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By being honest yet positive about your strengths & weaknesses, you'll come across as mature & self-aware.
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Don't repeat your point. State your weakness in 1-2 sentences. Its your positive & can-do attitude that will create the right impression.
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Giving examples as to how you overcome your past weakness will make employer believe that you will find solution to the future challenges.
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List 1-2 apt weaknesses & how you will overcome them. Pick one that will not affect your job.
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Everyone has weakness, but who wants to admit them in an interview? Trick is to minimize the description of weakness & highlight the positive!
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After listing your strengths, back them up with facts. Using an example to support it makes it more powerful. Identify 3 strengths with examples.
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You can also use personality qualities eg dependable, friendly, punctual, team player etc to describe your strengths.
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For your strengths - first thing to do is to list your knowledge based skills like computer skills, languages, and any other technical ability.
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Be yourself, look at the interviewer in the eye. A well thought out & honest answer will be appreciated !
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It is not wrong to say "You'd like to be a Team Lead". Overall the interviewer is looking to evaluate your interest to stay with the organization.
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If the interviewer seeks more clarity, you can say that in 5 years you'd like to have a strong hold on the work to mentor new team members.
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Employers also want to find out about your motivation toward the offered position & if you are going to add value to the company.
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Reassure your interviewer that you are looking at learning & making a career. Mention that you are aware as to how performance will lead to growth.
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Preparing for this question will help self reflect on what is the career path you want to take. It will also help you organize thoughts better.
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Facilities: Companies also provide medical insurance, meals, gym memberships etc which may be included in your CTC.
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Bonus: It is usually paid once a year in lump sum based on your & the companies overall performance and may be included in the CTC informed.
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Other Allowances: Companies also give allowances of phone, petrol, travel, medical expenses etc which you need to claim with actual bills.
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PF is usually 12% of your basic salary. Employer also contributes (usually equal) to your PF contribution & it may be included in your CTC.
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Provident Fund (PF) is directly deducted from salary & deposited with govt. who pays interest on it to encourage you to save for future.
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Basic Salary (BS) is used to calculate other components like HRA, PF etc. Basic salary is usually 40% of CTC or less.
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House Rent Allowance (HRA) is usually 40-50% of the basic salary to help you on the expenses of your house rent.
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Your CTC usually consists of Basic Salary, House Rent Allowance, PF, other allowances etc.
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While cost-to-company is what the employer is worried about, your take-home amount is what matters to you and it can vary from offered CTC
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Before signing a bond, read it thoroughly and make an educated decision.
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If the company is unknown to you and asks you to sign a bond, do a through research about the company to ensure the genuineness of the company and prevent a fraud.
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If you break the bond & not pay the penalty, you may not get the experience letter which is a useful proof of your employment with the firm.
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The company will go to the court in case of a bond is broken depends usually on the employer and the actual agreement.
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Avoid giving your original certificates/degree or any other important document in form of security deposit for a bond.
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Company may ask you to pay the security money in advance and return it when the bond period is over.
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Usually the validity of bond is not more than 2 years and the penalty for breaking a bond is not more than 1 Lakh.
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An employment bond is an agreement which binds the employee to serve the company for a period or pay penalty in case he/she fails to do so.
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PSUs like BHEL, NTPC, IOCL etc are now using Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) for recruitment instead of their own written test.
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The recruitment process for a govt. job is usually a written test followed by an interview provided you are eligible as per their criteria.
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The eligibility to apply for the positions will usually be an aggregate percentage of 60-70% for most positions for a graduate student.
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www.employmentnews.gov.in & www.govtjobs.co.in are great sites to search for a govt. job. Google "indian govt jobs sites" for more sites.
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To search for government jobs, look for advertisements by Government organizations in newspapers regularly or visit their official websites.
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Government organizations from sectors like Railways, Airways, Banking, Engineering, Telecom etc recruit freshers throughout the year.
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An employee in a public sector company/organization is usually not affected by the fluctuations in economy like recession.
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Growth (in terns of payment & role) in a government organization is usually defined by factors like years of service etc apart from performance.
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Government jobs can offer facilities like retirement benefits, medical expense coverage, subsidized housing, subsidized education for children etc
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It is worthwhile to invest some time on LinkedIn regularly for a great career ahead.
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Use the "Answer" feature on LinkedIn to get advice on career or any topic from experts on the portal.
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Join interested groups & communities to interact and network with industry professionals. Once you interact, you can add them to your network.
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On connecting with your faculty, corporate connections and friends, request for "recommendations" to add credibility to your profile.
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Make your profile public so that it can be show up in search results. Google "LinkedIn Profile SEO" for high ranking in LinkedIn search.
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Use an impactful "Professional headline" to describe yourself. For example, "Engineer with strong JAVA programming skills"
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Take care of the grammar & spellings. Keep the descriptions in each section short & crisp. Google "best LinkedIn profiles" to get tips.
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Add a smart professional photograph, a precise summary of your skills & links to your blog, website etc
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First step is to update your profile with all important information related to your graduation, internship, key projects & social education.
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LinkedIn is one of the most popular platform to network professionally, identify niche job opportunities, sales leads & more
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