help them, in mapping the right skills for the right job and they work hard at it. Given, the magnitude of change that businesses go through, it is imperative for an HR to stay at the top of the learning curve consistently. Now that HR professionals claim to be at the table it is important,that we speak the language of business that confirms our participation at the table and be a va...