Talented ? Can you portray yourself correctly ? If not, then forget

For years I've wondered at how many of my talented friends and acquaintances have suffered long  periods of unemployment. Despite having loads of relevant experience, good education, many of them have often suffered exceptionally long periods between jobs.

Observation 

1. CVs are too lengthy and detailed.  

The problem is in presentation. If the smart person tries to go into detail and list every experience, nook and cranny of his or her life, the recruiter is likely to get information overload and overlook relevant experience. Furthermore, long or crowded CVs may look like a person is trying too hard. It would be better to get to the point, highlight the relevant experience, skills in a logical format.

2. Limiting your responsibilities.

Once a job vacancy was forwarded to one my friends where I thought he will do his best--only to have him say, "I am not an expert in that area."

This conservative way of thinking seems to come right of some belief that one must always remain in a certain comfort zone, except what comes internally. That may seem natural, but it's not professional. It will get a person no where if he hopes to advance and leave a person jobless if he rejects every opportunity that is not a perfect match to his experience.

The lesson seems to be that if one wants a job, one needs to be willing to leave the comfort zone of past experience, at least to the extent of seeing where one's skills might be transferable.

3. Talated people tend to prefer expressing themselves in terms of results.

They try to speak more loudly with their performance than with their mouths. They have to learn how to express their accomplishments, talents and skills in succinct ways that speak directly to how they can help an employer. They cannot rest on the knowledge of having once done a great job somewhere else. Someone will wade through your lengthy resumes to marvel at what you did.

4. Presentation.

Many talented people bore by not emphasizing their skill sets or experience--that is, they don't know how to articulate it. They also don't know how to talk or write about their accomplishments in ways that hit all the buzzwords recruiters might be looking to hear (or that search engines might be prone to pickup).

At the end of the day, people looking for a job need to get smarter about how to present themselves!

POACHING / RAIDING

“Buying talent” (rather than developing it) is the latest mantra being followed by the organisations today. Poaching means employing a competent and experienced person already working with another reputed company in the same or different industry; the organisation might be a competitor in the industry. A company can attract talent from another firm by offering attractive pay packages and other terms and conditions, better than the current employer of the candidate. But it is seen as an unethical practice and not openly talked about. Indian software and the retail sector are the sectors facing the most severe brunt of poaching today. It has become a challenge for human resource managers to face and tackle poaching, as it weakens the competitive strength of the firm

Payroll Outsourcing and Payroll Processing

Hi all, I am back after quite a long time. Now a days, trend of payroll outsourcing is picking up very  fast. Payroll outsourcing means giving out payroll administration to third party having expertise in payroll processes. Generally companies outsource their payroll functions to cut costs, and to get better services. Agencies offer such services are generally equipped with In-house Payroll & Compliance Management Team with latest technology & software. Accounts professionals ensure smooth and error free monthly payroll cycle.

This concept is becoming popular in many companies as it saves money and time. It eases the the complicated activity as all statutory requirements and obligations on the employer are very well managed by outsourcing agency.