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I often come across students and training participants who regret that they can't remember the things they are studying or things that have been discussed during the training. This article appeared on LinkedIn. Read Full Article here

Having an Online profile on a networking site is almost mandatory today for professionals looking for (changing) jobs. Almost every potential employer ensures to check your online presence before short-listing you for the job. What they’re looking for is your online professional presence. And in today’s world, you need to have one out there for them to find. For most professions, an online professional profile will only help you. And the best place to go to build one is LinkedIn. (While they would surely go through your Facebook pages as well, they may not conclude much from it given it’s more of a social networking site than professional networking). LinkedIn is the most common site that the employers would screen through as part of their evaluation of whether to hire you or not. Here are some important tips of what to take care of while designing and maintaining your online professional presence on Linked In. 1.        Complete your profile...

How many times have you seen that while you are presenting a topic, your audience doesn't seem to be interested in listening to you? Or when you are the audience, you just didn't feel like listening to this speaker?  Here are some tips (well, they are the obvious ones) that will help you keep the audience rooted and motivated to watch you when you stand to make a presentation. 1. Eye contact. Maintaining eye contact with the audience is very important. Look at your audience at all times when you speak. You’ll look more honest and will be liked. You want the audience to believe what you are saying. Can you ever believe someone speaking to you without looking at you in the eyes? 2. Have fun. Watching you should not be a punishment - neither for you nor for the audience. A presenter with a sense of humour, fun and energy tells audiences there’s something worth listening to. But don't over do. You're the presenter, not the clown! 3. Smile. " Smile, ...

A Resume, as we all know is the first point of contact between you and your potential recruiter. Hence, for obvious reasons, it’s important to have an effective Resume. Recruiters spend countless hours screening Resumes and in the process, come across thousands of Resumes. Unless you have an effective resume , there is a high probability that your CV will end up in the Rejection stack. Having being on both sides of the table for multiple years, here are some tips that I can share with you to ensure that you can draft a Resume that makes a good first impression. Make it short I’ve seen Resumes of fresh graduates which run into three pages or even more. Your CV is not meant to be an exhaustive list of every award you’ve ever received of a detailed list of every position you’ve ever held or every training program or activity you have ever attended.  At best, restrict your CV to a page. Do not exceed a page. Even you have 30 years of experience. If the recruiters have...

How many times have we felt that the meeting we just attended was a waste of time? Quite a few isn' it? Here are some essentials of an effective meeting. At least to avoid them being a waste of time. DEFINE A CLEAR PURPOSE OR OBJECTIVE: Ensure that the meeting starts with identification of the objective of the meeting. Let it be circulated amongst the participants before the meeting.  PREPARE AN AGENDA:  Ensure circulation of the meeting agenda along with the meeting invitation to let the participants know what is going to be discussed. At a minimum, circulate it at the beginning of the meeting.  MAINTAIN CONTROL: Ensure to keep the meeting on track that is, adhering to the objectives and agenda. Otherwise, meeting participants can ramble on and lose focus.  This can waste too much time. CONCLUDE POINTS: If you don't push for closure, people can debate something for way too long.  While coming to a decision may sometimes not be possible, but rememb...