Good News- Indian Companies are ready to do robust hiring in 2017

Are you looking for a job change? If yes, 2017 will be the golden year for who are looking for job change or job.  According to a latest survey , three in five employer plan to increase their headcounts in 2017.  80%  of Indian companies are ready to increase their business with the help of existing and new employees in 2017.

Some interesting data of this survey :  

-60% of Indian companies are ready to hire new employees in 2017.

-44% of employees want to leave the current job due to saturation in their job.

-88% of companies are planning to give 8~15 % pay hike to their employees .

-79% of employees has the priority of career progression.

-56% of employees has the salary increments is their first priority.

-40% of employees see learning and development is the key for their retention in any company.

So, if you want to be the part of this growth then –

Update your cv and have a close eye into the job market.

Add some more soft skills and hard skills.  

Be positive. 

Job hunting is an art …..11 Steps

Job hunting is a lengthy process which consumes your time and energy.  It is again a new start from the scratch where you have to sell your experience and skills to the recruiter.  Here are some steps which need to be followed for successful job hunting.

Step -1 :  Think about what you want to do and how well your skills, experience , education are align with the expectation of the job which you are looking for.  If there is any latest skills updation requires in  your field, try to complete it.

Step-2 :  Develop your master CV in a professional manner.  Sign in or register in some job sites.

Step-3 : Show your presence in social media websites i.e. Facebook, Linkedin etc.  Nowadays,  Recruiter are verifying your details from these websites too.

Step-4 : Don’t send the generalized CV to everyone.  First read the JDs of the job for which you are thinking to apply and customize your CV and keep a record of this CV with you.

Step-5 :  Send an email for follow-up after two three days regarding receiving of your CV to them. Keep the email short and to the point.

Step -6 : If you get a call for interview, prepare well yourself.   Read the JDs once again and visit the company’s website thoroughly.

Step-7:  Reach the interview’s place well in time with professional attire.

Step-8 : Listen interviewer very carefully and answer the question – to –the point.

Step-9 : Do a follow-up after interview.

Step-10 : Keep yourself ready for accepting the offer or negotiating the perks etc.

Step -11 : Join the new company within agreed date(s).

Happy Job hunting…. 

Top 20 Richest people of India-2016

Money is flowing from all over the corner for these people.  They are leading the industry from the front.

 1.Mr.Mukesh Ambani, Chairman and managing director of Reliance Industries Limited

Net Worth  $22.7 Billion

 2.Mr. Dilip Shanghvi,Founder of Sun Pharmaceuticals

Net Worth  $16.9 Billion 

3.Hinduja brothers (Srichand Hinduja),Shareholder and chairman of Hinduja Group of companies

Net Worth  $15.2 Billion

4.Mr.Azim Premji,Chairman of Wipro Limited

   Net Worth  $15 Billion

5.Mr. Cyrus Pallonji Mistry,Vice chairman of Shapoorji Pallonji Group (engineering and construction giant company)

Net Worth  $13.9 Billion

6.Mr.Lakshmi Mittal,Chairman and CEO of ArcelorMittal

Net Worth  $12.5 Billion

7.Godrej family,Adi Burjorji Godrej - Head and chairman of the Godrej Group

Net Worth  $12.4 Billion

8.Mr.Shiv Nadar,Founder and chairman of HCL Technologies

   Net Worth  $11.4 Billion

9.Mr.Kumar Birla, Chairman of Aditya Birla Group

Net Worth  $8.8 Billion

 10.Mr.Cyrus Poonawalla, Chairman of Poonawalla Group (A biotech company that makes vaccines for dengue and pneumonia)

Net Worth  $8.6 Billion

 11.Mr.Uday Kotak, Executive vice chairman and managing director of Kotak Mahindra Bank

Net Worth  $8.3 Billion

12.Mr.Sunil Mittal, Founder and chairman of Bharti Enterprises

Net Worth  $6.6 Billion

13.Mr.Gautam Adani, Chairman and founder of Adani Group

Net Worth  $6.3 Billion

 14.Mr.Benu Gopal Bangur, Chairman of Shree Cement

Net Worth  $5.9 Billion

15.Mr.Anand Burman, Chairman of Dabur India, consumer goods

Net Worth  $5.85 Billion

 16.Mr.Shashi Ruia, Chairman and co-founder of Essar Group,Ravi Ruia, Vice-chairman of Essar Group

Net Worth $5.8 Billion

 17. Bajaj family - Rahul Bajaj, Chairman of Bajaj Group

Net Worth $5.7 Billion

18.Mr.Subhash Chandra,  Former chairman of Zee Entertainment Enterprises and chairman of the Essel Group of Companies

 Net Worth $5.6 Billion

19.Ms. Savitri Jindal, Chairperson Emeritus, Jindal Steel & Power Limited

Net Worth $5.3 Billion

20 :Mr. Desh Bandhu Gupta; Founder of generics champ Lupin Pharmaceuticals

Net Worth $5.1 Billion

Seven Quality Management Principle (7 QMPs)

Principle is actually a belief or theory which has a major influence in which something is being done.   There are seven principles which are treated as true and are the basis of an effective quality management system.

These principles are known as 7 QMPs of Quality Management System.   These are – 

1-Customer focus ( Customer is the king ) , 

2-Leadership ( Top leader is pivotal for implementing a system) , 

3-Engagement of People ( The commitment of people is the key)  , 

4-Process approach ( IN-OUT to be synchronized to attain a desired result)  , 

5-Improvement ( Continual Improvement is the necessity)  , 

6-Evidence based decision making ( Without data, everything is vague)  and 

7-Relationship Management ( Everyone involved in the organization- Internal or external associated with its activities to be treated as an asset).  

For a successful and effective quality management system, these 7 QMPs are to be taken care of.

The driving wheel of the Quality Management System is PDCA (Plan –Do-Check – Act).

These seven principles guides an organization for its performance improvement. 

A Gesture of humanity and equality of Employees - Mr. Cyrus Mistry - Chairman of TATA Group

Chairman of Tata Group ($100B+ revenues worldwide) having lunch with his driver in a Dhaba (roadside restaurants in India). This is the reason why TATA is a symbol of values and ethics.  A true leadership always the backbone of TATA Group – right from JRD Tata to Ratan Tata to now current chairman Mr. Cyrus Pallonji Mistry .

This photo is shared by Mr. Parag Jagtap at Linkedin and salute to him to bring this photo to inspire other people. 

The foundation of what would grow to become the Tata group was laid in 1868 by Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata – then a 29-year-old who had learned the ropes of business while working in his father’s banking firm – when he established a trading company in Bombay.  Then afterwards this legacy was run through some brilliant leaders like JRD Tata, Ratan Tata and now with Cyrus Mistry. 

This 108 Billion Dollar empire has impacts on every facets of business i.e. FMCG, Automobiles, Service, IT , Aviation etc.   TATA companies operates more than 100 countries on six continents.  

This photo tells the entire story of TATA Values and ethics.   No more words to describe TATA. 

Practical way to keep away the Doctors

In Ayurveda ( An ancient medical therapy) , anger and fear are the root cause of any disease. Any disease starts from our mind. A positive energy is always plays as an antibiotic for body and negative thoughts can lead you to a disease.

Criticism, anger, resentment and guilt are the most dangerous negative energies that influence our entire body mechanism. These negative energies can leads a man to serious disease like Arthritis, high blood pressure, spondylosis, cancer. Yoga is a method to cultivate the positive energy in your body. When a positive thought do clicks in our mind, our whole body energized and this energy flows into every vein of the body. Every cell of our body gets positive energy and whole body shivered for a while. Actually GOD made our body so uniquely so that every disease can be cured by him. There is always a GOD wish to make us healthy, strong and joyful.

Start forgiving people and fall in love with yourself. Do start to think positive and love to your kins and when you start to do that, you will feel that the atmosphere around you is becoming better and beautiful and when you cross this limit, expand your forgiveness and love to other people. No disease can have the dare to enter in a positively influenced body. There are not a single bacteria / virus that have the strength to break the seal of this shield. Really try to develop this kind of positive energy within you, I can assure you that you never become ill and you will have no need to consult a doctor.

Keep your body fit and healthy because a good health has no substitute in this world.

Keep reading and wish you a happy and healthy life.

Indian government to add 2.2 lakh central employees in two years

To fulfill the dream of “ minimum government , maximum governance” of Primeminister Mr. Narendra Modi , the central government will add 2 Lac central government employee within 2 years span from 2015 to 2017.  

  According to personnel ministry , there are six lac posts are vacant in several central ministries and other agencies.  Revenue Ministry have a huge lack of manpower and this is to be strengthen. Mr. Modi already announced that there will be no interview for the C and D grade employees wherein only hard skills needed.   

A major reason for the spurt in hiring is that many departments faced acute staff crunch in Group B and C categories due to a moratorium on fresh recruitment's for the past several years.

So be informed and circulate the good news to all your known people who wants to be part of the movement - “ minimum government , maximum governance” . 

Make in India - A hit - Confirmed by Moody

Rating Agency Moody praises the Prime minister Mr. Narendra Modi initiative of “ Make In India”. Moody states that FDI inflow have more than CAD for the first time since 2004.  CAD is the acronym for Current Account Deficit. 

A country is known to be facing a CAD when the value of its imports is greater than the value of its exports. January 2016 witnessed the highest FDI as $3 Billions.  The other initiative started by government as Development of Industrial Corridors, Development of manufacturing zones and smart cities will definitely boosts up the FDI in near future.    Manufacturing sectors will really grow up by these FDIs.

The agency expects FDI inflow to continue to rise and provide stable source of financing of current account deficit.

Keep reading ..........

Are you ready for April,2016 onwards? Opportunities will be huge ……..Good Days are coming

2016-17 will be a defining year for Indian corporate house in terms of hiring and pay hikes.  Thanks for the PM initiative of “ Make in India” and other economic surveys which will really favorable to India.  Are you ready to cash the conditions?

-          The organized sector will offer one million jobs in 2016-17.

-          Companies are started investing in India as per “ Make in India” campaign.

-          The salary hike is expected between 10~30 %.

-          Most of the demand will be in core technology and manufacturing sectors.  Thanks for Digital India and Make In India campaign.

-          Most of the companies are preparing themselves to roll out their plan for new recruitment.

-          Technical Qualification will be the key to get a good job in this year.

-          Proposed Smart Cities and Tier -2 cities will be the new job hubs.

-          E-commerce and ITES sectors will also boom in this year and attracts the talents.

-          Huge government jobs will be also in offer.

Prepare yourself for GOOD DAYS.  Polish your knowledge again and add some more arrows in your quiver.  

Its April near ……Appraisal, Increment and Promotion - 100th Post

March is the closing month of most of the corporate and this is actually the deciding month for an employee regarding their promotion and increments. 28 days still left in this month of March,16.  So, whatever is unfinished , try to complete it before 31st March,16.  For April,16 - When the evaluation process will start, follow these tips. 

Some tips :

•  Make some bullet points regarding your achievements of the Financial Year -2015-16.  It will help you when your boss will call you for your appraisal or promotion discussion.

• Highlight the extraordinary things you have done in this financial year.

• If this year target not achieved, prepare yourself well with the causes and what are the action you are going to take in next financial year.

• Plan your roadmap for the next Financial year so that you boss can understand your seriousness regarding your job and future plans.

• Also prepare a handy note that what are the new skills you have learnt in this year and how it will help you and your team in near future.

• Prepare yourself to listen some harsh words from your boss which you have never expected.

•  Don’t speak negative words about your team because you have to work with the same team in next financial year.

• Try to show your achievements in monetary terms (Saving, Sales etc).  Numbers speaks well.

• If you have a 360 degree appraisal system, then you have to think about your other colleagues and subordinates.  Make a good conversation with them and motivate them.

• If there is a mistake you have done in the going Financial year, feel sorry for it and express the same with your boss.

Rest , best of luck…you are going to complete one more year of your job and adding one more year in your curriculum vitae.

Role of HRM in today’s corporate world

Human Resource Management (HRM) of any company now works like a business partner of the company or organization.  Days are gone when HR is only limited to recruiting , induction, Personnel file management, appraisals etc.  Now, HRM domain is wide open and it is a necessity to sustain in today’s competitive world.

HRM is now having a pivotal role in the growth of the company. The modern companies are now focusing on aggressive growth, Innovations and struggling to make a niche in market and want to be no.1 in the market.  So, HRM has to play a key role in the growth of the organization.  The key factors are :

-          Gap analysis with existing and future requirement.

-          Hiring of the best talent.

-          Retention of the best talent.

-          Succession planning.

-          Plan the career growth for employees.

-          Timely Rewards and recognition.

-          Building diverse team.

-          Plan for employee training and skill up-gradation.

-          Emotional Intelligence in handling the employee grievances.

Human Resource Management is now creating the human capital for the organization / company.  All HR professional should play strategically well in achieving the targets of HRM. 

The Future of HRM also covers many things. 

Modern Corporate requires A B De Villiers in his team ………Happy 32nd Birthday to A B De Villiers

If you are a cricket fan than you must know about A B De Villiers – A South African cricket player who is known today for his splendid batting.

But when we go deep into A B’s 32 Years of life we find some stunning capabilities of this man. Keep aside his cricket performance; following are some other stunning achievements of this cricketer:

1.       He was  shortlisted for National Hockey Junior Squad.

2.       He was also shortlisted for National Football Junior Squad.

3.       He  led the National Junior Rugby Team.

4.       He had  six school swimming competition record in his name.

5.       He had also a national record of fastest athletic in 100 Meter in junior athletics.

6.       He was the part of the junior South African team who won Davis Cup – Tennis for South Africa.

7.       He was also the national badminton champion Under -19.

8.       He is also a scratch player in Golf Handicap.

9.       He is an amateur musician and guitarist.  He has a released music album in his name.

And most important, if you feel – AB spent his life in sports , then it is wrong.  He also won a trophy from Mr. Nelson Mandela for a science project.

This makes this cricketer genius and super human in cricket field.  The exposure and abilities makes him a great cricketer who believes can shot the ball everywhere in the ground. He showed this character many times in the cricket Field.  Happy Birthday A B De Villiers. 

Today’s every corporate requires multi talented employee in his team.  Are you agree ?

Future of Jobs – Fourth Industrial Revolution 2020 Onwards

World Economic Forum met from 20 to 23 Jan, 2016 to discuss about the future of Jobs 2020. 

This fourth industrial revolution will emerge as the field of artificial intelligence and machine-learning, robotics, nanotechnology, 3-D printing, and genetics and biotechnology which was disjointed earlier.

According to that report, the technological drivers of change will be : 

 a) Mobile Internet and cloud technology , b) advances in computing power and data, c) New energy supplies & Technologies ,  d) The internet of things, e) Crowd sourcing – the sharing economy and peer to peer platforms , f) Advanced robotics and autonomous transport, g) Artificial intelligence and machine learning, h) Advanced manufacturing and 3D printing, i) Advanced materials, biotechnology and genomics.

The Demographic and socio economic drivers of change will be :

a)Changing work environments and flexible working arrangements, b) Rise of the middle class in emerging markets, c) Climate change, natural resource constraints and the transition to a greener economy, d) Rising geopolitical volatility, e) New consumer concerns about ethical and privacy issues, f) Longevity and ageing societies, g) Young demographics in emerging market, h) Women’s rising aspirations and economic power,  i) Rapid urbanization

The skill sets are required to perform in this fourth Industrial are Cognitive Abilities,  Systems Skills Complex Problem Solving,  Content Skills,  Process Skills , Social Skills,  Resource Management Skills , Technical Skills &  Physical Abilities in a proportionate manner.

Impacts are seen of above factors and some factors are still waiting for their impact in  creating the future of jobs.

Cognitive Abilities  Includes  Cognitive Flexibility,  Creativity , Logical Reasoning ,  Problem Sensitivity,  Mathematical Reasoning  and Visualization

Physical Abilities includes  Physical Strength and  Manual Dexterity and Precision

Content Skills sums up with  Active Learning , Oral Expression ,  Reading Comprehension ,  Written Expression  and  ICT Literacy

Process Skills includes Active Listening , Critical Thinking,  Monitoring Self and Others

Social Skills requires  Coordinating with Others , Emotional Intelligence , Negotiation ,Persuasion , Service Orientation and  Training and Teaching Others

Systems Skills comprises of  Judgment and Decision-making  and Systems Analysis

Complex Problem Solving Skills requires  Complex Problem Solving techniques.

Resource Management Skills  requires Management of Financial Resources ,  Management of Material Resources , People Management and Time Management

Technical Skills includes  Equipment Maintenance and Repair , Equipment Operation and Control , Programming ,  Quality Control , Technology and User Experience Design  and Troubleshooting.

Are you ready to cope up with Fourth Industrial revolution ?  Realize the potential today to realize your dreams in future.

( Source : WeForun) 

Career Progression and Requisite Characteristics - A diagram

1.      Entry ladder : This is first ladder wherein one joins any company after acquiring or completing his/her education with the inborn assets.

2.      2nd ladder : To climb towards second step of the career ladder , you have to demonstrate the education or skills to upgrade you to the next level.  Here , your education / skills and inborn assets plays a vital role to take you further in this ladder.

3.      3rd Stage : Above two levels are execution levels and from the third stage, junior management cadre starts.  From here , you have to demonstrate one another characteristics efficiently as POLC – Planning , Organizing , Leadership and Controlling because from this level , you have to manage a team wherein these characteristics helps you to sustain in this level and after demonstrating these abilities into you daily activities, this will pave the way to another higher level in the ladder.

4.      4th step : This is the step which covers the senior management of the company and here, all the above demonstrated characters are required and effective time management and motivation is also required to sustain in that position.  Because in this level , time management is required to do several activities and you have to charge your team always.

5.      Last 5th and 6th level : These levels are categorized as Top management wherein Patience, strategy  and risk taking capabilities are also required in the growth of the organisation.

Although all the characteristics are required in certain proportion in every stage but these characteristics are required mainly to sustain in that level. 

You can access the full book here at VMAGO- A Handbook for Excellence at Google Play Store. 

Is there any formula of Happiness?

From the book, “Happiness 1.1 Reloaded” : 

“Finally, Trainer wrote the formula as follows on the board.

HP_n = f (G_h , P_n  L_v , P_s,  S_s , S_c)

HPn= Happiness

G_h= Good Health

P_n= Positivity

L_v = Love

P_s= Purpose

S_s= Selflessness

S_c = Sense of Choice or intelligence

Trainer explains the formula as Happiness is a function of all the above variables and every Individual has their own order of preference in their life and priorities as well as to be happy. This is up to an individual that how he or she arranges these factors in their formula and includes some more variables in that formula.

Everybody was surprised to see the formula of happiness.

“Why money & wealth is not included in the formula? Is not required to be happy? ” One lady said.

To read the answer, read the full book at google play store by clicking Happiness 1.1 Reloaded by Anand Mehra 

Welcome 2016 !

Happy New Year and let us welcome 2016.  On this Occasion , I want to present some lines from my book , " Happiness 1.1 Reloaded "

Swami Vivekananda said, “All power is within you; you can do anything and everything. Believe in that, do not believe that you are weak; do not believe that you are half-crazy lunatics, as most of us do nowadays. You can do anything and everything, without even the guidance of any one. Stand up and express the divinity within you.”

Be happy.  Face the odds of life with a broad smile and say, “You have no power to make me unhappy and I will definitely handle it.”

I want to conclude this with my favorite quote of Marty Robbins, “Every day is a good day to be alive whether the sun is shining or not” and actually there are many reasons in a day to be happy. Begin the new never ending chapter of your life – The chapter of Happiness."

For Full book, you can find it at Google Play store at Happiness 1.1 Reloaded and yet another book for setting your goals in this year as " VMAGO" at VMAGO : Vision, Mission, Aim, Goals and Objectives

Once again , Happy New Year to you and your family....