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Times Ascent is the recruitment-based digitised portal of The Times of India. This website reaches out to active as well as passive job-seekers along with HR professionals and senior executives across industries. The editorial content includes interviews of industry stalwarts, corporate & HR trends, expert tips, and research findings. The various sections from Ascent print are digitalised online on ItsMyAscent.com. Sections of TimesAscent.com include Career Advice, HR Zone, Ask The Mentor, Voice of HR, Jobs, Executive education options, CSR activities of various organisations, and White papers.
5 Best Practises for Employee Recognition Programmes - Global Research - Career Advice - Ascent - TimesAscent.coms. Employee recognition has become even more important now.
The organisations that can retain talent are the ones who are going to weather storms like the current pandemic and economic downturn. More than other factors, it is employee recognition that keeps employees on board. Here are 6 Ways Job Searching Will be Different in 2021 - Talent & Careers - Career Advice - Ascent - TimesAscent.coms. The painful 2020 is finally over.
The whole world has breathed a collective sigh of relief. Though everything is not over, the New Year represents a new hope. 2020 has had such a massive impact on almost everything that things have changed a lot. This includes job searching. The traditional ways of job searching are going to change, or at least going to get modified. So, if you are thinking of a job change, or are starting your career in 2021, you have to know about these new ways and use them to get your dream job. Creating an Inclusive Corporate Culture - Corporate Life - Career Advice - Ascent - TimesAscent.coms. What is Corporate Culture?
The values, attitudes, customs, and social behaviour prevalent in an organisation can be considered as the organisation’s corporate culture. This culture plays a huge role in the functioning and success of a company. Corporate culture also affects the employees working in an organisation and influences their careers. How to Build Emotional Intelligence - Work Life Balance - HR Zone - Ascent - TimesAscent.coms. You may be doing everything right at your job, and yet, success somehow eludes you.
You might be under the impression it is bad luck, but that is not the case. Luck has nothing to do with it. Something is missing from your arsenal. Strategies to Lead Your Organisation During an Economic Recession - Global HR Policies - HR Zone - Ascent - TimesAscent.coms. The world is stuck between a rock and a hard place.
On one side, the pandemic is still raging on, taking new forms, causing parts of Europe to go back into lockdown. And on the other side is a massive economic slowdown that has resulted in millions around the world losing their jobs. It’s a desperate situation. However, let’s not forget tough times bring out the best in people, and the world is looking towards leaders to get everything back on track.
Regarding COVID-19, world leaders, scientists, and philanthropists are the ones taking charge, but for the economy, it has to be a collective effort of leaders in organisations and industry. Here are some heartening stats that will give leaders hope: Though good things are ahead in the future, organisation leaders can do something right now to make things better for their employees and organisation. Get a Clear PictureThe economic damage has been so much that many organisations don’t even know how much damage their business has taken.
Workplace that Reflect the New Reality of COVID19 - Employee Benefits - HR Zone - Ascent - TimesAscent.coms. The world is beginning to open up, but carefully.
We are all facing a new reality, the reality of COVID-19. The disease has not disappeared. The threat of a second wave looms large in the world. But countries cannot afford to go into lockdown again. The economic loss has been devastating. It's human nature to fight against the odds and emerge victoriously. Here's What the New Workplace is Going to Be Like Social Distancing - No more watercooler talks, no more gathering at your colleague's desk to laugh at funny memes. Career Tips for 2021 - Talent & Careers - Career Advice - Ascent - TimesAscent.coms.
Every year, there are major changes in the business world, and employees have to be in constant evolution-mode to adapt to these rapid changes. 2021 is not going to be different.
The upcoming year is going to be even more significant owing to the COVID-19 pandemic. Forget ripples, there has been a Tsunami of changes that candidates looking for a career need to adapt to. So, you need to be prepared, prepared to look for a new job, or job change or career change, or adapt to new employment policies. There’s so much you need to be ready for. But don’t worry, here are top career tips that will let you enter 2021 with confidence. Update Resume - The moment you switch on your computer, right on the home page, you should have an updated copy of your resume. Time Management - Always Busy, No Time - Talent & Careers - Career Advice - Ascent - TimesAscent.coms. Did you know that employees waste 80% of their productive time on low-value and no value tasks?
Only 17% of the population keep track of their time. People who sleep 7-8 hours at night are much happier and more productive. Time management is equally important for your personal and professional life. “Time isn't the main thing. Have you Identified the Future Leaders for your Business? - Leadership - Career Advice - Ascent - TimesAscent.coms. Who has the leadership quality to take your business to the next level?
Have you given a thought? Identify why you started a business. There could be many reasons. One of those reasons would be to build a successful empire. But what after that? Job Search Behaviour - Global Research - Career Advice - Ascent - TimesAscent.coms. The Indian GDP fell to -23.9%.
More than 41 lakh youth lost their jobs, and 12.2 crore Indians have lost employment. Career Tips for the Graduates of 2020 - Talent & Careers - Career Advice - Ascent - TimesAscent.coms. 2020 has been a forgettable year. Disease, death, and economic destruction have been the features of the year, and the bad news just keeps coming. However, humanity will emerge from all these crises stronger and better. Soft Skills are Power Skills in 2020 - Personal Growth - Career Advice - Ascent - TimesAscent.coms. Only until recently, recruiters were looking for candidates who had strong technical skills. Coding, programming, knowledge of cloud computing, artificial intelligence, data analytics, and machine learning, were the skills high on the list of recruiters, while soft skills took a backseat. Soon enough, tech employees were found to be lacking soft skills that would help them in the workplace. Employees suffered and the work suffered.
Recruiters have realised their folly. Soft skills cannot be ignored. But What are Soft skills? Just as the tastiest dish has all the flavours like sweet, sour, salty, bitter, and spicy, an employee needs to have a variety of soft skills and hard skills. Reawakening to the Importance of Soft Skills 2020 is the year recruiters have focussed on the importance of soft skills because of some shocking figures that have come to the fore. Benefits of Soft Skills For the EmployeeGet Far in Career - Technical skills can get you only so far in your career. How to Survive and Prosper in Mergers & Acquisitions Situation? - Corporate Life - Career Advice - Ascent - TimesAscent.coms.
How to Survive and Prosper in Mergers & Acquisitions Situation? How to Survive and Prosper in Mergers & Acquisitions Situation? How to Survive and Prosper in Mergers & Acquisitions Situation? Mergers and acquisitions are ways to combine the strengths of two corporations. It aims to chase the growth in scale, markets and profits and impacts employees too. The combining entities bring their different cultures, management style to the joint entity. Thus, an M&A exercise exposes the employees to a new set of challenges that come laced with a bit of volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity (VUCA).
Such anxieties among employees of a company undergoing M&A is particularly intense during the period of transition. Is being in the middle perfect? - Corporate Life - Career Advice - Ascent - TimesAscent.coms. Dinesh Kumaran, director-HR, Aspire Systems In any organisation, it is essential to keep up the morale of the employees, and therefore address the elements that need to be in place, in order to become a great place to work. This is especially true for mid-sized companies. A sense of ownership and belonging to the workplace is created, as the structure of a mid-sized company fosters good camaraderie and an extremely close knit work environment. Being part of smaller teams makes people more visible and imparts to them a higher level of responsibility, which in turn enables excellent learning and exposure.
The expectation is always to learn on the job which at first can be challenging but over a period of time, it increases one’s skill level and also the confidence to learn anything. Made a mistake? - Corporate Life - Career Advice - Ascent - TimesAscent.coms. Description Everyone commits mistakes, but to learn from them and move on is something professionals should work towards Kamini.Kulshreshtha@timesgroup.com.
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