Technically speaking, consultants are professionals who offer strategic guidance to organisations and business enterprises to improve their existing  processes or implement new procedures, by dint of their domain knowledge. Among other things, consultants can help in the areas of profit maximisation, optimal usage of existing resources, acquiring market leadership and brand building.

Consultants employed by an [...]

The College of Art, Delhi University, is gearing up for its admission season. “Every year, our applications exceed the actual number of students who  finally sit for the entrance examinations,” says Vijay Mohan, principal, College of Art. “To give an example, we have approximately 1,500 to 1,600 applications every year while around 1,200 candidates actually [...]

A ride to tinsel town is still bumpy for a newcomer:-

If you have set your mind on a ticket to Bollywood and think it’s a cakewalk, think again. If you believe a bewitching face, dripping sexuality and a glam quotient are all that you need to be an actor, you are living in a time [...]

Will doubling the number of IITs in two years dilute the brand?

The good news for those who sat for the recently concluded joint entrance exam (JEE) for admission to the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) is that they have a marginally better chance of getting in because the number of seats has increased to more [...]

ANH and Sahabhagi have the opportunity to create the leadership of the future by focussing on personal and social transformation through a breakthrough training programme and visionary leadership.

All the problems we see in the world today, including extreme poverty, economic disparities, social injustice, war and terrorism, and ecological imbalance have been created by human [...]

West Bengal University of Animal and Fishery Sciences :-
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The West Bengal University of Animal and Fishery Sciences (WBUAFS) is an agricultural university affiliated to the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR). It was previously known as the Bengal Veterinary College, which was set up by the British in 1893 at Belgachhia in north Calcutta. It [...]

Older workers have a much harder time finding work after being laid off than younger ones do, writes Michael Luo
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When Ben Sims, 57, showed up earlier this year for a job interview at a company in Richardson, Texas, the US, he noticed the hiring manager — several decades his junior — falter upon spotting [...]

Have been laid off? Perhaps it’s a good time to assess your career goals:-
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Getting laid off means something different for everyone who experiences it. For some, losing a job is as devastating as heartbreak, and for others it is an escape from a hated profession. No matter the circumstance, now is the time to weigh [...]

The focus of a lunch interview is not the food. You have to show you are intelligent, pleasant and graceful :
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Dilip Sen, a Mumbai-based headhunter, remembers interviewing a mid-level executive over lunch. Sen invited him to his favourite restaurant, a short hop away from his office. The headhunter was, of course, a regular customer well [...]

If you want to know why you flunked that interview, try asking the interviewer :-
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YOU KNOW THE feeling, that moment in an interview when you realise the opportunity has passed you by. Or perhaps you feel in spite of your best performance, you aren’t getting any result. You need to figure out where you are [...]