This is the final part of an ongoing Brain drain series. Check out “The Great Indian Movement” in Part I and Struggle of Indian Immigrant students in US in Part II, How did I handle Culture shock in Part III and Handling cultural diversity at workplace in Part IV. Glad to share that the Part IV of the series is published at Hirecentrix.com (more…)
Korean Rapper and viral sensation Psy’s recent music video “Gangnam Style” has inspired many others to make their own version of video. Its crazy out there and people are finding it quiet entertaining!
Everyday time at work seems to fly just like anything! Time spent to search that email that you had already read long time back, responding to all unread emails, searching for an important document that is required for your next meeting or giving attention to that colleague who has asked a help with his work and list goes on an on. Then you realize its almost half of your day has gone by and you are yet to finish your to do list at work! (more…)
Lets kick off this week with the part IV of Brain Drain Series – Handling Cultural Diversity at workplace. Check out Part I, Part II and Part III.
USA is a multicultural land where people come from all over the world and find their wisdom in the land of the free. It is a nation rich with culture, diversity, freedom and opportunities! (more…)
It is getting close to performance appraisal time in many companies and so here a few tips on how to make this best work for you.
Performance appraisal period is always a nerve wracking time for most of us. You work hard for the past one year and the effort is getting judged on a single day based on few sentences captured in an excel sheet or a portal somewhere. (more…)
This time Your HR Buddy is honored to present a Leader’s voice who has Global experience in HR, Mr. Edwin Vinod James, Head of HR at Marico Limited for North Africa Region. Being an Indian he has studied and worked in different countries and brings a unique global perspective on HR and in dealing with a diverse workforce. Thanks to social media for making this interview possible given that we are a few thousands of miles apart. Although I would imagine that discussing this with him over a cup of coffee would have been a great personal experience for me. I am so excited to bring my conversation with Edwin to you. (more…)
This the third part of an ongoing Brain drain series. In the past weeks I wrote about “The Great Indian Movement” in Part I and “Struggle of Indian Immigrant students in US” in Part II.
Part III of Brain Drain Series: How to handle Culture Shock
Let me just state this upfront that I have never been outside of India in my life until now. (more…)
Its been for a year that I am working as a marketing coordinator with my current company and my salary has been increased just recently to match it to the standard rate in the industry. I am totally comfortable with my job and employer since I like the work that I do and the company is located near by to my home. (more…)
This is the second part of an ongoing series. Check out Part 1 of ‘Brain Drain Series’ the Great Indian Movement where readers like Sunil and Dan voiced their opinion.
Last week we talked about the trend of Indian students migrating to the western land with dreams of a higher quality education and a promising career. But most people don’t know the reality and the hardship that they go through in their life. (more…)
Yes, It is August 25th, the day I decided to paint my thoughts with shades of HR on this site. The day I started scribbling my experiences working in HR, refined into a blog and published my first post in blogspot. Read it here (What if the employee has shown up on the first day and nothing is ready?) (more…)
