Wednesday 23 October 2013

Education Departments Adopts Framework For Its Corporate Makeover

The framework drafted in by the ministry of school education has finally been put to action. The framework was designed to rebuild their department and introduce a corporate makeover at it. 

A leading newspaper, the TOI had already published reports regarding the advancements on sept24.  Initially, the state arranged for these operations at the headquarters of education department at Pune and has now moved step forward to redistributing the work at mantralaya level. 

There are in total of   five joint/deputy secretaries (JDS) at mantralaya level to look into the working of primary education, secondary education, administration, budgeting and sports. 

Nevertheless,, there is s still some work that needs to be worked out between departments due to which he state decided to allot specific responsibilities to each individual departments. An official of JDS3 reported,” Be it zilla parishad, municipal corporations, education societies etc this JDS will be the one-person contact for every issue."

Tuesday 22 October 2013

Addressing Internship Woes

An internship is usually taken up by graduates to stand out from the large pile of employees striving to earn job at the end of their studies. However, the truth of the matter, though , is that it usually ends up as a monotonous and tedious task getting you nowhere. 

You do it for the necessity to seek your degree that mandates its requirement and a past time for the prolonged summer vacations. It usually results in a screwed up training program whereby the intern ends up waiting to meet his respective boss with the piles of research reports. 

The co-founder of the Web portal Lets intern.com- Rishabh Gupta says,” Too many companies expect their interns to hit the ground running. Companies don’t make their expectations clear. They give regular employees a few months before they expect them to prove themselves, but often interns are not even given a couple of weeks.”

Friday 18 October 2013

Ali Reckons Setting Up Educational Institution To Address Education Woes

While expressing her views on Bharat Bhagya Vidhata,  a  Zee Media initiative, Subhashini Ali  stressed on the quality of education for yielding desired results in the accomplishing the goal of  free and compulsory education. 

Subhashini is the member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). She said that surging education costs, inadequate infrastructure, dipping pupil-teacher ratio and acute shortage of jobs involving skills are the key factors attributing to the dilapidated state of education in the country. She said this during an interview on Zee Media’s Ek Naari Aisi Bhi. 

The programme is another flagship product under the initiative of Bharat Bhagya Vidhata. The President of the All India Democratic Women's Association (AIDWA) furthermore reckoned the need of setting up more educational institutions in rural areas to promote the higher education of girls in these areas. She added,” It is unfortunate that many girls from the rural areas leave schools after completion of their primary education due to unavailability of options for higher education and many can’t afford to go to cities.”

Thursday 17 October 2013

Asian Child Labor Being Duped In The Name Of Not For Sale

The Sydney Morning Herald disclosed in its reports during September that Australian sports companies were selling football stitched b Indian laborer at bargain prices at retail stores. 

It reported,” Hundreds of children are secretly employed making balls for Australian children the same age, pressed into harmful, backbreaking labour for little more than one dollar a day." The incidents of a consumer good being used as for an exploitative consumer practice may bring a shock to us in the facet of consumer. 

However, in the mentioned case, the exploitation of child labor by an Australian football company  is no different from footy kick in the guise of “ Not For Sale”. It has not been so long when a year back, when  Fairfax Media flak the names of two other household football brands, Sherrin, the maker of Aussie rules balls, and Canterbury's rugby union balls in similar incidents of child slavery.

Wednesday 16 October 2013

Bailey Pleased With The Performances Of His Teammates At T20 In Rajkot

George Bailey, the captain of Australian cricket team said in Pune that their player Mitchell Johnson was assigned the task of "intimidating" Indian batsmen with his raw pace and interestingly, he did a fantastic job at it. 

Johnson is as star bowler of Aussies and an ace left-arm speedster. He said,” Mitch --- we wanted him to go out there and bowl fast, intimidate batsmen and take wickets. I think he did that. He's going to be important for us to have him firing, the energy he brings in. He led us from the front which is good." 

Bailey congratulated his teammates fro coming together and performing as one unit. Bailey is Aussies skipper and was pleased with the individual performances of McKay and Faulkner. To add to the applauds were opener Aaron Finch who gracefully completed his half century during the one-off T20 game at Rajkot.

Tuesday 15 October 2013

Interview Convocation Tips

An interview convocation is the most dreaded and exciting part of the hiring process. While it can bag you the most sought after job offer, it can also eliminate your chances of further shortlisting and boom, you could be out. Thus, we bring you a mini guide to those tips that can be great aid in acing the desired interview. 

1. Cover letter
While you share the mini document of resume with your prospective employer, it is highly advisable to accompany it with a cover letter. A cover letter is a brief synopsis of your skills, qualifications, educational and other relevant credentials  It adorns your resume and brings light to the your dedication and interest in the offered position. In addition, cite proofs in support of your accomplishments.

2. Personalize
The thums rule to stand out from the tiny pile of the documents is personalizing your resume. The HR should get a feel of personal connection and association with you to elevate your chances of sure shot success. Edit your resume as per the suitability of the position, skills, knowledge that would strike a chord with your employer and complements your candidature for the applied position. Use phrases and key words to grab eyeballs.

Thursday 10 October 2013

Automobile Sector Been Hit Hard Ahead Of The Dwindling Economy

Until sometime before, V M Jagtap decided on revamping the production levels. He decided on running one shift five days a week nearby Pune at his Ranjangaon auto parts factory. 



Not only this, he also initiated other steps viz, diversifying the auto sector and mingling several units that make almost the similar stuff for various firms and dissenting decision of laying off one fourth of its workforce. 

The state of factory of Jagtap symbolizes the state of affairs of thousand such odd small- and medium-scale auto parts makers, having an average turnover of Rs 100-500 crore at the Maharashtra’s Pimpri- Chinchwad industrial club that are confronting the heat waves of the extended slowdown being witnessed across the Indian automobile sector. 

Not only this, there are many such firms that are preparing to diversify the expected safer businesses. Whereby his state is self expalantory, he has been exempted from operating his factory from a former three shifts six days a week.

Tuesday 8 October 2013

An Analysis Of Caddo School Superintendents

Amidst the present scenario whereby the Caddo school systems needs a savior , the shortlisted candidates for the superintendent position have come out with suspicions if the hunt should be carried forward or not. 

Nevertheless, it is shocking to note that two of the candidates who knew the systems well lost their lives and the remaining 13 doesn’t appear to be qualified for the prospective positions. 

Their candidature seems inefficient forthwith the size of Caddo’s and its several problems viz, budgets and academic shortcomings in the school system’s deck of cards. An analysis of the Times Of India furthermore indicates checkered resumes and skeleton systems of the left out candidates. The chairman of advisory board, Rev. Joe Gant said,” It’s frustrating to say the least,” said Rev. Joe Gant, who chaired the advisory board. “People have lost hope that this board can do anything in the best interest of the students when there are so many personal agendas.”

Friday 4 October 2013

An Analysis Of Indian Education System

It is dismal to note that despite having a large pool of young talent, India unfortunately is not able to make up for the vacancies in the various sectors of the industry. 

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Moreover, another shocking figure statistics depict that only one student out of every seven kids could make it to higher education studies into college. To support the crippling education condition, An annual listing of top 200 universities released by the QS World University Rankings doesn’t have a single Indian university in its top 200 list. 

Furthermore, it depicts a dissenting Gross Enrollment Ratio of the country. The data gathered in 2010 shows that the GER of India was a just 13.8%, a stark contrast to the global average GER of 26%. Among others, Australia, Russia and the U.S GRE’s aere up by 75%. The Ministry of Human Resources & Development however, set a target of 30% for India by 2020 which seems obscure when compared to the current GER growth rates. 

Thursday 3 October 2013

Newbie Pick Up Senior Roles To Inculcate Leadership Skills

In an effort to groom newbie for future roles, companies are resorting to varied strategies to inculcate leadership skills in its employees. SAP Labs, for instance have introduced an innovative concept of ‘In the Spotlight’, whereby managers are provided to become the HR head for a day of the company. 

The programme visions to mentor young professionals with the responsibilities of senior roles. Akhil aggarwal, a senior development manager at SAP Labs was offered the role for a day. Narrating his experience, he said,” I sat in Bhuvaneswar Naik’s cabin and all enquires that were directed to him came to me. I attended meetings, took decision on behalf of the company. The experience was an eye opener for me.

I learnt a lot about the ways to interact with senior leaders in the company.” He was assigned the office of the HR head and allocated all the key responsibilities of the position.