The job market and the Indian professional
Unfortunately, no one can hand us the blueprint of our future. And the Indian professional is aware of that.
We have just come out of a phase that has squeezed our guts. The job market has never been more unkind. It has also watered the growth of a tendency to encash on the jobseeker’s insecurities.
All that baloney of literature on websites and in the print media — How not to Make a Resume; How to Compete; Where to Network; How to journey through Job Websites; How to pick the right Headhunter, etc. etc.
The good news is that all of it has been dumped in the garbage bin. The jobseeking professional has become streetsmart. He can actually read the small print. For example, the difference between “How to get through an interview” and “How to get to an interview”.
Marketing oneself in such a competitive environment requires a unique entrepreneurship. Basically, the Indian professional has always been strong in networking but low on expansive self advertising techniques. But the new flowering shows that he is quick to react to the need of the times.
And the time for amateurishness is gone.
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This post was written by admin on June 11, 2009
