The structural reason behind layoffs
The Insider Guide to Careers Insider information, secrets and tips about getting hired and building careers. For employees and job candidates. I received a note in May 2023 from a…
The sorrows of Sundar – when non-coder leaders struggle
The Insider Guide to Careers Insider information, secrets and tips about getting hired and building careers. For employees and job candidates. Google has been in the news for all the…
Careers 106: Skills for the future – what, how and where to acquire?
The Insider Guide to Careers Insider information, secrets and tips about getting hired and building careers. For employees and job candidates. I conducted a resume prep workshop today to help…
A season of jobcuts and layoffs — Why and what it means to you?
No Series Title No Series Description Some thoughts on the layoffs at Meta, Twitter, Amazon and other tech companies, having worked in HR for a long time.Why is this happening?Most…
Recovering and bouncing back from a long period of layoff and job search?
The Insider Guide to Careers Insider information, secrets and tips about getting hired and building careers. For employees and job candidates. One of the readers asked me a question I…
Reasons for the slump in the job market in 2024
The Insider Guide to Careers Insider information, secrets and tips about getting hired and building careers. For employees and job candidates. The year started off on a sour note, with…
Ready for a holistic personal audit?
The Insider Guide to Careers Insider information, secrets and tips about getting hired and building careers. For employees and job candidates. Here is a thought as you begin the new…
Quiet Quitting and Quiet Firing
No Series Title No Series Description The consequences of the COVID pandemic and the resultant return to work have ensured that the relationship between managers and employees has changed forever.…
Quick introduction to Advaita
Meditations Explorations of Science, Genetics and Indian Philosophy. All opinions expressed are my own personal views. Here is a short story "The egg" by one of the greatest science fiction…
Careers 120 – Pros and Cons of Promotions
The Insider Guide to Careers Insider information, secrets and tips about getting hired and building careers. For employees and job candidates. This week, United Airlines faced a bizarre problem it…
Playing the networking game
The Insider Guide to Careers Insider information, secrets and tips about getting hired and building careers. For employees and job candidates. Networking is not a very complicated matter and many…
The pitfalls of entrepreneurship in today’s economy
The Insider Guide to Careers Insider information, secrets and tips about getting hired and building careers. For employees and job candidates. The current economic climate is not great for tech…
Careers 124 – The people behind Chandrayaan – Lessons from their careers
The Insider Guide to Careers Insider information, secrets and tips about getting hired and building careers. For employees and job candidates. It was a remarkable day for India, the first…
When reality bites – Patience in building a company
The Insider Guide to Careers Insider information, secrets and tips about getting hired and building careers. For employees and job candidates. Some of the hottest companies in the stock market…
Careers 130 – Is there a limit to how much you have to work in a company?
The Insider Guide to Careers Insider information, secrets and tips about getting hired and building careers. For employees and job candidates. This is the long-form article of a post I…
Leveraging how compensation changes in one’s career
The Insider Guide to Careers Insider information, secrets and tips about getting hired and building careers. For employees and job candidates. This is how we think that compensation increases over…
Careers 132 – Lessons from the careers of Arvind Krishna, Satya Nadella and Sundar Pichai – Part 2/2
The Insider Guide to Careers Insider information, secrets and tips about getting hired and building careers. For employees and job candidates. If you have part 1 of the writeup, this…
Careers 131 – Lessons from the careers of Arvind Krishna, Satya Nadella and Sundar Pichai – Part 1/2
The Insider Guide to Careers Insider information, secrets and tips about getting hired and building careers. For employees and job candidates. Many in India are proud that people educated in…
Job search 106: How to network for your dream job online?
The Insider Guide to Careers Insider information, secrets and tips about getting hired and building careers. For employees and job candidates. Why is the current recruiting model broken?When you begin…
Job search 105 – Five Ways to Understand the Real Truths about a Company’s Culture
The Insider Guide to Careers Insider information, secrets and tips about getting hired and building careers. For employees and job candidates. When you interview with a company, everything looks great.…
Job search 104 – Search vs. Stay, When to job hunt?
The Insider Guide to Careers Insider information, secrets and tips about getting hired and building careers. For employees and job candidates. I used to tell my managers and business leaders…