I recently spent some time perusing the LinkedIN The Future of Recruiting 2023 global and India report. Like most LinkedIn reports, it is a treasure trove of data and while the report explores 17 trends under the themes of role of recruiting, economic uncertainty, employer branding, skills-first hiring and internal mobility & upskilling, the trends … Continue reading It’s (not) all about the money!
You may not recognize the name Braden Wallake or the company HyperSocial, but if you’ve logged into LinkedIn in the past two weeks, you’ve likely stumbled upon the term ‘The Crying CEO’. Long story short, Wallake had to let go of some of his employees. He shared his experience via a LinkedIn post and added a … Continue reading The Crying CEO
Ever since my last post on the best way to get a new job, I’ve been getting a lot of feedback. Everyone who has read it has come back to express frustration on the lack of responses to their LinkedIn messages. I admit, I get a lot of messages myself and I do not reply … Continue reading How to: Get a response via LinkedIn
We have been talking about re-imagining HR, re-evaluating HR and all kinds of variations that forces us to re-think about how we’ve been working for a while now. I do love this fact about my profession. The fact that we are constantly pushing ourselves to do better & the great part is that we don’t … Continue reading Bold is beautiful
We live in truly exciting times. LinkedIn was taken over by Microsoft, Verizon acquired Yahoo, Michelle Obama endorsed Hillary Clinton (we knew this would happen) and closer home, Flipkart/Myntra acquired Jabong to become the largest online fashion retailer in the country. You have to be hiding under a rock if you aren’t overwhelmed by the … Continue reading Embracing Change
I love it when job descriptions are created by real people; not the run of the mill series of words strung together in the most professional way. A hint of crazy here and there would catch anyone’s attention. Don’t ask me why I was browsing through job descriptions, but I was and meticulously so because … Continue reading Good sense of humor appreciated!
You no longer have 90 days to transition. In this age of instant gratification and intense competition, waiting for the 90th day to reach your breakeven point is driving a stake in your career. Back in the days when changes weren’t happening at the rapid pace as today, a 90 – 100 days plan cycle … Continue reading 90 is a luxury
It’s hard to believe that the year went by as quickly as it did. (Or is it just me?) It is the time of the year again when LinkedIn Influencers talk about their Big Ideas for 2015. I love crawling through these pages to see how it is going to influence our area of work. … Continue reading Big Idea 2015
Much has been said about being in your 20’s. Universally accepted as the age one makes most mistakes & gets away with it, LinkedIn has come up with a brand new series to help those in these crucial years. Aptly titled, ‘If I were 22’, this series has the influencers give out lessons to their … Continue reading If I were 22
A series of highly interesting posts have been making an appearance on the LinkedIn series on Big Idea 2014. As I was going through these, I realized that 2014 is going to be a year where we all just get much lazier. Out mental acumen may improve but our bodies will be abused much more. … Continue reading Big Idea 2014
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