Studying abroad: Edu-vacation or trial by fire?
College life is wonderful and helps in shaping your career but going to college, especially if you choose to go abroad, is accompanied by countless fears and apprehensions. We Indians are fascinated with the notion of life in Western countries. The idea of going abroad is so captivating itself that …
Reviving the regional language of common man – Divya Prakash Dubey
Divya Prakash Dubey is the author of ‘Terms and Conditions apply’, ‘Masala Chai’, and a former content contributor to an extremely popular radio show ‘Yaadon ka idiot box’. He has dedicated his work in touching the lives of common man, by portraying their stories, in a common regional language. There …
Your calling seeks you : Here are 7 ways how
While you are busy seeking your calling, she is already courting you. She is speaking to you – through signs, omens, winks and whispers. 1. Your calling speaks through your body Think of times when you had goosebumps. Or tears in your eyes. Or a fluttering excitement in your heart. …
A Career Creating worlds
When someone says, Video games, what is the first thing that comes to your mind? Happiness? Joy? A picture of a time when things were better and everything that mattered was to save the princess ? Now imagine what your parents will think the second they hear someone say those …
Teaching: A noble profession
When my friend told her parents that she wanted to be a teacher, they nodded hesitatingly, a little saddened perhaps that she did not want to be an engineer or a doctor. When she further told them that she wanted to teach kindergarten or elementary school, they laughed out loud. …
Eye of the Storm
Whenever anyone talks about unconventional or out of the box careers, the first one that pops into my mind is Storm Chasing. I mean how cool would it be to introduce myself as Kaveri Sharma, Professional Storm Chaser. Really, it would be quite the thing. But a lot of grinding …
Cultural Differences Experienced By a Business Expat.
“In international business communities, people don’t stick around long. As soon as you’ve made a good friend, they are usually ready to be shipped off elsewhere,” warns Clarke. A research published in the Harvard Business Review shows that people who have international experience are better problem solvers and display more …
Risk v/s Reward : Choosing the right Career path
There comes a time in a student’s life when he/she has to make a decision, and there’s a fork in the road. In today’s age of multiple opportunities, the decision of career paths seems to be a very difficult one. In a social structure where passion and profession seldom come …
The Magic of Arts
Imagine the world with just surgical precisions and technical intellects, with numbers scattered over this planet and callipers and stethoscopes around everyone’s neck. Fancy a world like that where heart had no significance and just functioning of brain was given prime importance to? Earth and life would have been so …
‘Truth’ of Online Job Applications
By the time I finish my MBA and leave the college, I will have created a world record. A world record of applying for the most number of jobs on job portals and company websites and still not been able to get one single call for the interview!!! Past few …