The worst habit is the habit of listening to kudos because it can so easily get to your head and make you oblivious of all the inefficiencies in you. Criticism, on the other hand, is the best teacher. Yet, we so often see people trying to run away from the criticisms. This trait of sidelining criticism is found in even the best of the achievers. They think that criticism is a blot on their achievements. They think that they are perfect and hence once they get any criticism they start hating the critics and in turn become very rude.
Generally we can expect two reactions after receiving criticism. One, we can start hating the critic and act rude. This is very commonly seen in our politicians.
Second reaction could be that we introspect and try to overcome the defect. This kind of attitude is seen in the contestants of various reality shows in TV like Indian Idol, SAREGAMAPAA, etc
It's, in the end is upto us that which of the two we choose to become.
Sunday, December 6, 2009
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Art of Writing a Life in a Page
Last few days, as a part of the Placecomm's task, I was going through the resumes of my colleagues. As though I'm no expert in resume making but I had a 3-hours long detailed session on my resume with one of the 'Top Team' faculty members of our college. [What a session that was! It shook my fundamentals about resume building.
Just before starting of that session, faculty called my resume as "atrocious". I was taken aback by that word. But when he started sharing with me the nitty-gritties of my resume, I realized that 'atrocious' word for my resume was not a hyperbole.]
So while going through those resumes, I noticed few mistakes which were there in my resume as well. I'll point them down:
1) Use of unnecessary letters and words - redundancy.
Ex- We can write 'e' rather than 'e-mail id'
2) Over usage of BLOCK LETTERS- the problem with the words in block letters is that they are difficult to read
3) Absence of 'Triggers' - Triggers are those words or phrases in your CV which prompts an interviewer to ask questions on them. It is important to highlight such words.
4) Formatting - same fonts and style should be used.size of letters should not vary much. Name must be larger in size, headings can be larger but not necessary
5) Writing objective and declaration is not necessary, in fact not advisable for students especially with zero or less work-ex.
6) We should think of the ease of the interviewer and prepare it accordingly. Therefore a tabular-form describing your academic qualifications is advisable.
Preparing a resume is fun. I've realized this in the past few weeks.
Today, finally the faculty told me that my resume is almost perfect and is ready to go in any company.
I got rid of the 'atrocious' tag from my CV. What an (extra-curricular) achievement!
Just before starting of that session, faculty called my resume as "atrocious". I was taken aback by that word. But when he started sharing with me the nitty-gritties of my resume, I realized that 'atrocious' word for my resume was not a hyperbole.]
So while going through those resumes, I noticed few mistakes which were there in my resume as well. I'll point them down:
1) Use of unnecessary letters and words - redundancy.
Ex- We can write 'e' rather than 'e-mail id'
2) Over usage of BLOCK LETTERS- the problem with the words in block letters is that they are difficult to read
3) Absence of 'Triggers' - Triggers are those words or phrases in your CV which prompts an interviewer to ask questions on them. It is important to highlight such words.
4) Formatting - same fonts and style should be used.size of letters should not vary much. Name must be larger in size, headings can be larger but not necessary
5) Writing objective and declaration is not necessary, in fact not advisable for students especially with zero or less work-ex.
6) We should think of the ease of the interviewer and prepare it accordingly. Therefore a tabular-form describing your academic qualifications is advisable.
Preparing a resume is fun. I've realized this in the past few weeks.
Today, finally the faculty told me that my resume is almost perfect and is ready to go in any company.
I got rid of the 'atrocious' tag from my CV. What an (extra-curricular) achievement!
Sunday, October 18, 2009
a tryst with the Blogging
Just the last day before our Diwali vacations, I was standing with my friend, a very beautiful but married girl. She suggested me to write blogs as even she is planning to do so. It made me smile, not because I thought she is stupid to think I can blog, but because I always had that desire to write my blogs but never had the courage. I was afraid that my language will make me look stupid, I was afraid that people will say 'style maar raha hai' and will laugh at me.Therefore, I never blogged and gave myself an excuse that blogging is a gimmick by celebrities and all free-fokut people. Later that day, I lost a prestigious competition- thanks to my poor command over language.
That loss made me introspect and I realized that the root cause of my not winning the competition was not my language but my fear of 'sounding' stupid.
And its not just the blogging which scares me. Now a days I don't volunteer to speak publicly because I'm afraid that my bad communication skills will whitewash the aura of intelligence in front of my juniors.
In my life I've taken some bold decisions (not taking admissions in Delhi during my graduation or taking admission in a new college despite scoring 97 %ile in CAT). These decisions were very big from my career point of view. But the fact that I took those decisions with full courage, they always paid-off. Alas! all these days my decisions were reflecting my apprehensions.
But it is never too late to undo something. Today I'm volunteering to write a blog and I'll keep on volunteering to do every possible thing in future as there is nothing stronger than the heart of a volunteer.
I'm celebrating my first Diwali with my brand new laptop, it couldn't have been better than this.
That loss made me introspect and I realized that the root cause of my not winning the competition was not my language but my fear of 'sounding' stupid.
And its not just the blogging which scares me. Now a days I don't volunteer to speak publicly because I'm afraid that my bad communication skills will whitewash the aura of intelligence in front of my juniors.
In my life I've taken some bold decisions (not taking admissions in Delhi during my graduation or taking admission in a new college despite scoring 97 %ile in CAT). These decisions were very big from my career point of view. But the fact that I took those decisions with full courage, they always paid-off. Alas! all these days my decisions were reflecting my apprehensions.
But it is never too late to undo something. Today I'm volunteering to write a blog and I'll keep on volunteering to do every possible thing in future as there is nothing stronger than the heart of a volunteer.
I'm celebrating my first Diwali with my brand new laptop, it couldn't have been better than this.
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