Career Advice

Magnetise your presence on LinkedIn!

Having a striking & search-friendly LinkedIn profile with a professional picture & cover photo is just the tip of the iceberg, so what else should you do to influence & attract potential employers: ? Add recruiters and potential employer functional heads to your network. ? Make use of all available skills from the drop-down that […]

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Don’t dart in the dark while networking for a Job.

Networking is a sure shot way to find a dream job, however, the art of networking is not everyone’s cup of tea and many do it incorrectly. I am sharing here a real-time experience of a functional head (Gayle Rigione) and am sharing it written from her angle: “Ginny emailed me a week ago. Her

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Applying Design Thinking Principles to develop a tailored Résumé.

‘Design Thinking’ is the new buzz that’s making rounds in the market that leading universities such as Harvard, Stanford, MIT, etc. have started teaching the approach, and brands such as Apple, Google, GE, Samsung, etc. have embraced quickly. It’s has a human-centered core and its framework is a 5-step process including EMPATHISING, IDEATION, PROTOTYPING &

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How do you get your Résumé to catch the recruiter’s eye?

With the pandemic hitting, the job market equations are now skewed.  Recruiters on average receive 400 résumés for a single job posting. Even if you get past the automated ATS bot, you still have to catch the eye of the human reviewing your profile at the next level. So how does one get noticed by

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SHARING LEARNINGS FROM MY ENTREPRENEURIAL JOURNEY

After spending close to two decades with corporates as an HR practitioner, I decided to go independent and started Career Faktor last year on the 15 Aug, along with the Indian Independence Day. I was both excited and jittery just as any new entrepreneur would feel, and I would like to share some learnings and

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