In Rural India, Hoping for Jobs and Education in a Growing Economy BHESDA KHURD, India — To begin to understand the hurdles Prime Minister Narendra Modi faces in building India into an economic powerhouse and reducing extreme poverty, the rural village of Bhesda Khurd, about 45 minutes from the western city of Udaipur, is a good place to start. It is here where Rohit Nagda, a 29-year-old computer software engineer, lives with his wife, a would-be teacher studying for a master’s degree, and his family. Though he has a degree in computer science from a local university and spent a two-year stint as a commercial web developer that ended last year, Mr. Nagda is losing hope. Seated next to him on a mat in front of the local Hindu temple was Shankar Donge, 26, who runs a small pharmacy near the Udaipur airport but would rather work for a big pharmaceutical company where the benefits are better. Two-thirds of India’s more than 1.2 billion people are under the age of 35. In many ways, Mr. Photo
M.B.A. Programs That Get You Where You Want to Go With some 13,000 graduate schools of business across the globe, the M.B.A. degree has clearly become a commodity. Even among elite schools, courses and case studies are pretty much water from the same well (i.e., finance, operations, marketing, accounting). So how do you choose? By using the rankings? Which ones? The Economist’s? Don’t ask us. Conventional wisdom will tell you that Harvard is for Fortune 500 jobs, Wharton for Wall Street, Kellogg for marketing and Insead for multinational entities. Photo To Work at Amazon Go to Ross School of Business (University of Michigan) This might come as a surprise: Amazon regularly hires more M.B.A.s from top-10 business schools than big Wall Street firms. The most senior Ross graduate at Amazon is Peter Faricy, class of 1995 and vice president of Amazon Marketplace. Mr. Continue reading the main story To Work at McKinsey & Company Go to Kellogg School of Management (Northwestern) The school’s emphasis on persona is historic. To Work at Apple And P.
Seven Habits Of Likable People If you want to predict your chances of getting ahead at work, answer this one question: Are you well liked? Likable people receive more job offers and promotions, they’re more likely to be forgiven when they make a mistake, and people do what they say because they’re deemed to be more credible. Luckily, likability doesn’t rely on being the best-looking, smartest, or most outgoing person in the room. It’s much easier than that, and it’s something anyone can attain. 1. When you say positive things about other people, those words can rub off on you. "People unconsciously attribute the qualities of people you talk about to you as well," says Keith Rollag, professor of management at Babson College and author of What to Do When You’re New: How to Be Confident, Comfortable, and Successful in New Situations. If you tell someone that your boss is warm and caring, for example, they will have a tendency to remember you as someone who is somewhat warm and caring, too. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.