The computer world is bracing itself for the latest virus, one so menacing that Microsoft has offered a reward of a quarter of a million dollars for  tracking down its creator, which some experts believe will strike on Wednesday. The Conficker virus is reported to have infected 10 million computers and experts think the April [...]

Lily Garcia on how to work your way with husband-and-wife bosses:- …………………….. HIS OR HERS: Employees of small businesses are often caught in the web of family politics A reader writes: “I work at a small company for a husband and wife who often differ greatly on the best way to do things. They disagree [...]

A number of internationally well-known B-schools are increasingly admitting students with fewer years of work experience and even fresh graduates to  their MBA programmes. Young students these days, too, want to pursue their MBAs earlier on, so as to accelerate their career advancement. However, the key question here is: which is the right time to [...]

Even if you’re gainfully employed right now, you’re probably keeping an eye on job listings. It’s just good sense these days. But you need to be looking at the right job listings, reading relevant industry news and keeping your career-building skills honed. ………………………….. The right job listings can be hard to find. There are thousands [...]

The placements season in various B-schools, including the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs), is witnessing a new trend. With a dip salary  packages offered, the placement process is taking longer to complete. However, according to faculty members and students, some changes are for the better. The Department of Management Studies (DMS) at IIT-Delhi has completed [...]

Be so good at what you do that you become indispensable to your organisation : ………. The only way you can truly succeed in this knowledge-based economy is to become a star at work. Commit to live by a benchmark far higher than anyone would have the right to expect from you. The next step [...]

There are people in useless professions everywhere — the key is to make them look necessary . …………………………….. Do you know what a cheese artisan does? Well, he (or she) “sculpts milk products for upscale restaurants and pretentious markets”. The earnings could be high; cheese artisans, like fashion designers, exist to feast on the gullible. [...]

It’s like The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s short story made popular by the movie of the same name. Benjamin (played by Brad Pitt) is born old and crippled and as he ages be becomes handsome, strong and potent. ……………………….. Starting off as a revolutionary, though slightly truncated mobile, the iPhone changed [...]

Will the new PhD rules framed by the UGC rekindle the spirit of research in universities:- ……………………… The University Grants Commission (UGC) recently issued a series of guidelines (see box) to ensure tougher screening of PhD aspirants. The push for quality control comes at a time when the government has announced a substantial hike in [...]

The National Translation Mission is opening up new avenues for translators of regional Indian languages:- ………………………… In a globalised world linguistic barriers are fast disappearing, but in India we have yet to break them. The National Translation Mission (NTM), a translation exercise launched by the Government of India recently, is poised to bridge the divide [...]