04Jan
By: Suchitra Mishra On: January 4, 2019 In: Communication, Office Etiquette, World of Work Comments: 0

Consider the following situation: Peter is a freelance writer writes to an organization with a well known blog, requesting them to carry his blog on their website. The organization responds with enthusiasm, and wants to take the collaboration ahead. There is no response from Peter for a month. A month...

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03Jul
By: Suchitra Mishra On: July 3, 2018 In: Mindfulness and Health, World of Work Comments: 0

While ideally the private and the professional life need to be kept distinct from each other, in reality it is a very thin, and porous line dividing the two. The line is especially blurred and porous when your mental health is suffering, and you are not at a great...

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29May
By: Suchitra Mishra On: May 29, 2018 In: Recruitment, Resume Comments: 0

As a recruiter, one of your most fundamental (and potentially boring) tasks is to screen through all the CVs that come your way, and identify which ones to scrap and which ones to move ahead with. At times this can be tough, when you have scores and scores of...

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11May
By: Suchitra Mishra On: May 11, 2018 In: Social Media, World of Work Comments: 0

Social media today has become intertwined with our very existence in ways more than one. It is really no longer a joke that everything we are doing – what food we’re eating, what music we’re listening to, what our coordinates are, it is all on social media. So how...

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27Apr
By: Suchitra Mishra On: April 27, 2018 In: Artificial Intelligence, World of Work Comments: 0

In the last two weeks, we have taken a deep dive into Artificial Intelligence (AI) backed technology, and its role in the world of work. Having spoken about the role of AI in recruitment, the reasons why it can never really replace human recruiters, and how AI can be...

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25Apr
By: Suchitra Mishra On: April 25, 2018 In: Artificial Intelligence, World of Work Comments: 0

Some of the biggest challenges in the field of recruitment stem from HR (Human Resources) bias, which impact the crucial aspects of diversity, inclusiveness and equality in the world of work. These issues can be hard to resolve since a lot of times certain prejudices or biases are so...

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13Apr
By: Suchitra Mishra On: April 13, 2018 In: Recruitment Comments: 1

So is the next big thing in recruitment, AI, or Artificial Intelligence? That question surely deserves an answer in the affirmative. AI and Big Data are beginning to have a pervasive impact not just in the recruitment sector, but across sectors – from helping consumers shop better online, to using...

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04Apr
By: Suchitra Mishra On: April 4, 2018 In: Leadership, World of Work Comments: 0

2nd of April is marked as World Autism Awareness week. In solidarity with the movement, this week, we want to speak about the value of workspaces practising the virtue of being inclusive. The only effective way to speak about this is by offering examples of workspaces which are making...

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08Mar
By: Suchitra Mishra On: March 8, 2018 In: Recruitment, Social Media Comments: 0

Technology has shrunk the world and this is no secret. Social media, a product of technology has ‘connected’ the world like never before. There are very few aspects of life it hasn’t touched and the world of work is no exception. One of the greatest challenges for recruiters today...

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06Feb
By: Suchitra Mishra On: February 6, 2018 In: Career, Communication, Managing Yourself Comments: 1

A great deal of confusion and chaos can be avoided in the world of work, if ‘communication’ could be understood in all its elements, and not just as an isolated concept. Starting from writing emails, to delivering speeches, holding meetings and giving presentations, what is the one thing that...

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