From the monthly archives:

December 2009

Find your next job with social media

Posted in Careers on December 23rd, 2009 by Tahlent Team

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Networking

Is effective social networking really about spending all your life online? Perhaps not, but the quality of the time you spend does matter. Social networks have their relative strengths and weaknesses and your success is determined by how smartly you use their features, what attributes make you marketable or employable, and ultimately about how you project yourself.

Beat work stress before it beats you

Posted in Careers -> Insight on December 17th, 2009 by Tahlent Team

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Work Stress

With faster lifestyles, global workforces and 24/7 schedules, the impact of workplace stress is becoming severe on working professionals across the world. Today, stress may be caused due to a variety of factors, not just the pressure to perform under severe deadlines. The cause of stress may result from your interaction with superiors and co-workers, personal problems such as troubled marriages or bereavement that spill into your office life, performance and teamwork issues, low self-esteem, fear of job loss, and health issues.

A little stress is actually useful because it fires away the body’s self-defense mechanisms – alertness, high adrenalin levels, etc. However, prolonged stress can do a lot of damage. For people in demanding professions such as travel, sales, hospitality and medicine, as well as self-employed professionals, stress can extract a high toll. To beat stress before it gets you down, you must recognize the early warning signs.

Hot jobs await homework specialists

Posted in Entrepreneurship -> Jobs on December 11th, 2009 by Tahlent Team

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Homework Specialist

The economic downturn has made many American families rethink the monthly budget and where they put their money. A solid foundation in school, many Americans believe, will secure their future in a competitive global economy. Education, therefore, has taken top priority in many households. Cashing in on the opportunity, a number of Indian companies have started to offer remote tutoring services to American students with websites offering online tests and quizzes. What better way for American schoolchildren to get higher grades than outsource their homework to qualified and competent teachers in India? And what better way for Indian teachers to make some extra income?

Note-taking tips for productive meetings

Posted in Insight on December 7th, 2009 by Tahlent Team

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Notetaking

A good note-taker does more than just write down minutes. Remember, the goal of every meeting is a successful outcome. Rather than merely jot down what is spoken and discussed, note-takers must make connections, link up views and outline possible solutions to issues and problems that are discussed at the meeting. A structured note-taking approach can be a very useful aid to generate solutions on the fly.

Job opportunities for freshers

Posted in Jobs on December 1st, 2009 by Tahlent Team

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Job Listings, Job Search

Job opportunities for freshers in Pune, Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore and Ahmedabad