Engineers, Graduates & Post Graduates Seeking 1st Job

Manage your References for Advantage

2011-12-01T18:50:00.002+05:30

If you have done Interview well and you want your reference also to go perfect... Here are some of the key things you may want to consider before letting your future employer know references.

First thing to bear in mind in giving a reference is :"Think the company is going to interview your reference the way they want to hire you". Since the reference is not a conversation but an Interview of the Reference... Hence,

1st Important - Reference should have complete understanding of the Job Role & critical attributes of the Position in the organisation - ( This is to help the context in which the other person would take reference):

Generally the companies take the personal reference would be the previous boss or worked with them... When the Hiring person calls the reference they make notes on the type of job, complexities and the attributes that they would be looking at... also they make a preparation of what kind of questions to ask and assess the responses (in a detailed "Reference Interview" ). There are chances that if the person giving reference doesn't know these inputs chances that he may give information which may be perceivable change in the opinion of the Hiring Person. Hence, its important that the person giving reference should be aware of the details to respond which would not be perceived other than the purpose of reference (The decision is mostly on the perception of the interviewer from Hiring company at the end of a conversation... which is typically on phone many a times).

2nd Important - Reference should be made aware of the Cultural Understanding of the Organisation where you are seeking job: (This is to help the person to understand how they could perceive the feedback given to them)

Making the Reference aware of the cultural indication would help them to relate the various questions/situations during the reference call. They reference is well prepared to build his/her conversation to suit to the requirement. (After all we give reference for positive outcome). This is important as certain behaviours and attributes are good in some environement and may not be true in other environment. eg: Do you ever bribe to get things done... ( may be right in one environment... may be extremely negative in other company)

3rd Important - Keep the reference informed about the call. Also try and seek specific timinings he/she could receive calls for ease of communication.

Hope these inputs helps.

Freshers Plan now to be Avoided by Corporates Later

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All the fresh Graduates at this point of time to focus on getting hired. This is important because :

- All the corporate plans for budgets for 2011 would be completed
- Next 3 months of manpower requirements would be approved
- HR Planning for training & development for new talent would start immediately

- Ofcourse, the US based organisations are through with all the above tasks already as their year starts from Jan 2011.

Key Skills Required Currently :

- Appreciation of Business in current environment
- Challenges of Team work with the multi-regional teams at organisations
- Managing Time against the Unexpected Odds in external environment / Family - Social System
- Focusing on Learning, Learning & Learning (Any other expectations from Corporates may not give desired results)

KNOWING IS IMPORTANT... ACTING IS ESSENTIAL.... LIVING IS REAL....

ALL THE BEST!!!!

Off Campus Recruitment for HR by Husys

2011-01-31T10:03:00.002+05:30

Husys Conducting Off-Campus REcruitment Drive @ Nagpur and Hyderabad for

- Fresh MBA Graduates passing-out in 2011
- MBA - HR Specialization with experience of upto 1 year
- BBA, MHRM, MPM and other related specialisations
- Graduates Interested in HR with any experience

The Following are the details :

31st January 2011 : Nagpur - Ambedkar Institute of management & Research, Deekshabhoomi, Nagpur - STarting at 9 am.

Hyderaad
5th February 2011 ( Saturday)
Registration : 9 am - 9:30am
Venue : Aurora College, Ramanthapur, Hyderabad

Link published at Eenadu-largest telugu news paper about Off Campus is attached for reference : http://www.eenadu.net/chaduvu/chaduvuinner.asp?qry=topstory10

Your TEAM of MENTORS

Management Education: Look for Differentiators in Choosing your College

2010-07-26T17:56:00.002+05:30

The Telugu Version of this article @ Eenadu : http://www.eenadu.net/chaduvu/chaduvuinner.asp?qry=topstory1

Management Education
Look for Differentiators to make difference to your career

As on today we have many MBA colleges across AP and in India. While we compete in the Population we do also compete in generating number of MBA/PGDBM courses across the State/India. The key differentiator for any body to take-up an MBA program would be after their work experience.

Ingredients of Choosing a Business School:

Today every college has built what is called “can be built…and no differentiator”…. but the differentiator in your success is purely the application of their knowledge to practice your career. Check for that USP(Unique Selling Proposition) which would become your USP for a great CAREER. We shall discuss about the various Ingredients that one should check before opting for a Management Institute:

Affiliation:

The students should be aware of the differences in various programs/degrees offered by Institutes in outside world. Corporate would only look for the value that they bring to the organisation in improving their business. Lets review some of the types of Affiliations from Students perspective and how they are useful.

University Affiliation: All the courses, which are built, based on University framework would have been well thought out and designed by academicians… These are the programs, which are useful for your career progression in terms of number of years of study as your progress. These programs have strict norms to be followed for delivering the framework provided by the university they are affiliated. Student would go through an almost a similar sort of exposure in such institutes.

AICTE Approved & Independent: On the other hand the PGDM courses which are approved by the AICTE as an independent body would have the ingredients of best school provided the investment is done in right direction to create a differentiation. All the IIM’s Offer PGDBM/PGP programs are government institutes having the autonomy with recognition for various higher studies. You would find a lot of flexibility in conducting an AICTE approved course and changes from college to college.

Not under The above framework: On the other hand ISB to start of is not affiliated Institute like above but the top 10 Management Schools in the world.. . not a small achievement.... however, their association and the expertise levels are far superior to any other business school in India. These are institutes, which are made for people who do not need any affiliation, as they would have achieved certain level in the organisations. The average experience of 7 years would make them only look for the best of the brains to interact and stimulate them intellectually to apply their knowledge. That is what an not affiliated in the academic framework should give to the students which the students would have gone through at least 5 years of best of their corporate life. There are many Institutes in India who are not affiliated to any University or AICTE/Govt approved like IIM’s… fresher’s with just graduation should avoid to make sure that you are better off without it.

The following key points are highlighted along with the differentiated factor for each of you to evaluate in the light of creating a great career. You may want to choose the order based on your opinion and advise from learned/knowledge sources would help you to define your future. Check for each of the following key factors for your decision making on an institute:

Key 1 : Student (You) :

The Change comes from with you and within…… The key for success of any individual is to get the RETURN on INVESTMENT in your Management Education. This is not purely because of the money that you invested, its purely how sincerely and dedicated invested your TIME too. Assessing one own self and inculcate the habits of

Differentiator: Management education is all about application, its only possible for students who constantly put in their untiring efforts in practicing the principles of management as they breath in and Breath Out. The key ingredient, which would, helps to look for the diverse backgrounds of the Students intake.

Key 2: Institutional Promoters & Credentials:

Most important for any management school is the ability and attitude of the management to invest in the Student. Not necessarily in Infrastructure but in your overall development making you a business-oriented person and taking you close to the reality of the business.

Differentiator:

The diversity and the credentials of promoters/In charge in various Businesses would help your gain that advantage as natural as your breathing. The promoters and head of institute who can stimulate a thinking process to help the ground up of any business.

Key 3: Faculty :

Important Ingredient, which makes all the difference of making you, enrich with what you gain. All the institutes would follow certain norms in terms of recruitment of faculty under the guidelines of govt./affiliating body. The profile and experience of faculty is of great importance in grooming you. The larger the experience in Academic and Industry the better the expected outcomes for your investment of life’s precious time.

Differentiator:

The more experienced with the industry the faculty, the best that you can get during your course. Industry experienced faculty make you Industry Ready product. The Diversity of the faculty from various Industries, Countries, cultures and Continents would add immense value.

Key 4 : Alumni:

The student alumni are the one who can speak volumes about the quality of Institute. The stronger the institute’s Alumni network the better you are aware of the situation outside your school. They would help you in teaching what would make a difference when you move out to build a career.

Differentiator:
The Number of Alumni come back to college to give back makes a great difference. The more number of guest faculties from your alumni would create role models live. The active the Alumni network the better it is.

Key 5: Placements:

The business school should be in a position to build you as an independent Enterprenuer first and worker/job holder later…. The most and only thing generally looked by students and advertised by the Institutes is the PLACEMENTS. However the best never focus on Placement as selling point. However, Placement record is an other yardstick for you to choose the Institute.

Differentiator:

The more entrepreneurs that the college generated with the help of Venture/Private equity companies, or created an environment of Financial support through mentoring the best brains in the Industry is the key differentiator. The more % age of people opt to be independent is the indication of business like grooming. However the %age of jobs offered could come in next.

Key 6 : Infrastructure :

Infrastructure is important to the extent it would help you to practice yourself. Just going by the rosy picture of great glass buildings, ultramodern presentation material, A/C rooms, Library, Laptop Free doesn’t just help unless they are all put to practice and build a sense of Humility. What industry is all about on the ground and zero level to start career… as you don’t serve the customers the way you are treated by the Infrastructure. Focus on an Infrastructure promotes sense of belongingness and pride in delivering a great career.

Differentiator:

Business Like environment promoting customer interface. Is the college close proximity to the Industry? Can it attract the best of the Industry brains without hardship of long travels for vacations? The infrastructure to include provides facilities to spend more time to work on assignments and industry interface.

However it’s not just the Infrastructure at college that adds value, but also your own quest for learning more when you are out of the college. Your personal computer and Internet can do a lot for your development. Doesn’t mean that you need to have your own, but at least a pool with your good friends.

Key 7: Management Development Programs:

The internal capacity of the Institute to build and run management Development Programs for Industry would make a lot of difference. This shows the capability in action of the Faculty at the Institute.

Differentiator:
The Faculty drawn from the Industry attracts best of the participants who would visit the Institute. The alumni of such programs are not only the word of mouth for the Institute but the hiring influencers for placement.

ABSOLUTE Differentiators:

Research & Publication Capability:

Management education is all about knowledge addition with application. The research helps in taking the essence of the business and summaries the finding for your knowledge addition. There are various institutes who have a separate wing for Research and lot of efforts/time/money is invested to bring about Publications. This would directly help the student to use the capability.

Industry Consulting Assignment:

This is a key differentiator directly… the more industry consulting assignments done by the Faculty the more your get back. They incubate the thoughts that are generated by the business and stimulate your thought process. You can enquire and learn more about the Industry Consulting to make sure that you are in safe hands.

Incubating Future Talent @ Campus:

There is lot of initiatives taken by Institutes currently to bring the Industry at the doorsteps to benefit the Students and ultimately help the Industry hands on. It is benefit to the industry to incubate their own talent.

Industry Back-Office @ Campus:

Think of Creating an ERP lab in association with an organisation at college and guided by an Industry expert from that Company. A sales back office to help in creating the market information and sales calls with appointment fixing would be a great value to an organisation. A HR back office which helps in creating Recruitment, Employee Relation back office created at Academic setup. Look for any infrastructure created with the help of Industry and affiliation.

Look for these initiatives by the Institute, which would create an environment of practice right under your seat.

Time allowed spending @ Industry:

Second most important thing an Institute could provide is to allow as much time as you can spend at the Industry. Look for the time allocated for the Industry oriented projects during your admission. The more beyond 50% of your time spent @ Industry would help you to gain from the practice.

Student to keep in mind always is “ If you have got a great rank or not to get into a college, All that matters from now on is your Focus and ability to extract the best out of your 2 years life invested”

Management Career : Its All About Application & Value Per Resource

2010-07-12T10:10:00.003+05:30

Article Published on 12th July 2010 (Eenadu - Largest Circulated Daily in Andhra Pradesh)

Business Trends :

A Management Education should not be by Chance.. It has to have a well thought out Choice to be or not to be.

Business Scenario in Brief:
India with more than 90% of Fortune 500 companies, many correcting their vision statement to include India focus for their new markets… India a well adapted young country is always in the forefront of innovation and accepting the change. The Global change is well received by India better than any one in the world. While the aged population in Western Economy is struggling to see the change, Young India moving ahead in changing for better tomorrow… The Change in the environment globally with the Indian Internal Consumption increasing there is a complete change in the businesses were run in India. If one notices there are very few companies left in the top 100 from 90’s to 2000’s..It is going to change further drastically in 10’s in the coming decades. This change always is handled by the Business Leaders who are going to emerge in these segments.

The change in the Global Business and the type of business change from Machine/Product driven economy to Services Economy to E-Services Economy emphasis more on the People focused initiatives

Business Leadership in Brief:
While the Top Management in 90’s were in an age group of 55+
The 2000 has seen a great change in that age group dropping down to 35+
2010 beyond would bring that down to 30 an average…
This change is mainly due to the change in the business and growing trend of Enterprenuership by the young generation and the Electronic Economy. This change is driving the need for the Management education in India.

Management Education over 5 decades:
Management education is not even 50 years formally… It was more part-time Management programs for working executives… The First of formal Management Education has started with Govt initiatives in 1962 and later in 1980 the departments in various Universities came up with the Management programs… the 1990’s saw the booming 600% of Private Management Institutes established and approved through Govt. body along with the Uniersity affiliations… The 2000 onwards noticed a great shift in Programs offered by the Establishments with partnerships with various international Institutes as independent programs.

Type of Management schools
– Govt Established Institutes like IIM’s
– University Departments
- University affiliated colleges
– Stand-alone Institutes
– Unaffiliated independent schools
– Dual-degree with foreign b-schools.
- Many International Universities provide Online MBA degrees

Each of the above Management programs offered by the Institutes have their own advantages and all these should be utilized based on the Knowledge, Application and Opprotunity to Network.

With the change in the Global Economy and the Trend of building that competitive advantage Indian Management built a Global Curriculum. Now the stage has come that the World recognized the Management Programs in India and China - the greatest threat to many best B-schools… Lets move on to examine few more details…. Today Harvard like Institutes are offering the India Centric Executive Management Education competing with the Indian School of Business who are among the top 10 Management Institutes in the world.

Types of Business Schools:
The various Type of Business Management Programs offered by various Institutes in India today :
– General/ Sectoral /Functional
• Full time (1yr/2yrs),
• Part-time (3 years) (non-residential)
– Executive MBA programs (various modes)
– MBA through the distance mode (Like IGNOU)
- MBA Online (National/International)
- Executive development programs
- Doctoral & faculty development programs
- Management research programs
- Foreign Institute’s International Exchange and Development Programs

The competitive Advantage:

The expertise of managing India in tune with the universal expectations is the challenge. All the MBA institutes are now trying to address this issue in preparing the Management Students to the global standards.
In this scenario the Business Schools are building & retaining their Competitive Advantage through:
–Best Faculty resources & development
–International Research & publication
–Interface with industry
–Student placements
–Curriculum innovation in India for the Globe

The Specialization based on the Industry and Business :
The expertise of managing India in tune with the universal expectations is the challenge. All the MBA institutes are now trying to address this issue in preparing the Management Students to the global standards. This has paved way for a focused Specialization than a generic Management Education.

• Generic Functional Specialisation
o General
o Human Resources
o Finance
o Marketing
o Production
o IT
o Enterprenuership (Mostly for people to establish business on their own)

• Few of Industry Specific Specialisations:
o Retail Management
Biotechnology Management
o BPO Management
o Pharma Management
o Banking, Insurance & Finance
o Aviation Management
o Health Care Management
o Tourism Management
o Hospitality Management
o Telecom Management
o Agribusiness Management
o Insurance Management
o Service Management

The Student must select the right specialization in their MBA program in order for MBA degree to carry the most value that can help in creating a great career. All the above Industry Specific programs helps people with similar skills, personality and aspirations to work in that Industry.

Trends in Recruitment:

Recruitment of Management graduates directly is a reflection of International / Global business changes across. In today’s business the opportunities are limitless hence the need for talent to manage the business is at peak. The growth in the technical revolution across the globe is demanding a greater amount of technology savvy people. All the high-end technologies in various segment of business are creating demand for the good technically driven management graduates from various steams to help in filling the gap of demand.

Literally all the type of Industries are recruiting the management in competition to others to build their business, as the Supply (Good Hands on Management) is lower than the Demand in the market. This trend is continue with the growth of SME’s in India from 15-18 millions who are growing up to the Global Competition and emerging companies… In the future there are more SME’s going to HIRE MANAGERS than any other Large Industries. The SME’s today have capacity to hire 50% of the passouts provided they build a quick value by Practiced knowledge at the colleges. The typical Industries Hiring MBA’s – Education, IT Consulting, KPO, Management Functional BPO, Retail, Insurance, Services, Communication, Health Care, Infrastructure, Leisure etc.,

The Management hiring are based on some of the following reasons:
“HIRING MOVING FROM PERSON/Qualification BASED SALARY TO VALUE BASED SALARY”
- Building Business Value in terms of
o Revenue Turnover : Direct or Indirect measurement interms of building the monetory value to the organisation. Since any economic business activities is measured by Revenue Turnover and the realization of money.
o Exploring & Expanding to New Business Areas : Employee support in building new business in helping the company to grow.
o People Management : Any business Success is based on the people success. The support in building that right people support for organisation always helps every individual growth.
o Market Reach : Help understand the market and identify the new areas to grow and support an entry.
o Financial Mobilization : Help in financial support at the right time of the organizational growth.
o Operational Excellence: Delivery for customer is best possible through an operational support and building that continuous improvement.

Traditional : Management Trainee Scheme : This refers to the general hiring of the management graduates and putting them through the various stages of learning opportunities. This is a long-term process to achieve the above business value for any organisation. There is a change coming in the

Internship Based Hiring : Most of the Internship projects would fetch jobs for students than waiting for the Campus Recruitment. As the organisations would be able to see the performance of the Individual over a period of time in a real-time environment.

TASK/Project Based Hiring: When the organisation reaches the campus shortlist few of the aspirants who are promising and they are given a brief task for a period like 1-2 days. The students are asked to come back with their results and present the findings to get placed. This trend is would help the student to display his/her skills live with specific output.

Incubation Based Hiring: The Latest trend in next few years catching up would be having the industry incubation center in Business School and identifying the talent over a period of time in hiring. IN this case the organisation would give continuous tasks, projects to group of people involved from that business school in an Simulated Office environment created at the campus. This is going tailor made most of the needs of organisation through the students.

Current Business Trends in Skills Required to Get Hired:
As the change in the business is evident due to the global trends, the demand for the skills of individuals to excel would always under constant change. The following are some of the important skills replaced as priority in today’s business apart from the traditional skills of Communication, Presentation, Negotiation, Leadership and many others… The following few really are important to be in business and grow a management career.

Business Savvy: One should not think of Management Career without this personal skill. Thinking Business in every activity linking the economic activity to every work/task/project done by the individual. A person with business savvy skill would posses the ability to understand the importance of each of function/task value addition to the business. Focus on building blocks for better business and create value through multiple ways.

Technology Oriented: In today’s world nothing moves without technology adaptation. Also Technology is such an integral part of multiple growth of any organisation. Scalability of any business is directly proportional to the Technology adaptation for business by people. Every management graduate not just manages people but mange people with Technology Tool. Hence its important that they build a great appetite to Technology by welcoming new technologies and converting current technologies into new with people support.

Networking : Connecting to people and running business is the order of today. Hence networking skills are getting more prominent in today’s social internet age. As one grows in their career one of the most important skill is networking. This networking can be personal network, business network, global network both direct or Indirect. There are many social networks and groups across the globe can give an access to reach the unknown for business benefit. Having a network of 5000 known people is no longer a dream or imagination in today’s world…rather it can be to millions when it comes to business support using multi-party networking.

Global Perspective: Today’s business is “Global” that requires the understanding of country specific culture, government, laws of land, People work culture, Integration of work teams etc., A company can establish a unit in other country if they do not understand the above issues can never be successful. Hence People with a right and accurate global pespective of the respective country would be successful. This skill is not just for top management but for every manager to be successful.

Management is Practice & Application Always:
Many of the best Management education institutes across the world and in India are waking up to the reality of Practice and building the Industry Interface in reality. Having an extended arm of Industry at the Institute would always helps in building best management pool for our country. It is moving in the direction Management career is more to do with your application & visible output of your knowledge & skills for better business sense. Irrespective of any specialization in Management ultimately how effectively and timely one has delivered is what it matters. The more the practical approach one adapts is the one who builds a sustainable career growth for future.

Annual Report [June 2009 - June 2010]

2010-06-06T19:11:00.001+05:30

It's my pleasure to write on behalf of 'Human Excellence @ Original City' & it's Sub Division

'Career Clinic @ Original City'

We Started the Association on June 7^th 2009, and by today we completed 365 days. So, read on…..

I thank our founder Mr. G R Reddy for his Inspirational & Motivational Support in handling the association under various capacities to enrich each & everyone.

I sincerely thank Mr. Kalyan, Mr. Sudhakar & Mrs. Praveena from Husys & Mr. Anand from Computer Associates for visiting our office & mentoring our people.

I also thank our Moderators Mr. Avinash Singh, Mr. Tarun Kumar, Mr. Nagraj, Mr. Balaji, Mr. Shiva Ram Krishna and Mr. Kalyan Chakravarthy for spending their Valuable time for Social Activities at Venkat Rao Memorial Aided High School…….!

Last but not Least a Heart Loving Thanks to Mr. Malli Mastan Babu for his Valuable time at Venkat Rao Memorial Aided High School, delivering presentation about his miraculous 7 Summits.

Our Achievements During year one (June 2009 – June 2010)

Counseled around 50 people & helped them to move on proper direction in education & Career respective.
Conducted School, Industrial Research Programs.
Conducted Science Fair & Exam Guide lines Sessions for School Children & distributed gift packs to merit students.
Organized Session with Mr. Malli Mastan Babu, a Guinness Record Holder
Rendered Services to Lead India 2020, a Social Initiative
Conducted Sessions related to career queries on every Sunday.

We Provide:

Education & Career guidance
Business Solutions
Business Guidance
Skill developing Assignments
Entrepreneurial Knowledge

Official Website/Blog: http://www.1stjob.blogspot.com

Official Group in www.linkedIn.com : human excellence @ original city

We will be Available on Phone 24/7 at
9010124588 & 9603016222

You can meet us on Every Sunday between 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM at

Career Clinic @ Original City,

Beside Ration Shop,

Opposite to D. S. Cyber Café,

100 Meters Down line from Uppuguda Railway Gate

Uppuguda, Hyderabad - 53.

Sincere Regards,

Bharath Daripally

d.bharath@hotmail.com

9010124588

Learning Attitude Helps : eenadu Career Q&A on 12.4.10

2010-04-12T12:29:00.001+05:30

It is a good sign to see many of the youngsters who are opting to work after their graduation and pursuing their Post Graduation while working. This would always paves a way to a greater learning and appreciation of the courses that they are pursuing. Distance education would help to widen the understanding of the subject. While choosing the courses the students should take into consideration of the realities interms of the available scope to move into such specializations. This would help to utilize the course for professional career progress(promotions etc.,). Choosing distance or part-time, Executive course which would help in interacting with the other people with variety of experience. An interaction with a group of people would teach you lot more than just reading a book.
Use the power of internet and the social network to gain knowledge which is free and available at any point of time in a day.

1. I am working as an Accounts Assistant in a Paper Industry in Bobbili. I have completed my M.Com in 2002 specialization in Banking through Distance Education. Now I want to do M.B.A. in Banking. Please suggest me Is there any way to do MBA Banking in distance. Please give me the details.
- S.S.D.L.V.G.Chakravarti, Bobbili, Vijayanagaram Dist.

Today there are many distance education universities who offer a course on MBA-Finance & Banking. However, you have done your distance M.Com and now wants to do MBA in banking. You must have a goal for choosing these in pursuing your career. Sheer Distance education programs may not help you quickly… try and look for a course where there are many contact classes in your or nearby city… Also draw up a career plan in the area of work that you would like to do or improve your skills in ther future and choose the program accordingly. You can appear for the ICET this time and could opt for Andhra University or Osmania University Distance Education programs as well in Fiance area… There are many other outside universities offer either in Finance or banking… or both… you can get information on the web.

2. I am working in a Software Company. I have one year experience. But I am
intersted in stock market investments. After two years I would like to do MBA and join in the investment sector. Please give me the useful suggestion for my career.
- Sri Krishna Pendela

You have a good thought with experience and doing an MBA. Please make sure that just an investment opportunity excitement may not make a good sense for specialization. If you have a specific focus on stock market related career you can opt for Finance specialization with focus on Investment banking, Stock Market operations exposure, projects, mini projects during your MBA program. There are many private investment companies/Business Consulting companies are also providing opportunities for enthusiasts like you.. that may be a good option too…

3. I am doing MBA (Finance). What type of projects help us in future career. Please give some topics for mini projects?
- Mayuri Reddiboyina

MBA projects are basically to improve the skill levels on the subject that you study. One thing you should keep in mind that you should do a project which is unique in your university and not done by many of the students earlier. You must take a project, which is useful to the company based on your observations and findings. Your ability to understand the issue, explore the information, expertise knowledge acquisition, Reporting and recommendation should make it a project in real terms. You can pickup an organisation and check for the need which should be base for your project. However, while choosing the project make sure that you identify the company based on the business. Eg: A project financing model for an sme, Going for an IPO for a company… such practical issues may help..

4. I want to do MBA from a good college in Tamilnadu. Please let me know admission details there? What are good MBA colleges in Tamilnadu?
- Ramesh, Hyderabad

Dear Ramesh,
There are many Institutes of repute in Tamilnadu… There are good Institutes like REC(NIT), IIT, Anna University offers courses… Apart from them the other universities in chennai and coimbatore would be a great place for learning. Most of them use the CAT, MAT,JMET, TANCET and Others depending on the Institute. There are institutes who focus on prior work experience for MBA/PGDM/PGP based on the course.

5. I completed my BTech (cse) in 2009 with 70%. Now i am doing PGDM 2nd sem
in Badruka, Hyderabad. Which specialization should i prefer? Most of the people saying that for BTech people and males HR is not good. But I am intersted in that. We have only 3 options (HR, MARKETING, FINANCE) please give me a suggestion.
- Chanikya Vibhushan

Dear Chanikya, You must do what you feel is right and good for you. Do not let other’s thinking deter your decision. That’s a very common notion of people typecast HR for females looking at the only soft nature of the transactions which may be 20% and males are capable equally… Rest is business focus to bring best in people. Infact the person answering now is a male and have done an extremely good job in HR… With such thinking there are great opportunities for males candidates to make good progress in future in HR career. However, remember when you do a PGDM/MBA you are more prepared to handle business and all the specializations become incidental to choose a path…

Job or Education (29.3.10) Eenadu Career Q&A by GR Reddy

2010-03-30T10:27:00.002+05:30

Original version in Telugu Can be accessed at : http://eenadu.net/chaduvu/chaduvuinner.asp?qry=topstory7

Many Parents live in the past like how they did pursue their careers. Gone are the days where we would do all the studies and then look for a job. It’s important to have work experience during or after graduation. To sustain and build a career in this environment where there is immense competition with high intellectuals and generation Y. Practical experience is what counts for climbing organizational hierarchies than just a qualification. Add the flavor of organizational experience to your studies then you shine.

1. My son completed B.Tech. (CSE) and got selected by Infosys through placements. He got 13900 Rank in GATE. We are in confusion to make a decision on choosing M.Tech. and Job? pls suggest?
- Suresh Babu Pulluru

Dear Suresh Garu,
I appreciate your initiative to seek help for your son… Its very common that our parents want us to study till PG (which is old school of thought)… Today’s world is competitive you never know what would be a corporate scenario in future. There should not be any confusion in your decision. In current times Getting on the job and understanding organizations are priority and gives wider scope of thinking to your son… After 2 years of experience he would be in a position to take better option of doing further studies, which may be totally different than what you are thinking at this point of time(MBA or other Specializations) which are good for career progression. That’s good for him to choose which he feels good for him based on the knowledge and exposure that he would get by then. I wish him all the best for his journey into corporate.

2. I am doing my MBA (Marketing) final year. I want to do a project now. Which Topics / sectors / areas are good for Marketing students for projects?
- K. Johnson, Hyderabad

Dear Johnson,
Your exploratory nature of this question would help you go long way… Projects are part of your study to get to the actual business scenario and experience and experiment yourself. The projects you choose should be emerging out of your work exposure. Look for companies who are looking at some of the work delivery and you can convert that into a project title. Service based organizations would give you much more challenging opportunities to learn. Your title of the project should be unique and not one part of the crowd where bundles of projects done every year similarly by students in the universities. Customer interfacing projects would give you lot of learning than sitting back office or on Internet. Please focus on SME organizations that would not restrict you for project scope. Many large organizations would not have a policy due to the efforts that they have to invest in fresh talent… You can reach this Career Clinic’s Free helpline: 9603016222 for any advise on projects support(subba rao garu this is our CSR support for students, if you wish to publish this part).

3. I completed my B.Com in 2009 and pursuing M.Com. I am interested in accounting and finance fields and like to work in india or abroad. I am planning to do ICWA, but doesn't know how it helps my career? Whats the best step now to plan my career and which course should I take up? What are the career skills required?
- Moksha Mangalagiri

Dear Moksha,
Your investment further should be in Accounting & Finance experience would help you decide and take right decision. You need to look for an opportunity to work in an organisation even if its part-time. Adding degrees would not give you opportunity if you want to work domestic/abroad. Experience always comes first after a base graduation. Alternatively focus on ICWA would help you while working in Accounting practice – This needs a great dedication in studies and the rigor of ICWA along with practical knowledge. The skills of Communication, Interpersonal skills, team working kind of skills are developed only by work experience.

4. I have completed MHRM and at present working as HR executive in a reputed organization. I like to continue my studies further. I want to do Psychoogy Course through correspondence. Does it support my further career? OR pls suggest any HR supported courses.
- Krishnam Raju, Vizag

Appreciate for your enthusiasm to build your knowledge while working.. A course in psychology would give you inputs for better handling of situations in HR work. This may not directly add value but it would help you in improving your ability to adapt to new situations by understanding them better, this also helps in improving your employee counseling capabilities. The other courses you can look at Diploma in Training & Development from Indian society for training and development (ISTD). You can try some of the online courses offered by reputed institutions which have interactive model in teaching. Wish you a great learning time ahead.

5. I did my Intermediate with MPC and B.A. in Graduation. I am going to appear for ICET. What course is suitable for me between MBA and MCA? Which is the best among these?
- SK. Anwar Basha, Macherla

Dear Anwar,
As always any MBA without experience of 1-2 years may not help you much. You can appear for the ICET and may opt for a distance education/part-time MBA mode while start working in any organisation right away. Investing in MCA for 3 years may not be a right choice at this point of time and the situation of business outside. You should get into an organisation to get work experience and which helps you to take right decisions in career ahead.

Q&A about Accounting, MBA, Technology & Teaching

2010-03-15T11:59:00.003+05:30

EEnadu Telugu News Paper ( Q&A by GR Reddy - Husys )
http://www.eenadu.net/chaduvu/chaduvuinner.asp?qry=topstory5

1. I did B.Tech and working as programmer. I am doing mba from OU in
distance mode. I am also planning to do M.Tech in distance only. I
want to settle in teaching career. What specializations in MBA are
useful for me?- Karthik
Teaching profession is going to be the best careers in the future with
new reforms happening in India. You need to know few things in
teaching arena… To have a great progression in the Teaching with your
Engineering or any subject, it is essential to complete your Ph.D over
a period of time to be able to growup in teaching career… IF
financially you are comfortable you should be able to do M.Tech
full-time after atleast 1-2 years of experience… Then move into
teaching while Ph.D can be continued with your teaching career. MBA HR
is most close to your teaching field, but I doubt how a distance
education mode would help you in that… Plan your career as per above
inputs and clarify with some matured mentors in the field (Education /
Technology & Engineering).

2. I have 3 years of exp in software field. I am interested to do
executive mba in pune. I wnat to know good collges for that. I prefer
collges that provide classes at evening time or week ends. i want to
know the collges other than symboisis college. because symboisis
require 5 years experience. - Raffee V.
You did not mention your current location. If you are in Pune and
continuing your job you can look at Pune University course for
Executive MBA which is part-time.. you can get more details on
www.pumba.in Apart from that there are other institutes who would
need 3+ years of experience in Pune. If you are in Hyderabad, You may
also wants to check with Hyderabad based institutes offering these
like Vignan Jyothi Institute of Management and IPE for more options
on evening classes and weekend.

3. I got 67.39 percentile in recent CAT 2009. Which is the best
B-school I can apply for? Suggest me colleges and stream I can apply
for? I am doing B.Tech in Information Technology. So I want to know
about the courses which I should prefer? - Avinash U.
As always I would advise to have work experience before you attempt to
do your MBA program. You need to understand the MBA programs(PGDM’s
also) and the specializations offered in terms of Traditional HR,
Marketing, Finance & Production and latest Retail, banking,
infrastructure etc., Find the course which suits to your personality
and interest.
If you still want to go ahead follow these steps: Take out the top
list of B-Schools in Hyderabad and try and approach them and Identify
the following: 1. Courses offered 2. Details of Course content 3.
Faculty (with experience) 4. Infrastructure 5. Focus on Practical
Approach 6. Placement History.

4. I am a 40 year old guy. Right now working in MS.Net platform. I
want to do ICWA. Is it going to useful my career? Can you please
suggest my direction is right or wrong?
- G.S. Vasu
You are talking about two diverse fields at an age where you would
have mastered in one field and really in a position to influence
organizations. However without much of details about your background
education and experience it is very difficult to comment. If you are
commerce graduate with lot of work experience in accounting side and
moved to technology it may be of help… otherwise please review your
long-term plans quickly and see how ICWA would help you.. You can
approach any person who is in Accounting and Costing who can help you
understand the way forward.

Q&A about Accounting, MBA, Technology & Teaching

2010-03-15T11:59:00.000+05:30

1. I did B.Tech and working as programmer. I am doing mba from OU in
distance mode. I am also planning to do M.Tech in distance only. I
want to settle in teaching career. What specializations in MBA are
useful for me?- Karthik
Teaching profession is going to be the best careers in the future with
new reforms happening in India. You need to know few things in
teaching arena… To have a great progression in the Teaching with your
Engineering or any subject, it is essential to complete your Ph.D over
a period of time to be able to growup in teaching career… IF
financially you are comfortable you should be able to do M.Tech
full-time after atleast 1-2 years of experience… Then move into
teaching while Ph.D can be continued with your teaching career. MBA HR
is most close to your teaching field, but I doubt how a distance
education mode would help you in that… Plan your career as per above
inputs and clarify with some matured mentors in the field (Education /
Technology & Engineering).

2. I have 3 years of exp in software field. I am interested to do
executive mba in pune. I wnat to know good collges for that. I prefer
collges that provide classes at evening time or week ends. i want to
know the collges other than symboisis college. because symboisis
require 5 years experience. - Raffee V.
You did not mention your current location. If you are in Pune and
continuing your job you can look at Pune University course for
Executive MBA which is part-time.. you can get more details on
www.pumba.in Apart from that there are other institutes who would
need 3+ years of experience in Pune. If you are in Hyderabad, You may
also wants to check with Hyderabad based institutes offering these
like Vignan Jyothi Institute of Management and IPE for more options
on evening classes and weekend.

3. I got 67.39 percentile in recent CAT 2009. Which is the best
B-school I can apply for? Suggest me colleges and stream I can apply
for? I am doing B.Tech in Information Technology. So I want to know
about the courses which I should prefer? - Avinash U.
As always I would advise to have work experience before you attempt to
do your MBA program. You need to understand the MBA programs(PGDM’s
also) and the specializations offered in terms of Traditional HR,
Marketing, Finance & Production and latest Retail, banking,
infrastructure etc., Find the course which suits to your personality
and interest.
If you still want to go ahead follow these steps: Take out the top
list of B-Schools in Hyderabad and try and approach them and Identify
the following: 1. Courses offered 2. Details of Course content 3.
Faculty (with experience) 4. Infrastructure 5. Focus on Practical
Approach 6. Placement History.

4. I am a 40 year old guy. Right now working in MS.Net platform. I
want to do ICWA. Is it going to useful my career? Can you please
suggest my direction is right or wrong?
- G.S. Vasu
You are talking about two diverse fields at an age where you would
have mastered in one field and really in a position to influence
organizations. However without much of details about your background
education and experience it is very difficult to comment. If you are
commerce graduate with lot of work experience in accounting side and
moved to technology it may be of help… otherwise please review your
long-term plans quickly and see how ICWA would help you.. You can
approach any person who is in Accounting and Costing who can help you
understand the way forward.

Husys turns 8

2010-03-01T08:18:00.002+05:30

We @ Husys turn 8 years today 1st March 2010. I would like to thank each one of your being part of our success... Have a great year ahead...
Please read today's Eenadu News Paper for Career Q&A by our Team ( http://www.eenadu.net/chaduvu/chaduvuinner.asp?qry=topstory4 )

Cheers on Campus Placement Myth or Reality

2010-01-29T09:41:00.003+05:30

English version of my article in Eenadu on 25.1.10

YEAR 2010 = MORE VALUE FOR MONEY @ CAMPUS

The year 2009 has proved difficult to every organisation, student and people at large interms of the financial outlook and buying behavior. This would have a definite impact on the business at large. There are many Industries have corrected and scaled down their expected sales/profits keeping the overall scenario in mind. While there is a wait and watch approach in the business scenario and consumer behaviour… that would definitely impact

Impact on Organisations with respect to Campus :

While campus hiring was one of the cost effective method for organisations, when it has come to the cost cutting, the campus recruitment was one of the key thing effected last year.. However, the organizational growth is always dependent on the fresh talent to create a future pool. The organisations would start looking at to recruit talent not specifically only from the campus but through various other sources.

What influences the colleges:
- Positioning of the college as a favorite for Industry would be a greater challenge.
- There are new age colleges which would influence the positioning of each of the existing colleges
- Need to invest in grooming the students in a practical environment
- Need to invest in hiring the teaching staff more from the industry to build the competency in students.
- Just a personality development courses by fresh consultants would not help.. Colleges need to build relations with Industry experts to bring the change in personality of the students
- They would be forced to look at the alumni list from last several years to identify any influencers for brining their company to the campus. Or alternatively to send the profiles to alumni’s to seek support from their companies.

* Any changes in companies attitude towards campus recruitments and
other forms of hiring.

Companies’ perspective:

Companies are looking at to do just in time hiring for any positions. The screening process would be to identify and hire people with most suitable qualification, experience and attitude. This is going increase the number of people screened for a single position. (Eg. Earlier the average selection at campus was ranging from 1: 100-200… this may go up but with specific focus on screening with lots of terms attached.

Few trends expected to serve the organizations to do the campus cost effectively:

- Short listing based on the Academics and called at company location for Hiring Process.
- Pooling of multiple campuses @ one single campus.
- Online testing (aptitude & behavioral), Technical Testing
- Web-Based Personal Interviewing
- Pickup people from the grooming institutes who specialized to build competencies for the organisation.

Each of the above would have impact on the selection process where by the best in everything only can survive.

What’s there in this Year :

* Present year placement scenario comparing with the last year (across important disciplines of Engineering, Management, Manufacturing and others)

Organizations are looking at to hire this year but the numbers may not be as encouraging or as equivalent to those of previous years. The campus placement is conducted by mostly the large organisation who recruit in bulk at any point of time. The numbers are expected to be based on the recovery scenario the entire year may be half of the 2008 figures. Purely due to the conscious efforts and also the various points discuss in the Table attached and productivity and Cost parameters.

The industry realized the need for the best of the management graduates however the story outside is that Management Graduates are almost equivalent to those of Graduates. As the last year every graduate passed gone into PG thinking to beat the recession. There are more postgraduates available for campus than before. The expectations on the Management Graduates would be to add value to the business and those who can provide that comfort to the organizations would help themselves.

Since there was a domestic consumption is large for our country, the India based manufacturing and sales organizations done well with a little bit of difficulty due to the purchase power of people. However, they continue to be the consumers of Fresh Talent as normal (may not be only through CAMPUS). Many Manufacturing organizations do not have a clear-cut policy on the campus recruitment while hiring the resources after their graduation/pg.

The SME segment would be the largest consumer of the Fresh Graduates / Post Graduates / Management Graduates this year. The clear reason is that if they have survived during the recession due to their low cost of operations, overheads they can sustain the continuity of business effectively.

Future prospect of placements (for 1-2 years)
- We can expect a positive change in the trend of hiring over next few years from corporates.
- More hiring is expected from the SME’s at the Campuses who are willing to build relation and create great companies of the future.
- The SME’s who made their mark in the year of recession and created niche for themselves would be the trendsetters for the hiring practices. This is due to the nature of the business and the complexities to growth that they would have experienced during great recession. They have proved to be the good to survive hence can take the front seat in defining the future.
- The placements @ campus would be dominated by the large organizations who want to improve their strengths this year, however there would be sudden growth in SME hiring from campuses over next two years. It is estimated to have 20-30% hiring comes from the SME’s of India who are the key for our overall GDP growth.
- Industry expected to

The Attitude of Future:

- Not just positive but a proven Positive Attitude to Get in to the organisation. Students who have an attitude to build and sustain their competitive advantage are the one who are going to get the bigger pie. Sustaining the competitiveness is through continuous learning, learning from experienced, self-learning, group learning and adapting various learning methods to acquire and enhance knowledge and practice continuously.

Impact of NASSCOM Guidelines on hiring the Engineering graduates only during 8th semester :

- This time had to come… All the IT companies have gone overboard in hiring people much much before than any business can absorb in a mad rush to showcase their manpower strength. It would have really helped in the pre-recession scenario in making their stock prices go up, however the Recession has taught a lesson to the Investors that hiring in advance is adding cost to their investments…
- IT Industry would anyway would follow these guidelines as they have been badly effected by the advance hiring…
- Possible change would happen is that the organisation who have not had a practice of Project Training would now consider seriously.
- The Non-IT Industry has always hired few numbers from the campus which is based on an exact forecast details which are available from the industry existence.

Specific guidelines for Engineering and MBA students for 2010

- Work like a placement officer to get a good job this year as it needs two hands to clap a great career for yourself.
- Approach the organizations with confidence to deliver what the industry requires.
- Focus on Project based appointments than just a direct placement
- Attitude with a difference who understands business and adds value to revenue and profit.
- Focus on the SME organizations for placement
- Do a through research on the organisation before meeting
- Use personal or professional references to reach the organsiations
-

CAMPUS IMPACT ANALYSIS PRE & POST RECESSION

The following analysis for your information and for making right informed decisions of career...

Each point is discussed as the Impact Area with inputs on Pre-Recession & Post Recession

Business
All Businesses were able to build the value and the expected growth. Excessive spending on IT and Manpower. Hence the IT companies have benefited world over. All Businesses are conscious about the expectations on the growth. Due to the change in environment they are conscious about projection of growth of Business.

Planning Manpower
Organizations could build buffer/excess manpower at lower levels with expectations on increased business growth year on year. Eg: IT companies maintained 15-30% based on the services provided. Construction industry 5-10% at lower level added to build future capacity.
Every organisation cut down on the manpower at all levels with increased focus on Productivity per resource. Also the recruitment of Freshers as just-in-time basis.

Timing / Hiring Dates A well forecasted plans were drawn to hire people well in time. Engineering Graduate requirements estimated 1 year in advance. Other positions 6-8 months in advance. Quarter on Quarter review of requirements and hiring decisions are made. Hiring only based on the requirement. Final Year students can expect only just before final year exams or immediately after that.
Hiring Numbers
More numbers hired from campus considering the Dropouts due to International studies / locational constraints and also the new joinee attrition within 6 months of joining. Purely needbased and project based hiring from Campuses. Just in Time or Open Campus selection to have a better pool.

College Selection
With References and past history. New colleges were visited due to the manpower crunch interms of good quality. Experimented with any college which has got some good numbers and the institute management made efforts to reach the organisation. Its time that the colleges comeup with new innovative ways of training and grooming their students to the needs of the Industry. Any industry based orientation / projects done by students would attract the organisations.
Screening
Screening done to achieve the number of offers. Slightest potential identified in the resource have been hired. There was a time available with organizations to tolerate the training cycle for resource grooming. 50-60% in GD Interviews were considered. Its going to be tough with the focus on the exact requirement is sought from the pool. Nothing less than 70%-90% performance in the Test/GD & Personal Interaction Scores.

Skills
- Communication
- Team Work
- Adaptability
- Learning
- Positive Attitude -
To expectations as
- Business Understanding
- Technical/Function experience through assignments
- Multi-tasking
- Expertise in the job requirements

Compensation
- Hiked / revised every year of Campus recruitment.
- May go with the similar and marginal increase based on the pool / college / areas of specialization.

Post Joining 4Expectations
- Training
- Training & Then
- On-The-Job
Now:
- Actual Job assignment
- On-the-Job-Productive
- To deliver the goods from the day one of the joining.

Resource Availability @ MARKET

More openings and reasonable number of colleges with few good resources and competition challenge with competitors. - More number of people
- Candidates from 2008 onwards available.
- More colleges whereby doubling the capacity of resources available.

Social Impact
15% of the employable candidates available. Parents were eagerly waiting for their kids to be placed and there begins a new life for the efforts put in once they are selected…
- There is an increased pressure on the students/job aspirants and especially from the people who have not got a good placement for whatever the reasons in last few years and they start competing with 2010 freshers like more freshers.
- Large entry-level job seekers with within the social pressure cooker.

Walk-In @ Career Clinic

2010-01-17T13:38:00.003+05:30

Walk-In @ Career Clinic
24th & 31st January 2010

Trainee-HR (10) - Fresh MBA-HR
Software Trainee (1) - Graduate with .Dot Net Project Exposure
Trainee Business Development (1) - Fresh MBA-Sales
Register
9603016222
http://www.1stjob.blogspot.com/

Address for Communication

Career Clinic @ Original City

Opp: D.S. Cyber Cafe, Beside Ration Shop
Huppuguda, Hyderabad (Near Huppuguda Railway station, 100 meters from station... and road leading to Arundhathi Colony)

CAREER CLINIC @ ORIGINAL CITY

2010-01-14T15:06:00.003+05:30

As part of our support to the young and budding professionals we are initiating this Career Clinic @ Original City, Huppuguda, Hyderabad (Near Huppuguda Railway station, 100 meters from station... and road leading to Arundhathi Colony). Some of the Details are as below, please use this opportunity to be a winner. Please note this is our social service effort and in support of young India.

Time: Every Sunday Experts are Available for conselling - 9 am onwards

Fonder:G R Reddy

Location : Original City

Cost : No Cost - Its Free

How do we help : Areas of Support: Helping in 1st Job, Enterprenurship, Career Enhancement, Education We help you in the following steps in Your Job Search (1st Job)

1 - You Register with our Team

2 - We shall invite you for a Test/GD/Personal Interview

3 - We rate each of the applicant

4 - We connect to the Industry who require a specific requirement

5 - Send the Data relevant for Companies

6 - Companies based on the requirement call for Selection based on the data submitted by us

7 - Offered by Companies if selected

8 - If you get an opportunity, you should be helping the others in our database.

9 - If you are not successful in the above process we continue to send the data to many companies...also we continue to guide based on your interest

Email : job@husys.net

Wish you a great time....

Sincere Regards,

Bharath Daripally

See Eenadu - Chaduvu on 11th Jan 2010 for Q&A on Careers by GR Reddy/Career Clinic

2010-01-10T19:27:00.003+05:30

We happy to share this moment of Team Career Clinic @ Original City - Avinash and Bharath during His Excellency Dr.APJ Abdul Kalam on 14th November 2009. We are inspired by his vision and happy to be able to contribute a very minute fraction of contribution for Developed India.. LeadIndia 2020 : GR Reddy

Career Clinic Associates with His Excellency Dr.APJ Abdul Kalam

2009-12-19T11:14:00.002+05:30

I am happy to share this moment of Team Career Clinic @ Original City - Avinash and Bharath during His Excellency Dr.APJ Abdul Kalam on 14th November 2009.
We are inspired by his vision and happy to be able to contribute a very minute fraction of contribution for Developed India..
LeadIndia 2020
GR Reddy

HR Function Outsourcing Model of Husys Shared at IIMA

2009-12-15T19:29:00.003+05:30

I am happy to share that Husys shared HRFO experience with AHRD MDP program at IIMA on 11th December 2009. Here is a photograph of GR's Session at IIMA on 11th December 2009.

FAQ Answered by GR in Eenadu - 7th Dec, 2009

2009-12-07T20:39:00.000+05:30

Enclosed are the FAQs of Eenadu readers answered by GR ... on 7th Dec, 2009...http://www.eenadu.net/chaduvu/chaduvuinner.asp?qry=topstory2

Career Clinic @ Original City

2009-11-28T11:00:00.002+05:30

Dear Friends,

As part of our support to the young and budding professionals we are initiating this Career Clinic @ Original City, Huppuguda, Hyderabad (Near Huppuguda Railway station, 100 meters from station... and road leading to Arundhathi Colony). Some of the Details are as below, please use this opportunity to be a winner. Please note this is our social service effort and in support of young India.

Time: Every Sunday Experts are Available for conselling - 8 am to 10 am
Location : Original City
Cost : No Cost - Its Free

How do we help :
Areas of Support: Helping in 1st Job, Enterprenurship, Career Enhancement, Education

We help you in the following steps in Your Job Search (1st Job)
1 - You Register with our Team
2 - We shall invite you for a Test/GD/Personal Interview
3 - We rate each of the applicant
4 - We connect to the Industry who require a specific requirement
5 - Send the Data relevant for Companies
6 - Companies based on the requirement call for Selection based on the data submitted by us
7 - Offered by Companies if selected
8 - If you get an opportunity, you should be helping the others in our database.
9 - If you are not successful in the above process we continue to send the data to many companies...also we continue to guide based on your interest

Email : job@husys.net

Wish you a great time....

Warm Regards,
Reddy GR - Husys

Mission - HR Talent 2009 Competition for Business Students

2009-11-07T11:10:00.001+05:30

We are conducting a unique 4 level HR Competition including Practical assignments in judging the "Mission - HR Talent 2009". Please review the link for more information : www.husys.net /missionhr.html

Please pass it on to students who are pursuing the Business Program as part of MBA/MHRM/PGDM etc.,

Last Date for Entries : 19th November 2009

Thanks,

Warm Regards,
Reddy GR

Q&A for T20-P80 of Management Education by GR Reddy

2009-10-26T08:56:00.002+05:30

Here is the link where the Q&A for previous article...

http://www.eenadu.net/chaduvu/chaduvuinner.asp?qry=topstory4

Please standby for the English Version of questions and answers..

GR Reddy Husys

T20 - P80 of Management Education

2009-10-20T13:33:00.007+05:30

T20–P80 (Theory20:Practice80) Of Management Education

The Management Education has become very important with the changing Business scenario across the globe. More important for Indian Business Graduates where the world of opportunities are ahead.

In Today’s world there are many changes taking place in Business. If you notice out of top 100 companies 20 years back very few are still existing on top… and many have suffered closing and struggling to survive… There are many new age companies based on knowledge Industry are ruling the Business Leadership positions. This is purely due to the lack of forecasting the future and ability to adapt by the Big Business houses continuously. If this is true to the Business, its equally true to the Management Graduates without any exception.

Management education comes with different names and titles… to name few : MBA – Master of Business Administration(offered by typically Universities), PGP-M – Post Graduate Program in Management(independent and strength based on Industry endorsement – eg. ISB), PGDM – Post Graduate Diploma in Management attached with specialization-Independent approved by AICTE (HR-Human Resources, Retail – Retail Management etc., as specialization offered by many Business Schools). All the programs have their own advantages based on the course design flexibility and execution. The Programs would stand benefit the students end of the day based on the Industry acceptance and ability to produce productive resources for immediate use.

“It is not for stop gap during recession time or just following the trend to do MBA after graduation.. it is for the insight to business before you start managing your firm or managing some one else, know the importance 'you are going to be a entrepreneur either way”

Pre-Management Course : If we have not consciously applied our ability to see the chemistry, physics, mathematics, Engineering in education till Graduation, its time that we apply all what we learn at business school to real-life. The continuous application and experimentation of oneself is the key for success in management education.

During Management Course : As part of the management education the student pursuing is expected to understand the Theory in books and how its been practiced by working professionals and experts teaching at the business school. Any unapplied theory would not fetch a good future for student in today’s times.

Getting Started - Induct – Equip – Experiment Yourself:

Since the management course has very different expectations than that of your graduation, its important to understand some of the following to help oneself to induct for better future student life.

- Its Important for a student to understand the expectations of the course
- Understand the College and their expectations during the course
- Understand the economic scenario outside ( eg. Due to the change in the business there has been a tremendous impact on 2007-9, 2008-10 batch of students)
- Understand the expectations of the Industry from time to time.
- Understand the expectations of the course from the following point of view and prepare yourself – mentally and physically to face.
o Subjects & Course Contents
o Teaching Methodologies
o Practical Assignments
o Field Works
o Guest/Visitng Professors

“Inculcate a deep rooted passion towards the course you have chosen, to make sure that it occupies Priority in your mind”

During the course - Know the syllabus before attending classes (try to get inputs from relevant working professionals before attending the topic. This will give you a better understanding of the subject and minimize your time for exam preparation)

Note : Forget about the approach of going through books just before the examination & be prepared with the contents rather than just vomiting the learned topics previous day of exam.

Students and challenges:

Ideally a management course is useful for students who have prior work experience, however 80% of MBA students do join after their Graduation. This proving to be a negative impact on the number of offers at Business Schools.

Fresh Graduates Without Experience: Students who join the Management program without any working experience fail to relate to the real business environment. They need a great amount of ability to constantly understand the application in real-life business. They have to make atleast 5 times more effort than a person with experience to make sure a realistic approach to work-life at Business.

Professionals with Work Experience: The students who come with experience to the management schools have to face with a challenge of viewing from a very different angle than what is been experienced by them in their previous jobs. The ability to break away from a traditional “my point of view” thinking would help them to achieve greater heights.

The Ability of the Individuals with Fresh thoughts without experience and the ability of the working experience would be used as a strength to build Business oriented capabilities.

APPROACH & ATTITUDE TO COURSE

MBA is not just another course/degree that one would be acquiring… It requires an Application Oriented approach to business. Students are expected to understand, assimilate and use the business skills taught at the Business School. If one would like to continue how they were in Graduation which may not help them in anyway. The same is reflected in the way they approach to the Industry with a right attitude for positive development of business.

An approach & Attitude called “Return on Investment”: The Return on investment is true to the Student and the Industry who would hire them when they pass out from college.

A Business Graduate should have two approaches – what is the Return on the Investment done my him/her in terms of Money & Time invested Versus the Opportunity that they have at the end of the program.

Also the Return on Investment proposition for organisation who hire them. Organizations offer positions to the Business School graduates assuming that they come with business expertise and add value to their business. Usual Investment Return that they look at is 1:5 times where the salary paid and the revenue/profitability is 5 times (may vary based on Industry – High for product/process based Industries…)….

“If you don’t have a ROI proposition in your attitude only luck/god can help you”

Plan to Gain @ College:

Ideally college is the best Place to gain the exposure required… It’s a testing ground for one self to build the capabilities required for future. A good management College would build an ability of building & managing Business in the students. How one can get maximum out of the various point of interactions while at college. Few of them are 4 listed dimensions where the gain is possible for a student for future improvement. It may sound and feel painful to keep efforts but its worth for a better future.

Gain from Classes:

Your class room is your Lab to experiment yourself and express to test yourself. Make sure you utilize the time and efforts at classroom as below:

- Involve and understand the applicability of theory in practice
- Relate with simple things in your life and the experiences around.
- Benefit from the application and involvement in various methodologies of managing and understanding business.
- Create notes and build the subject knowledge
- Learn work environment (learning along with different people with an ability to build interpersonal skills, working as a team, driving from the front for any specific assignment.

Gain from Teachers/Faculty/Professors

The ability of understanding the students and mould them for the future is in the hands of the professors at college. The best of the combination of experienced faculty with a focus on student development helps you well. Some of the points to keep in mind to exploit the opportunity with Faculty during your college.

- Never Hesitate to Ask any simple to complex questions.
- Treat them as typically the first mentors for your future endeavors
- Build a rapport and discuss during the sessions and after the sessions.
- Have a meaningful dialogues to argue and understand the concepts (Be productive –don’t be a pain with your view point always)
- Gain from real-life experience of the professors
- Support in their external assignments to get exposure

Gain from College
- Best use the infrastructure and Learning environment
- Best use of the support systems created in terms of the reputation
- Seek Support in reaching to Industry with the Faculty
- Create a best of the external environment within the college – Taking inputs from the Industry create labs ( for Sales Process, Back Office Processes for organizations) –Managements can always support you to build such support system for yourself.
- Create a Industry Interface Body (more than just placement) internally and run it effectively with the support of the Management, Faculty and Industry.

“Do not ever imagine that since you joined the course, its your ticket to a great management career – The ticket is that the course makes you think and help you apply in real-time situation”

Gain from Industry Interaction:
- Interaction with Industry is to build the visualization of your future
- Interaction and working with Industry would improve the probability of placement
- Industry realities are known and understood during the course.
- Visit and assimilate the knowledge from Real Business
- Building on-the-job exposure for better business sense
- Ensure all the Theory is visualized through interaction with the Industry Guests, Leaders.
- Choose Small and Medium Enterprises organizations to get your maximum learning practically.

IMPORTANCE OF ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE

Academic Excellence is the key for better positioning of oneself. Academic inputs build a strong foundation for student’s ability to understand the perspective of subject. This would help application at a later point of time. However, It’s important to understand the entire aspects of business in theory and apply for better scores. Better scores certify that you have done your best to understand, comprehend and express well.

“BUSINESS SCHOOL would only create an ability to support business not just preparing for just an other JOB”.

OUTSIDE CLASS & WORLD

In most of the cases the students in MBA feel that they are into a tough and cutthroat environment and competition, however the world outside that environment is much more competitive. Some of the realities/expectations are listed as below:

- World is not as straight as what is read in the book… hence it becomes imperative that you must learn from external world more than in the Class room.
- External competition comes from anywhere due to the diversity in people working from various backgrounds. The external outside environment is much more complex and diverse than what you would experience in College.
- The business owners are never there to learn from the business school kids, they need to be convinced with your ability to understand business and create opportunity for growth.
- What you assume the expectations at Schools are extremely different and at least 10times more than what you would have expected normally.
- No Great theories work with the business leaders, unless proved and put in practice for better results.
- Business outside expects a clear measurable outputs than just assumptions and hopes.
- With the Global change in the business environment the expectations are multi-continental in nature than just one specific geography based.

“Best of the business Schools strive to build you as an Enterprenuer”

SKILLS ENHANCEMENT

Today’s Business is no longer the Product driven, hence the Skills have become more of internal to the employees and managers who deal with them. The Service Orientation is the skill to focus for any Management Graduate if they wish to excel in their career.

In today’s business every business success depends on the Service orientation of the organization. Service is no longer is restricted to a product or to a company and its one of the most single distinctive factor which others can’t copy or replicate so easily.

Service orientation is the ability of the individual/group to see customer centric support that can be provided through various products and services that company is offering to ensure highest level of satisfaction. The individual should be able to see the service part of the product and improve presenting and responding to the customer for greater satisfaction.

While Service orientation is the base and one can excel with the continuous skill up gradations in the areas of Strategic Thinking with Tactical execution, People Management, Technology Management with exceptional problem solving ability.

The Students are expected to perform various Individual, Team & Customer Oriented tasks to make sure that they create business like environment to build the competencies in the college. Some of the examples of such activities may include – Attending Internal/External Seminars/Group Discussions, Bidding for external projects (SME’s), Identify the service lines and provide business support for organizations within the City/Outside city based on cost effectiveness and many such create/novel activities to help to feel the pulse of Business.

“Management Students are expected to be of soldiers with Tolls and ability to apply in real-time situations on the ground than great back-room bookworms”.

LIFESTYLE HABITUAL CHANGES

As you join the Management course there are different level of expectations than in your Graduation. Since the Management schools are supposed to build the capabilities for business management… Its important that the impact on the lifestyle would be higher. A Positive approach to life and new environment would help quick support for student. The following are the three key issues due to which there is an influence on LifeStyle and the Habits at a Management School.

- Creating Business Like Standardization at College : In the external world each company has its different/unique culture and representation. As a college one is expected to set some standards for Dress Code (Specific Dress Code on specific days/ occasions), Resumes, Presentation Material and other related support system to build a uniqueness for the college. Eg: When you represent your college externally you may want create a specific dress code/Presentation material in the format of your college during the presentations etc.

- Creating Business Like Environment: It is important to understand and appreciate the environment of Business outside. The student teams can set in specific set norms for execution of any task/assignment/project while in the college. Eg: Conducting a Seminar – Create set of Action Plans, Process documentation, checklist, allocation of work based on strengths of people, co-ordination with external agencies, formal invitations, Followup and Review, execution methodology with timelines etc.,

- Business Etiquettes and Behavior: During your interaction in business career you may encounter quite a number of behaviors, cultures with many kinds of people across the Globe. Its important to understand the Business and Cultural etiquettes of the Region/Country/Continent that the other Business partners belong. Understanding the etiquettes of Business, Dining, Interaction with people and help yourself to build those capabilities would be of great help. Eg: We eat our food with our hands at home, however during a business meeting you may have to use the spoon & forks. You should be able to use them effectively without showing great efforts during your business meetings.

Check Your Mannerism: In our country we have various ways of expression based on our place/environment. It can vary even widely within Andhra Pradesh… Its noticed that the students carry all the different mannerisms of the place they belong to which may not set in a business environment. Students must constantly identify such common behavioral patterns and correct with timely feedback based on the situations.

“ No Corporate work Experience is 9am-5pm or just 8 hours of job… In today’s business the executive is expected to perform the Role and Responsibility assigned on time… So Its important to be physically and mentally to stretch and complete tasks which may run into 15-16 hours too….”

Vitamins for Future Growth - Tips :

- Team up with the students who have the experience before joining the course and learn from their experiences and how the things have been applied. Do not depend on their evaluation but make sure you validate with your professor.
- Keep a track of your old student network (Alumni) – They help you place yourself 50% for sure. Create and run an Alumni Network if you don’t have at your college.
- Use Online Social/Business Networking sites to build relations with Business Leaders.
- Create Internal Individual Development Clubs, Business Clubs, Cultural Clubs and need based units to help you to build confidence in working with people.
- Keep interacting with the external professionals from Business. The ability to interact and connect in communication would help in building the confidence for delivery at work at later stages of career…
- Create at least 15 mentors from different Industries and professions to guide you to know the internal details of their businesses.
- Work on part-time assignments for at least 2-4 hours a day. This would give you real-time application of what you learn at college.
- Work on group real-time projects with organizations when you have to use your Internship & project reporting.

2009-10-20T13:33:00.001+05:30

Eenadu Article for the benefit of MBA Students

2009-10-19T09:41:00.001+05:30

Please review this article in Tegulu News Paper - Eenadu... please do standby for the english version on this blog...

http://www.eenadu.net/chaduvu/chaduvuinner.asp?qry=topstory1

Thanks,
Best Regards,
Reddy GR
www.hrsme.blogspot.com

We help you in your First Job - Apply

2009-09-19T16:02:00.004+05:30

Dear Friends,

As part of our support to the young and budding professionals we are initiating this Career Mission Program. Some of the Details are as below, please use this opportunity to be a winner. Please note this is our social service effort and in support of young India.

Program : Career Mission
Location : Original City
Cost : No Cost - Its Free
How do we help : We help you in the following steps :
1 - You Register with our Team
2 - We shall invite you for a Test/GD/Personal Interview
3 - We rate each of the applicant
4 - We connect to the Industry who require a specific requirement
5 - Send the Data relevant for Companies
6 - Companies based on the requirement call for Selection based on the data submitted by us
7 - Offered by Companies if selected
8 - If you get an opportunity, you should be helping the others in our database.
9 - If you are not successful in the above process we continue to send the data to many companies...also we continue to guide based on your interest

* As a college you can nominate yourself - We shall do the screening for your at once and add in our database for organisations...

Apply : job@husys.net
or alternatively Submit your data (this is easier for us to invite):
http://spreadsheets.google.com/a/husys.net/viewform?formkey=dEl2VUNuZ3NBRTNCcjd3Sk13SHlQalE6MA..

Wish you a great time....

Warm Regards,
Reddy GR - Husys

Get Your First Opportunity in these times

2009-08-31T19:00:00.004+05:30

Please vote for GR on this link for his appearance on Yourstory.in : http://www.yourstory.in/news/1063-frontpage/2487-gundlapally-ramalinga-reddy-founder-husys-consulting-pvt-ltd

Get Your First Opportunity

Careers are changing dynamically... With the changing attitude and the ambitions of our young generation it may be difficult to say " I am from XYZ stream in my graduation and I would like to go in this field only". It may be right to start, but makes it difficult after some time with changing dynamics of Information received from various sources by the Aspirant.

Most of the Graduates would like to be in a Management function in the future and its important that you should pickup any job after your graduation. You need to understand one thing that by actually working on some of the assignments... you are making yourself acquented to the organisational environment, understand the dynamics of organisational culture, understand working with teams, understand your manager, understand the business cycle and ofcourse understand yourself to explore further.

This experiential information would help you build confidence and test yourself in the organisation. After a typical 2-3 years of exposure to the organisation move on to do your MBA (I would still say that by that time if you feel you need to have an MBA degree)....That would always be the best....

Go ahead and pick the right first opportunity (ofcourse evaluate briefly) and keep moving... one piece of advise... please stick and do it for atleast 1 year to gather some mass of understanding.

OR

If you have any inclination to be on your own... pickup any assignment from companies as freelancer or on franchise like exposure to kick start your work... I shall write more on this in later stories...

All the Best and beat the recession with a quick start... or else your juniors would be in race....

All the best,
Reddy GR
GR works with Husys Consulting - HR Function Management company with global headquarters in Hyderabad,India.

GR on Yourstory.in

2009-08-26T14:55:00.000+05:30

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http://www.yourstory.in/news/1063-frontpage/2487-gundlapally-ramalinga-reddy-founder-husys-consulting-pvt-ltd

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2009-07-31T17:00:00.002+05:30

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HOW DO YOU SECURE JOB IN TODAY'S TIMES : SME'S WHO CAN AFFORD YOU

2009-07-10T16:56:00.002+05:30

Continuing with my comments on August 23rd 2008 on www.1stjob.blogspot.com… GR works with Husys – HR Function Management Company based at Hyderabad.

Its almost an year and we are here at a stage exactly what is predicted on that day… Some of the observations and hints that I would like to share at this point to get you to your first job comfortably.

World of SME’s
What we have seen changing in the SME’s World :
- There are hiccups interms of the money flow but it never deterred the SME’s to take this challenge and stand against the odd. The strength today is going to give 10% of the SME’s would emerge as large organizations of future.
- The Ability of the SME owners to keep investing into the new areas of business to bring the productivity.
- Lucky enough that the overhead & infrastructure costs are lower for all of the SME’s. It may have been due to the cautious behavior of hard earned rupee and also awareness of the ground realities.
- Small & Medium – Retail, Hospitality, Health Care, NGO’s, Various Services businesses
- There are many ventures making inroads into the Educational space. There is space for everyone. The more small and focused institutes with value add to the students would make their mark in this space.

What a Student/First Job Seeker to Do now:

- Forget what one expects you to do…. You are unique to yourself…. Define your own path….
- For a moment and few weeks let your parents don’t advise/tell/force you… Take that free time for yourself from what you know from others(friends etc.,)
- Review your critical capabilities interms of
o Your Interests
o Your Focus for Future
o Your Ability to Reach the desired level
o Your ability to assess and seek relevant support
o Your ability to define a path ( which may not be always the way everyone things)
o Your ability to innovate/experiment should be out
o Your ability to forget what you did… but what you acquired beyond grades/certificates
- If you have done the above…. Now you are ready to do different things than the other 99.99999999% of people do…

In this episode I would focus on one of the way to reach the SME’s :

After reading the following steps if you ask yourself “ Is this possible with me” don’t attempt to use this method and remain what you are…. If your mind says “ Challenging but let me make an effort”….that’s enough for you to move towards your goal.
- Identify and study the business of about 10 SME’s in different Segments (This is not easy task, but if you do it you are 50% through your search)
- Seek an appointment after your initial background study
- Understand the challenges of those SME’s currently and what’s there in future
- Create a channel to offer services to the SME in consideration by you or your group (A Team )
- Create a service product of offerings so that the SME would listen to you based on your ground work and different ways of looking at things… they know that you don’t want to be a burden to them than building support for their business.
o Eg. A team of young graduates with excellent communication skills could work on a Customer Data Gathering and arranging appointments for an organisation’s Sales Managers. This would help in building business for the organisation. Get paid based on the income generated out of your efforts.

Wish you all the best... please do write your comments for improvement and more information....

Career Aspirations in 2009 by Sudhakar - Director Operations - Husys

2009-01-11T12:34:00.004+05:30

The original article by Sudhakar appeared on EENADU the No.1 daily in AP. Please read the Eenadu link :
http://www.eenadu.net/specialpages/sp-edumain.asp?qry=sp-edumain5

Career Preparation for JOB in 2009

Economic recession, Global meltdown of Jobs in the Global Market, ofcourse leaves a thought in mind on how to get a job during this year. Its time to understand more deep about the market realities and realize our opportunities and threatens than just be in the old laurels of our brother and sisters who have succeeded and would like to travel in the same path. Its good to follow however important to customize the thoughts to be successful during the year 2009.

Emotional preparation

• Create a confidence to represent and drive yourself than others drive you with the ideas.
• Identify your unique strength (everybody in this world would have) as quality to be tough during hard times.
• Seek information but should have discretional ability to justify to your unique strength.
• Ready to be strong during all delayed communication and failure during and after the interview.
• Magnify your Listen skills to the Opportunity / Opportunities and filter your listen to the market of Jobs Lost/ Pink Slips internationally and even in domestic market.

Societal Realities

• Educate your family member especially the parents about the present industry situation and job market to ensure they are not in the world of hipe for you.
• Realize that 80% of the companies don’t have brand image to satisfy you social system where your job market is.
• Job opportunities need to be explored constantly through all sources. Now companies stopped investing on the Paper ads & Postings like previous, You would known through Social networking
• Never go along with sympathy / Pitiness against you which would kill your confidence level for your preparation in the Job Market.

Professional Focus

• Understand the Business of various Companies and your generalist role in each of the organization.
• Have a clear cut thought on why you have chosen your academic and scope of your qualification.
• Be clear, How are you going to contribute to the company, working for 8- 10 hours is not your contribution.
• Do a paper work on mapping you role in each of the organization along with related behavioural skills required.
• Bring maturity to your thoughts in expressing right in simple during the interviews understanding the domain Industry.
• Introspect yourself where you stand in the highly volatile, dynamic Business and Job market with sample question like
o Why Company X should give me a Job
o What is that I have gained since I have born?
o How well I am able to express myself about my creative thinking
o Is my thinking Conventional/ contemporary to the Business and Market changes
• Be ready to work for Risk-Reward style (Create a benefit to the Organsation and Seek for Self benefit.
• Its important to have a fairly good understanding of various functional skill to be jack of all trades to gain quick result for your academic and skills.

Personalised Focus for career

• Understand various kind/ types of jobs available in the market for your Study.
• Realise your competencies, practice on it
• Need to come out of the false prestige regarding Job expectations relating to your role and Pay.
• Express your thoughts clearly with good communication
• Prepare your profile simple covering all your competencies that you can Justify and never use Jargon, or spelling mistakes in the resume
• Optimistic approach to contribute to organization and be clear that your working in the organization is not a favour to the employer.
• Each Business Man hour is important for the organization to contribute, hence obligation to keep yourself fit and healthy.
• Its self responsibility for searching the sources of opportunities for Job availability and be connected to people and companies for your Job.

Employer would stretch from their end and would support in getting you a job in a win- win situation.

Career Aspirants Wish you all a great success during the year 2009

Current Challenges for Students by Sudhakar Kumar - Director - Operations - Husys

2009-01-11T12:32:00.002+05:30

An Opportunity to learn more and get Employed meeting the Challenges

While being studious in your academics its now a serious thought time for all the job aspirants to understand the external market conditions and you can contribute to the Business market with your skills in the critical scenario of Global Business Slow down.

Trust all of you are aware that every year not less than a Lakh of Engineers, Half a Lakh of Management Graduates from each City across India getting into the market for employment and claim no Employment Opportunities. How does organization provide employment and to whom they would like to provide an opportunity during their survival of existence is at stake. Its time that uniqueness is created by you in the knowledge, approach and maturity to present self

As a Job seeker there are few facts that you must realize to gain opportunity during these challenging situation.

Facts to Realise:

Maximization at Less Cost - It is important for the Business man to protect and survive in their Business during unfavourable market Condition and their focus would be bring productivity with the existing resources or at a less cost in all possible ways.

Employment is to generate a value for Business: Gone are the days that because you are employed You are will be fixed a salary bracket and keep paying and provide increments year after year and incentive for each of the additional contributions to the company. Now it is time to address what value an Individual bring to the business both in terms of the Monetary & Non Monetary ways for Company to look at Investing on the people called asserts where the value should increase day after the day. Are you the One in those who provide difference to the company for increasing the business value and so your value.

Pay for Survival, luxury pay for timely High Performance and not for hard workers: Of course it looks strange but its fact that Businessman are not only focusing for sincere, loyal worker to work but also the speed and smartness to deliver to capture the opportunity understanding the Business. Those are paid better as long as the resource perform at improvise contribution every time.

High acceptability when your wave length match with the Business thinking and linking/ Interpreting to your functional Skills and deliver with expertise: This challenge is normally at the mid level manages However company trying to reduce the fat at the TOP and Mid Level and build teams at the entry level to balance the delivery challenges of execution and its an opportunity for the fresher to gain but when you can start thinking about the company business.

Come into the Reality and keep your shoes in the Present Business Situation- Come out of Social influence of brand image for your Job to showoff to your friends, it is important to be adaptable every odd work that come on your way along with your actual responsibility. Never expect someone would come and push/ train you to delivery better or blame your manager for not able to spend time for grooming you to deliver your task. Its important to take a foot forward to stretch all your body, mind and soul to support your manager for giving the best out put.

Time for defining career goals steps with clarity as the cost of mistake is too high compared to the previous Job market and thousands of people are behind you to take the Opportunity. Hence is important that you need to be clear enough of your career goal, steps of achievement, Yours key strength and then your ability to express and project all these with a right spirit and maturity as a prospective individual.

Your role of Translating Challenges to Opportunity

Social Networking for Optimizing the Opportunities and know the pockets of Opportunities which you would get the routes through continuous interaction with your senior, e mails, Electronic Technical/ Functional groups etc.

Your academic and scope of your academics in the Industry with strong fundamental knowledge

Eg- R & D (Microbiologist): Scope of few career Options for Bacteriologist, Immunologist, Cell Biologists, Environmental Scientists, Geneticists, Immunologists, Mycologist and Technical marketing etc.

Human Resources – Recruiter, Employee Relations Manager, generalist HR, C & B Specialist, Training Specialist, etc,

Marketing & Sales - Sales, Market Research & Analysis, Marketing, Online Marketing etc

And it is important to customize these theoretical skills to be interpreted for Business Development with required behavioural and Technical/ functional skills. And most important as a Professional it is important to be a jack of all trades with decent expertise in delivering with Multi functional and Technical Knowledge.

Supporting in the Big Challenges and support in neutralizing

• Speaking Business and your role importance.
• Confident representation of self as ready product to use.
• Value of low investment high returns resource

Build Maturity to your actions professionally to represent that you understand the challenge of Business to a extend with good understand of the market impact in that particular Vertical Business domain from a studious behaviour.

High time to come out of the box thinking and In Boundary delivery as a single function specialist during the early stage of career to play multi tasking role from the day initial stage with little orientation by the company.

All these skills along with an optimistic approach to contribute to organization would make you more employable quickly and sure would not impact you by any kind of tough scenario of Business and Economic slow down and beyond all your sustainability in the industry would be much high.

Future of IT Segment for Freshers and their First Jobs in India

2008-08-23T12:07:00.004+05:30

Dear Friends,

You must be noticing that the change in the economic condition of US and all over the world is showing on the IT segment recruitments now a days. If you notice on any of the new cost cutting initiatives the following are adapted by large companies.

1- Stop the Recruitments (Unless emergency which may effect the revenue)
2- Training Initiatives are cutdown
3- Differ the recruitments of fresh graduates little later..
4- Look for freshers who can produce with least training investment by the companies

The current cost cutting would continue for some time to come... So all the graduates passingout and looking for opportunities to be aware of this phenomenon and plan accordingly.

Here are the few suggestions(not exhaustive) you may like to ponder to place yourself.

- Identify the other Industries growing and find the relevant position in such companies at the entry level
- Find the small and medium size organisation who have more domestic projects which may not get effected by the Economies around the world.
- Any new and innovative product development ( may be startup or small in size) who may want to start with a cost advantage (means low cost with high potential in people)
- Also try and work with companies which have a local presence and not big - the place where you can have a great exposure and someone is there to support you continusouly. Where your presence is more important for them.

Please do add your comments on how you would like to approch to this issue... Also read some of the inputs shared on this Blog of GR Reddy.

Thanks and All the Best.

Regards,
Reddy GR
Husys - World only HR Function Outsourcing Company

Young Potential of India - Abhinav Bindra - Gold - Olympics 2008

2008-08-11T10:54:00.002+05:30

Our heartfelt congratulations to Abhinav who proved the young Indian talent by getting the First Every Gold in Olympics 2008... A moment for every Indian to be proud with a hope for future GOLDS.
Congratulations again..
Team Husys

Learning the Simple things Required for a JOB

2008-08-01T17:07:00.002+05:30

I am sure you would like to choose a JOB which can create a Career in Future!

The most essential thing required while in the campus is the learning experience that you would have got. Did you get to do some of the following or more!!!!

- Created a Model of Equipment
- Any experiments to replicate a larger business processes
- Learning models created for kids
- Created support system for your college itself
- I am sure you visited organisations/industrial tour - did you offer your services to them?
- Any part-time assignment
- Any full-time assignment during holidays / weekends

and you can list as many as you did... which would help you to project the simple interest in delivering.

So keep thinking... all the best..

Warm Regards,
Reddy GR
Husys - HR Function Management Company
www.husys.net

Practice is Important before you get onto JOB

2008-05-10T12:16:00.002+05:30

Notes from HUSYS - HR Function Management Company (HRFO)

One of the most important factor of you to be choosen to the companies is the Practice on JOB. You need to know the details of what an actual JOB contains,what are the challenges realtime. These are possible only through the Practical exposure during your graduation/PG. The more practical that you conduct your Project - the more chances of getting the opportunities.

Please choose your company as though you are going to join the company ultimately...that would help you to achieve best in your life...

All the Best.

Warm Regards,
Reddy GR
www.husys.net

Husys recruiting MBA - HR, BBA freshers for Management Trainees - HR

2008-03-13T22:02:00.002+05:30

We are currently looking for MBA-HR or BBA candidates (0-1 year experience) to join Husys to build the future growth of the company. We are looking atleast 30-40 people to be recruited with above qualifications.

Please do visit our website for more information on our Company - www.husys.net

Thanks and wish you a great future.

Warm Regards,
Reddy GR

Campus Season for Freshers

2008-03-13T21:59:00.002+05:30

Dear Friends,
This is the season for 2nd rung (Except top 20) Institutes to have the campuses. Please do make sure you read the postings I have made and get benefitted.
Thanks and wish you all the best.
If any one of your need any information please do write for clarifications.
Warm Regards,
Reddy GR

1st JOB a guide for Freshers in India

2008-02-28T10:22:00.000+05:30

My experiences as a book ” 1st JOB ”

This is extremely useful for all the final year students to get their dream job with corporates. This is the first ever written by HR Manager to explain the situation on the otherside of the table for Candidates.

The birth of this book emerged from the experiences of my Corporate need to hire competent freshers. The basic focus of students, performance and their attitude towards career is blurred with too many influences and unprocessed information. Therefore, this book seeks to provide them what the real picture is at Companies to help them perform better with increased success ratio with all the information provided from the experience of hiring 100’s of freshers

Features
Compact- Easy to carry and refer
Simple Language
Interesting Story Lines
Live Examples
Interlinked Exercises In Every Chapter
Hints tips and suggestions
Career Questions Along with Question Bank
Exclusive Cartoons to Visualize the Idea
Affordable and Attractive Price

For copies contact Chetana : 091-040-65195632

Recent Trends in Fresher's Requirements in India

2008-02-28T09:46:00.004+05:30

Dear Friends,

Its time that the companies are on saving bottom-line and differing the recruitment of the Fresh Trainees post April 2008. It is essential that your focus should be clear and targetted to get the first job at first attempt.

Few Tips to follow in this arena:

- Research well about the companies you want to join
- Understand the exact requirements
- Do a very good ground work before approaching/submitting your profile
- Do mock tests/interviews within your teams
- Take advise of good senior people who can give you feedback.

All the Best....

Warm Regards,
Reddy GR
Husys Consulting
www.husys.net

What Companies Look for in Freshers - 1st Job holders

2008-02-13T18:31:00.000+05:30

WHAT COMPANIES LOOK FOR…

After investing more than 20 years of initial life its essential for one to prove themselves in a very short span of 20 min (you are luck if you get so much of time during interview). In this article we would identify the qualities that companies would evaluate you in making a hiring decision on you. This week in our journey to Campus to Corporate we would understand the reasons for hiring fresh talent. The good news is that Industry generally recruits 30-50% of Fresh Talent based on their Industry and in cases of Services / IT the % is more.

Why COMPANIES hire Fresh Talent :
• The fresh minds are definitely better to be moulded as per the organizational requirement.
• They bring the refreshing energy and great learning attitude.
• Fresh Talent can take the risk in innovating new things and do things differently.
• Organisatinal Vision, Mission and Values can be imbibed with least resistance as the acceptance for change is very high in Fresh Talent.

Role You Play as Fresher/Trainee:

Your initial steps in organization would be as a Team Member. Please understand this role and it would help you in responding to your interviewers. Your role as Team Member would include : Executing the instructions given to you based on the training and your ability to manage. As team member you would complete your tasks as per the instructions and support from the other team member including your supervisor(Team Lead). As part of execution you would utilize your own skills at various intensities.

Qualities :
The qualities required based on the level of responsibility that a fresher is going to handle. All the qualities are assessed based on the “past performance(while @ study) and the ability to translate the skills in usable form during the job”. We would review each of the qualities understanding the meaning and how it is assessed by the companies. The assessment method should be some fo the way to improve while you are at college.

Generic Qualities

• Communication – is the ability to express oneself through a combination of verbal and as well as in written. The communication where the transmission of information is identified through the body language is called the Non-Verbal Communication.
o Communication is assessed based on the simple and realistic flow of information sharing during the interaction. It is also assessed on the explanation and confidence by the candidate. The ability of the candidate to express the knowledge gained, focus on career, clarity on the job attending, efforts in subject / function and any related information to bring confidence to the interviewer.
• TechSavvy & Documentation: This is the ability where the student to have an understanding of the technology support that he gets to be more productive. All the related Technology Tools which would help in communicating and improving work productivity is a must for every body in today’s environment. On an average around 30% of the time by a working professional in IT or Non-IT environment spends in Mobile, Email, Internet, Software packages and Documenting the work done. This 30% of the time defines the progress of individual in climbing the corporate ladder.
o This is identified by the corporate by seeking information on the projects done by the invididual, documentation of reports & projects, Usage of the Email and any of the productivity tools used by them during the college time (MS Office – Word, Excel & Power Point Presentation and many others).
• Team Ability – Existing(Internal) & External(Outside teams)
o This is probably the most important and takes a major part in assessment, but to be proved individually during the interaction. Team ability is the ability to be in a team(groups of people for a common cause) and make the team effective by way of contributing and strengthening the outcome. The ability to interact with the organizational system (internal customers and external customers) for business efficiency.
o In most of the cases the ability of the candidate is measured by the involvement at college efforts and execution. Interms of being part of various groups for knowledge sharing, competition, formal forums, seminars and any external events organized by the teams.
• Self-Learning Ability
o The Ability to learn quickly and by oneself with the help of self exploration and acquired by seeking support in learning. Ability to learn new things and by self motivation.
o Many a times it’s the ability of the individual to acquire the new knowledge and that becomes the organizational competency. Organisations would welcome people who made their own efforts to learn as teams or as collective information. Eg: whethere the person learned by going to an institute or as a group/individual acquired the knowledge by seeking right information from people who are experts.
• Creative & Innovative: The ability of the individual to think differently and constantly improve day by day.
o The assessment is done based on the creative way that the individual approached to problems. Also assessed based on any individualistic or team innovation in creating new things. Any new projects or products created during the college days would always add value.
• Business Understanding: The ability of the individual to understand the business and apply for the job that is been assigned.
o This is one of the most difficult quality from a fresher to understand the business, but there is no choice. The ability is must for the individual to have a clear picture of the business that the companies he is targeting. Its now-a-days easy to understand the business on Internet and also through references who knows about the company.
• Presentation Skills : Ability of the individual to understand the context and present appropriate information either one-to-one or one-to-many and/or people at large. This is the ability which helps while the person grows in career hence the need to be identified at the level of team member.
o Presentation skills are assessed based on the individual’s presentations made in Seminars, lectures and any of the group activities using Technological support for effectiveness.

The Additional qualities which are essential based on the areas of work that you would get into. For the current purpose on IT the following are focused.
• Development ( Typical Job is to build futuristic products and development of IT products using software tools with a view to help in ease of business processes.)
o Futuristic : Ability to visualize the future of product in line with Business. Able to understand the futuristic and multiple expectation from inviduals to be taken into consideration while developing products.
o Error(Bug) Free Development: The ability to go indepth to make it a error free and trouble free for the user would earn good marks for the development work.
• Testing ( Typical Job involves in testing the products developed during or/and after development stage using automated test tools or writing scripts for testing. )

o User View Point: The ability to understand the user requirement to use the software and test. Test done based on the rules by the user would bear in mind. The lesser the errors at the user end the better the testing by the individual.
o Tools Usage: The ability to use the right set of tools and/or create right set of scripts to test keeping user view point.
• Maintenance ( Typical job involves in managing improvements / modifications / customizations based on the customer requirements from time to time). This is one of the most difficult task in the entire programming field, look at the details you undestand why!!!
o Eye to Details : Since its not the first time that the program is done, the ability to review the thousands of Lines of Code to be cracked for improving and managing.
o Other View Point: It is essential to understand the view point and the understanding of the other programmers who would have written the code before you.
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Common for NON-IT and Engineering Careers:
• Technology Adaptation: One of the most critical quality that makes a difference in a fresh Engineer is Appreciation of Technology & Using Technology for better productivity. This ability keeps one ahead in terms of improved productivity and ability to take on more.
• People Management : This is the skill which becomes the part and parcel of the job while at the Team member level. As there are many who are basically in the lower level (blue color workmen) and works operational level of jobs.
Few Hints/Suggestions :
1. FOCUS ONLY ON THE PRACTICAL EXPOSURE/UNDERSTANDING OF THE INDUSTRY / BUSINESS. THIS ALONE CAN BE A MAJOR HIRING DECISION BY THE COMPANY.
2. Use every opportunity at college to participate and contribute
• If you are a sports person, participating in most of the competitions and specially team events would be of great help. Alternatively if you have participated individually and as a special interest would help to project your initiative levels.
• Being a member of your college committees for contributing your efforts be a great help in team working ability.
• Creating technical working groups which can help enhance your technology and functional expertise in your area of specialization.
• Your participation and/or taking initiatives in creating cultural committee for your annual day or any specific occasion would be of great help in viewing you as a person who can make the environment congenial.
• If you have participated in any of the Seminars done by your college and outside college would also help in projecting your acumen for contribution to newer areas/places.
• Participate in Inter-college Competition related to Cultural or Team Events.
• Any individual projects or group projects other than your curriculum would help in projecting you to be an innovative and creative Bee.
3. Interact with each of the guest faculty who visits your college and seek information that you are interested. Do a bit of ground work on the speaker in advance and list questions that you would like to answer.
4. If you are doing any part time work/activity please do mention it as it would add a great value of understanding the ground realities. For Eg: Private tuitions for college or EMCET students would be great help in projecting you have the ability of teaching (you could be a internal faculty for the company!!!)
5. Form a group of individuals at your own locality who are in Engineering etc., and create a study group for Technology Learning which are not taught in your college curriculum. This would project your self learning abilities and companies can rely on you to pickup the new technology if they hire you.
6. Identify the people who are working in the related positions in organizations and visit them to see the realistic picture at companies.
7. Be a group member of the various Institutes which would help you to give you the Industry perspective or Technology perspective based on their programs.
8. Pickup the projects which are more practical and used by the industry at the end of the program. This would give you the edge to project your ability to contribute to the business if you are hired.
9. Understand all the quality standards that are used in organizations like ISO, CMM etc., This would project your ability to think process oriented manner.
10. Just don’t go by doing every and any course or tools suggested by people (It may be good for them not for you). The more independent and self acquisition of knowledge would give you the job first.
11. Do not choose any function tool training without the expertise is built with experience. EG: The most common mistake is done by freshers is to do a Functional ERP course like HR, Sales & Distribution etc., (which is absolute ZERO value).
12. Skills – what you know and can do whereas Competency is the ability to use effectively your skill.

Growing Need for Management & Engineering

2008-02-12T10:01:00.000+05:30

Growing Need for Management & Engineering

Welcome to a series, which is going to guide each of the Students, and build that extra bit of push for your effort to fulfill dreams of loved one’s and also one’s own. In this series our effort is to make you understand the market potential that you can identify and explore yourself to reach the corporate with confidence.

In today’s business the opportunities are limitless hence the need for talent to manage the business is at peak. The growth in the technical revolution across the globe is demanding a greater amount of technology savvy people. All the high-end technologies in various segment of business are creating opportunities for the good engineering graduates from various steams to help in filling the gap of demand. We have been experiencing not just growth by the industry, but ‘telescopic’ growth in the past 15 years and this pace is accelerating as we go along.

Growing Need for Management Studies globally
• Multi-National operation of business, Today every organization is an operator in the Global market.
• The growth in Outsourcing of manufacturing, logistics, finance, HR, IT, Marketing & Sales and many more business units for better efficiency and cost effective solutions.
• This phenomenon is throwing up challenge in managing these businesses across continent. The efforts are made world-over to create an international curriculum and operate cross-continent expertise is been built in MBA’s.
• For example: Dubai has create special cities “Knowledge City”, “Academic City” where all the international universities are positioned to give that Local Edge to the Industry with their Global perspective.
• The expertise of managing India in tune with the universal expectations is the challenge. All the MBA institutes are now trying to address this issue in preparing the Management Students to the global standards.
• Most of the international companies and Indian companies would prefer people with Engineering with MBA combination as they can integrate the Technology with Business Management.

“Grow to be an Indian Manager than a Worker Outside Country”

Growing Need for Engineering & IT :
• In the quest to build best of the best and cutting edge products the technical ability with innovation and supporting the market has created lot of challenges in the area of Engineering and Technology.
• Today every sphere of business needs the Engineering and Technology Talent. It could be in the areas of Communication, Avionics, IT, Construction, Manufacturing, Pharma, Services etc.,
• If only Nasscom estimates 3 million jobs in IT & ITES spear over few years, imagine the Other Industries are also at the same growth phase to absorb the new talent. Infact they would as larger employers would absorb many more. Even as the new technology developed, it needs the adaptation for the Industry, which creates more opportunities for Engineering Students across the globe.
• The students at this level to get more and more exposure to the Industry and hands on exposure. This would help them to be in line with the organizational requirement and grab the opportunity well in time.

All top institutes in the country for Engineering or Management are TOP because:
“T – Teach best of the bread experience sharing by the faculty who are Industry experts.
“O – Opportunity to work with best of the Infrastructure and Exposure”
“P – Prove performance in real-life than in Books – more practice
- Place before even pass-out”

Most of the time these are the institutes who dictate terms with Industry as the supply is less and demand from organizations are more. Infact the Industry que-up well in advance to pick these brains. Companies hike up the salaries every year to ensure they get the first two days at the campus to pick the fresh graduates before their competition. In some cases the previous batch of students get lesser pay than the new offers.

Since the Demand is more, there are opportunities for other institutions to fill that gap to give the best advantage to the Students.

“ Its Important for Student to make that extra effort to build their visibility to the Corporate because they have perishable value if pass-out of the college and look for Job”

Great Western Dream:

While the opportunities are there in India to grab the Global opportunities some of our students still chase the Great American (Western) Dream. This dreaming as many reasons, which influences them to ignore the opportunities.

• Each student in our country is under pressure from the Society and Parental pressure to pursue an international degree/career forgetting and ignoring the opportunities at homeland.
• Due to the growth of business coming into India it is the right time that we have the talent, which manages and innovates India Inc. is the most appropriate over next decade to make sure that India gains that momentum to dictate the world.
• The students who realize this and create enough grounding in the Indian Industry and move to expand their horizons outside to acquire the knowledge would help. As most of the Institutes across the globe look for a fair amount of industry exposure before pursuing any of higher degrees whether in management or Technology areas.
• The need of developing a career in India is more emerging due to the strength that the rupee is gaining now a days. The salary ranges and payouts are getting closure with more saving potential in India itself.
• So any student chasing the dream should do this reality check and build their confidence by proving oneself here.

Indian context of Management and need for management talent pool
• In the rush to acquire the International business and execution many the organizations ignored the initial investment in Management Talent. Over the last one decade the need has become very obvious that we need good managers to sustain any of the business, which has been acquired. This would help the companies to stay ahead and global.
• The Manager has various challenges in managing the talent in the organization to work International level. This has to have the Indian touch of values, ethics and International orientation. Whereby making the mangers job most complicated than anywhere in the world.
• To fulfill the gap of managerial talent the Industry Associations, Institutions and Organizations are coming together to build courses which are close to the industry requirements.

Industry Opportunities for MBA’s(Management) & Engg. & IT
• Industries Hiring MBA’s – IT Consulting, KPO, Management Functional BPO, Retail, Insurance, Services, Communiation etc.,
• Industries Hiring Engineering Graduates: Communications, Manufacturing, Automotive, Aviation, IT, ITES, BPO and many others

How organizations are fulfilling their need for managerial talent
• Most of the Organizations have a special Management Trainee Schemes, which would focus on Management Graduates to Grow into the Management stream. This effort makes them to knock the doors of Management Schools. They are typically planned during June to Sept of this year for next year.
• The Other best way is to grow and help the Internal talent to grow into the Managers with a clear growth plan. To this effect the companies are investing in tieup with Indian and International Business Schools to offer an Executive MBA courses ( Someof them are even specially designed for the company based on their internal growth needs.)
• A step ahead the companies are now on the move to create their own internal management talent schools in association with best of the business schools in the world. They are willing invest upto a mind boggling USD 50000(Rs. 20,00,000/-) per day for faculty who could be the best in the world.

How organizations are fulfilling their need for Fresh Engineering & IT Talent
• Many process oriented organizations have Graduate Engineer Trainee concept to build their technology expectise. Many a times these graduates are put in the fast track to build a future supervisors / Leaders for organizations.
• Most of the companies who have a focused business plans do an advanced planning for campus for next year. Typically the hiring used to happen in June-Aug earlier but this stream as moved a bit to Jul-Sept or even Oct-Nov of this year.
• Over the last couple of years the companies were recruiting off campus where a large pool of engineering graduates are available. This is more a Just in Time for their business as the uncertainity was very high due to the changes in the Industry. However now the business flow into India is looking up well the companies are willing to plan and hit the campuses.
• Most of the International companies are eying on Indian Talent to pickup from the College level itself. This is also making the campus market hot for the “Right Talent”

In the coming weeks we would explore how you can project a Right Talent to the companies and give you and opportunity to win a career before your complete your course. All the Inputs that are shared in this week would be dealt in-depth to help you reach your DREAM and Building Future India.

You are most welcome to address any queries, which can be addressed as inputs in the coming features. You may flash your queries to: gr@husys.net

Need for Management Graduates :
Due to the opportunities in business and unprecedented growth at various industries and the need to manage business and People is throwing up the challenge of good management education. It’s the current need to fill the Gap between the pace of Industry and Building sustainable growth with right managerial talent.
• Globalization of Industry competition & boundary less organizations
• Faster Growth of Individuals in Organizations
• High Disposable Income @ young Age
• Ability to acquire anything thru the Credit models
• Large number of lower-level teams building at a pace which was never envisaged. Coupled with People growing in Designations but not Manager as a ROLE with right set of qualities
• Challenges of managing people and ensuring focus on Business
• Managing People Relations, Investor Relations, Customer Relations
• Managing the Customers who are equally agilent, demanding, experimenting, Unpredictable and of course, every changing.

Lets look at the various Management functions and Specializations emerging to be the most sought after careers. In today context apart from the traditional Specializations, there are many more functional/vertical business management subjects are emerging to cater to the needs of the ever changing business models & opportunities which are global in nature.

The Current & Future:
Functional Specializations => ☺
In the recent past the management has been specialized for the new areas or verticles of Business. The management education world over is identifying a functional areas and training on how to manage the business with specialization. The typical Vertical Specialization would include all the above aspects of traditional management subjects. Some of the areas of Management with specific reference to the verticals are mentioned here below for information.
CAREERS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY
o The future bio technological challenges and long gestations in creating a better life in long term are the reasons for emergence of such specializations.

Recent advances include genetic engineering in which single-celled organisms with modified DNA are used to produce insulin and other drugs. Biotechnology is leading to the brink of a new industrial revolution- the bio-industrial revolution. Its benefits are better health, more food, renewable energy sources, cheaper and more efficient industrial processes and reduced pollution
Bio-Technology is a research oriented science, a combination of Biology and Technology. It covers a wide variety of subjects like Genetics, Biochemistry, Microbiology, Immunology, Virology, Chemistry and Engineering and is also concerned with many other subjects like Health and Medicine, Agriculture and Animal Husbandry, Cropping system and Crop Management, Ecology, Cell Biology, Soil science and Soil Conservation, Bio-statistics, Plant Physiology, Seed Technology etc. Bio-Technology is the use of living things, especially cells and bacteria in industrial process. There is a great scope in this field as Millions of USD are being invested in Research in India and the demand for biotechnologists’ is growing in India as well as abroad.
There are many applications of biotechnology such as developing various medicines, vaccines and diagnostics, increasing productivity, improving energy production and conservation. Biotechnology's intervention in the area of animal husbandry has improved animal breeding. It also helps to improve the quality of seeds, insecticides and fertilizers. Environmental biotechnology helps for pollution control and waste management.
Integrated M.Tech. programme offered at IIT Delhi and Kharagpur is through a Joint Entrance Examination (JEE), which is held for students who have successfully completed the 10+2 or equivalent examination, with physics, chemistry and mathematics. For admission to IIT, a pass in the IIT-JEE is required. The Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, AIIMS, Jadavpur University, Kolkata and Anna University also offers integrated M.Tech course. Selection to the graduate courses ( BE / B.Tech ) is based on merit i.e the marks secured in the final exams of 10+2 and through entrance exams. Entrance to the IIT's is through JEE (Joint Entrance Exam) and for other institutions through their own separate entrance exams and other state level and national level exams. Apart from the IIT's, some other famous institutes also recognize JEE scores for selection. Selection to the postgraduate courses ( M.Sc / M.Tech) in different universities is through an All India Combined Entrance exam conducted by JNU, New Delhi and to IIT's through GATE in Two year/ 4 semester M.Tech courses and through JEE in five year integrated M.Tech courses in Biochemical engineering and Biotechnology.
Personal Qualities Required-A prospective biotechnologist should have a scientific aptitude and a keen interest in the biological sciences. He should be methodical and patient by nature, able to work neatly and accurately and have a flair for laboratory work. The ability to work independently is another important aspect. ability to use computers in work is very important. biotechnologist needs certain skill of problem solving, information technology skill, analyzing and interpreting skills.
CAREERS IN RETAIL
• The newer revolution by replacing the traditional retailing has forced every individual to re-learn and apply for the benefits of the customer ultimately.

Retail has emerged as one of the most dynamic and fast paced industries with several players entering the market with around eight per cent of the employment.
Retailing in India is gradually inching its way toward becoming the next boom industry.
With the entry of giants into the ground of retailing, the organized retail sector is estimated to be a booming employment creator in the next year. The setting up of retail stores by Reliance & Bal-Wart are expected to bring in a new breeze of customer orientation with branches across country. With over 14,00,000 crore running into retail market opens doors for unbelievable employment options across the country.

The retail industry offers opportunities in merchandising, store management, central management, and buying. Retail continues to grow at a rapid rate offering face-paced, people-oriented, and service based careers. Online retail, or e-tailing, is a part of the retail industry that is quickly growing. Other forms of retailing include vending machines, catalogs, mail order, computer shopping, and home shopping networks. Technology continues to improve the retail industry. Technologies such as Quick Response and Electronic Data Interchange allow retailers to instantly see sales, change shipments, make payments on merchandise, and place orders. Opportunities are also available working in these settings.
Working in retail requires keen sales skills in order to be successful. Those looking for a career in retail also need to enjoy working with people and empathize with customer concerns. Enthusiasm, flexibility, and a positive attitude are essential characteristics necessary to find success in the retail industry.

CAREERS IN INSURANCE MANAGEMENT

Insurance is unique in the financial services field because, unlike banking and investments, which are regulated by federal agencies such as the Securities and Exchange Commission, it is regulated primarily at the state level. This means that insurance firms must deal with up to 50 different sets of state regulations and 50 different state regulatory agencies. At the same time, they must develop dozens of different premium rate structures that appropriately reflect the costs of meeting local risks and fulfilling state requirements. As a result, few insurance underwriters offer all of their insurance products in all 50 states; many do business only in a limited number of states.

The insurance industry includes a wide variety of sectors and services. The most obvious are insurance underwriters that cover the risks and issue the policies, along with the agencies that sell insurance. However, there are also large numbers of consulting firms, claims processing firms, data collection firms and myriad other specialized fields serving the industry. With an annual growth rate of 15-20% and the largest number of life insurance policies in force, the potential of the Indian insurance industry is huge.

Insurance Career is the employment option that lately came to India’s innovative career seekers. When liberalization policies opened up ground to Indian private sector Insurance companies and FDI capital, the growth thirsty sector started to boom. There are two main areas of the insurance industry, viz., Life Insurance and General Insurance; there are job seekers who wish to specialize either in life insurance jobs or general insurance jobs. The insurance industry offers a wide range of jobs including actuarial work, sales, surveying, claims handling and investigation, underwriting, risk management, investment management, and pension’s management. Insurance companies also recruit for general management functions such as accountancy, marketing, management services and personnel.

In addition to academic qualifications, there are a number of personal attributes which are important. Characteristics such as curiosity, discernment, perception, discretion and the ability to work carefully with attention to detail can be beneficial. : Analysing, written communication, decision-making, communication skills, attention to detail, flexibility, spoken communication, negotiating, high persuading and energy levels. Most importantly, candidates need to be decisive and capable of justifying their decisions with logical and sound argument.

CAREERS IN SERVICES
• The emergence of the Knowledge Society and the ability to create & support the needs of various industries/consumers/ customers itself created a need for building a continuous sustainable Service model for pure products or otherwise.

The outsourcing business process operations in India has encouraged many firms to start KPO - Knowledge Process Outsourcing can be simply defined as an off-shoring of knowledge intensive business processes that require specialized domain-based expertise. Knowledge process outsourcing (KPO) is a form of outsourcing, including legal process outsourcing. These are both high-value-added forms of business process outsourcing (BPO). KPO firms provide domain-based processes and business expertise, rather than just process expertise, and actually make many low level business decisions - typically those that are easily undone if they conflict with higher-level business plans.

After achieving great success in BPO, India is now looking for a big leap in KPO. Due to abundance supply of intellectual and creative workforce at very competitive cost in the country, international companies are heading towards India to set up their business establishments. According to a report, there will be over 300,000 KPO services that are outsourced to India in areas of Research & Analysis, Business & Market Research, Investment Analysis and Legal Research apart from Brand Management catching up the hot seat of careers in the youth. The following are some more lucrative options opening doors to highly fetching careers.
• Finance and Accounting advisory services
• Educational Services
• Medical Services
• Network Management
• Report Writing
• Report Presentation
• Content Re-writing
• Data Management
Since KPO demands advanced analytical and specialized skill of knowledge, therefore, it faces more changes than conventional Business Process Outsourcing (BPO). At present KPO offers an alternate career path for the educated. They pay more and the working hours are more civilized.

Further specific sub-functions of management are also emerging to cater to the needs of the Industry. In future you would find some of the interesting and specific specializations emerging thru management education which have been part or provided as diplomas earlier. Few example : Recruitment, Training, Advertising, Brand Management, Public Relations, Financial Analysis Management

• Construction Management
o The urbanization and infrastructural requirements of people are the real challenge to integrate management for better quality of life.
• Agricultural Management
o Emergence of new technology, increase in speed of expectations by very common man & essential for survival in our traditional Industry is posing a challenge to the managerial skill to support through this specialization.
• Telecom Management
o Revolution in Telecom era and the distances which are wiped off posing new challenges in managing such specializations.
• Hospitality Management
o With Global
• Logistics Management
o The challenges of just-in-time business in managing stocks and distribution world over lead to the emergence of Logistics Management.
• Manufacturing Management
o One of the largest and highly Financial and labour intensive business itself needs a special focus in current global competitive environment. It definitely needs the Management application for better cost advantage for customers.

All the above domain specific functions are available through the specialized agencies who have been teaching such specialization. The management subjects are added and made/created the Management Education through the institutes.

One word of Caution:
Management is Practice & Application to real-life:
Any Management career is more to do with your application & visible output of your knowledge & skills for better business sense. Irrespective of any specialization in Management ultimately how effectively and timely one has delivered is what it matters. The more the practical approach one adapts is the one who builds a sustainable career growth for future.