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Will You Add? - The Meaningless Melancholy
The film and theater business is, has and always will be about whom you know - but so will the rest of the world. As in any other business, it pays to advertise for actors and actresses; and in an industry where appearance is everything there is no better medium for a professional resume than the Internet.Established stars with agents, industry connections and scripts coming their way on a weekly basis are beyond the casting call stage. For those privileged few, there likely are fan sites to be found on the web. But for thousands of professionals who have studied the art, who have worked a little or once or not at all beyond acting school, an online resume provides an excellent two-dimensional presentation of the person.Personal BiographyOnline resumes in the acting profession will generally include a brief bio that provides the vital statistics and education. Beyond that, a well done resume moves to a listing of any work the actor/actress has done to date. If they are fortunate enough, the work is broken out by stage, film and television categ
In most cases, part-time employees present a special challenge when it comes to motivation. They do the "grunt" work, have little career choices, are often focused on other goals outside of your organization (college, hobbies, etc.), and are treated as outsiders by full-time employees. So what’s a manager to do? How do we turn our part-time employees into outstanding employees?The following are eight proven techniques to motivate your part-time employees:1. Orient them properly.Take time to describe job duties and go over what is allowed and not allowed, e.g., personal telephone calls, use of organization property, etc. Avoid confusion by designating one person to orient and give assignments to part-timers. This will eliminate the "well he told me one thing and she said something else" situation that can lead to a demoralized part-time employee.2. Find Out What Motivates Them.Ask your part-timers questions so that you can find out how to best motivate them. In my teambuilding and leadership programs, I discuss the "Sykes Seven
On 30th Sep.2006, I completed my ‘Teletech-life’ of around 18 months. I had witnessed many ups and downs among the different generation of workers. The new genre of workers used to replace the older one after every 3-6 months. However, this mountainous attrition rates were comparatively low among the higher level of workers viz. - Quality auditors, Trainers, Team leaders and so on. After some sort of managerial level changes, the management started to focus on the low level of attrition. Salary discrepancies, growth prospects, expectations mismatch – these were some areas where the management started to face challenges. The two controllable areas – growth prospects and expectation mismatch; the management done well by adopting some major changes in ‘IJP’ (internal job posting). On the question of salary discrepancies and other facilities, the management found ‘uncontrollable’ due to heavy inflation of wages in the market. However, the think-tanks of management realized the right notions of helplessness in this regard. Being a domestic call center, Teletech was providing all those facilities which the other call centers were unable to offer. Still, the wave of high attrition could not be stopped. Despite IJP proved to be a good ointment but the wound then shifted to higher level too. There was something which was missing in the whole pyramid of management. I realized it later when I quit the job with a cyclone in the womb of my heart.
The month of September, I was transformed into the duke of dolorous. I was completely into the jaws of Nihilism. My reputation on the professional front was metaphor into a ‘man of tantrums’. I was running unhappy with the suffocation in the working atmosphere. My challenges on the front of daily works seemed to be an addition in the struggle of ‘just and unjust’. The humiliation which I suffered during August to September was nonetheless the condition of proletariats in the USSR during Czarism. I drew the feeling that I had no right to vociferously advocate for my own basic rights which I had been refrained from despite of continuous fiery remarks (which has been discussed in Memoir: Partial or impartial). On September 16th I received a welcoming mail from my new boss – Abhishek Dasgupta (Training Assistant manager) to get the new hired batch trained at 11.30pm to 7.00am. It proved to be a fresh blow to the ongoing fire. I had been continuously fighting to get my shift changed. Indeed, I had been doing evening shift since January. My point was not a shift problem but highlighting the contradictory measures adopted by my bosses especially in my case. During my days in training and quality, not only I was a constant performer but entitle to occupy a specially protected space in the whole Teletech-family. This fact had not only been endorsed by my bosses but accepted by my colleagues and juniors as well – then or till now. I demonstrated my protest to my immediate boss and then fiery exchange of words left me with the only option to resign. I thought of resigning immediately but pondering over the work-power crisis of the organization, I decided to give some time to find a suitable replacement for me. I put down my paper on 18th September citing the last working day on 30th September. Probably somewhere I was in the hope that the management would realize the fact file. However, with myself, I sta
Nursing is the nations largest health care profession, with more than 2.7 million registered nurses nationwide, and nursing students account for more than half of all health professions students in the United States. Applications to attend nursing schools continue to increase nicely but did you know that thousands of students are being turned away because of an acute shortage of Nursing Educators?A study done by the U.S. Bureau of Health Professions indicates that by 2020, the U.S. nursing shortage will grow to more than 800,000 registered nurses. How can we put a serious dent in stemming this dangerous tide unless nurses take an active role in educating the nurses of tomorrow?Becoming a Nurse Educator is a wonderful career choice Registered nurses ARE teachers! RNs teach patients and their families how to manage their illness or injury, including post-treatment home care needs, diet and exercise programs, and self-administration of medication and physical therapy. RNs mentor and precept new graduates and new hire staff as well as develop and implement ongoing
The month of September, I was transformed into the duke of dolorous. I was completely into the jaws of Nihilism. My reputation on the professional front was metaphor into a ‘man of tantrums’. I was running unhappy with the suffocation in the working atmosphere. My challenges on the front of daily works seemed to be an addition in the struggle of ‘just and unjust’. The humiliation which I suffered during August to September was nonetheless the condition of proletariats in the USSR during Czarism. I drew the feeling that I had no right to vociferously advocate for my own basic rights which I had been refrained from despite of continuous fiery remarks (which has been discussed in Memoir: Partial or impartial). On September 16th I received a welcoming mail from my new boss – Abhishek Dasgupta (Training Assistant manager) to get the new hired batch trained at 11.30pm to 7.00am. It proved to be a fresh blow to the ongoing fire. I had been continuously fighting to get my shift changed. Indeed, I had been doing evening shift since January. My point was not a shift problem but highlighting the contradictory measures adopted by my bosses especially in my case. During my days in training and quality, not only I was a constant performer but entitle to occupy a specially protected space in the whole Teletech-family. This fact had not only been endorsed by my bosses but accepted by my colleagues and juniors as well – then or till now. I demonstrated my protest to my immediate boss and then fiery exchange of words left me with the only option to resign. I thought of resigning immediately but pondering over the work-power crisis of the organization, I decided to give some time to find a suitable replacement for me. I put down my paper on 18th September citing the last working day on 30th September. Probably somewhere I was in the hope that the management would realize the fact file. However, with myself, I st
The word “freelance” was first coined by Sir Walter Scott, a renowned Scottish historical novelist and poet, in 1819 when he wrote his novel Ivanhoe, to refer to a medieval mercenary warrior. The term has then shifted into more figurative meanings. In the 1860s, freelance became a figurative noun, and in 1903, it was officially recognized as a verb by etymologists like the Oxford English Dictionary.Today, the word “freelance” has changed into different forms: as a noun, freelance or freelancer; as a verb, a photographer who freelances; and as an adverb, she works freelance. Working freelance has become a career and lifestyle choice. It has given many women a variety of benefits and these women feel that there is no better option than the ones they have due to the flexibility of work which is a boon for women who need to strike a balance between their work and their families.More women today are choosing to leave the security of their day jobs and engage in freelance work due mainly to the following factors:Variety of jobsMost women are drawn to go
The month of September, I was transformed into the duke of dolorous. I was completely into the jaws of Nihilism. My reputation on the professional front was metaphor into a ‘man of tantrums’. I was running unhappy with the suffocation in the working atmosphere. My challenges on the front of daily works seemed to be an addition in the struggle of ‘just and unjust’. The humiliation which I suffered during August to September was nonetheless the condition of proletariats in the USSR during Czarism. I drew the feeling that I had no right to vociferously advocate for my own basic rights which I had been refrained from despite of continuous fiery remarks (which has been discussed in Memoir: Partial or impartial). On September 16th I received a welcoming mail from my new boss – Abhishek Dasgupta (Training Assistant manager) to get the new hired batch trained at 11.30pm to 7.00am. It proved to be a fresh blow to the ongoing fire. I had been continuously fighting to get my shift changed. Indeed, I had been doing evening shift since January. My point was not a shift problem but highlighting the contradictory measures adopted by my bosses especially in my case. During my days in training and quality, not only I was a constant performer but entitle to occupy a specially protected space in the whole Teletech-family. This fact had not only been endorsed by my bosses but accepted by my colleagues and juniors as well – then or till now. I demonstrated my protest to my immediate boss and then fiery exchange of words left me with the only option to resign. I thought of resigning immediately but pondering over the work-power crisis of the organization, I decided to give some time to find a suitable replacement for me. I put down my paper on 18th September citing the last working day on 30th September. Probably somewhere I was in the hope that the management would realize the fact file. However, with myself, I st
So is pixel advertising just another fad... here today and gone tomorrow? No one really knows for sure, but right now it's one of the hottest online advertisement mediums.But in order for pixel advertising to have any kind of real staying power, people will have to do more with the concept than just introduce 'knockoff sites'.While the 'cookie-cutter clone' approach favors the quick buck artists, copying Alex Tew's 'Million Dollar Homepage' (www.milliondollarhomepage.com) idea is simply not sustainable in the long run. What's needed, in order for the pixel advertising craze to survive, is for webmasters to give advertisers a legitimate reason to buy pixels from them... other than that it's new and cool. With so many people now selling pixel ads, how do sellers differentiate themselves? Or do pixel ads become a mere commodity, where price per pixel becomes the overriding consideration.So is there hope for pixel advertising as a viable ad medium? I believe so, and the answer lies in one word... creativity. How can someone take this concept, give it a unique
This is not for those people who think that Innovation is about boffins in laboratories or selling technology from academic institutions into industry. As the UK becomes even more dependent on service industries a new type of innovation is emerging. Beware traditional gurus and business consultants, as there is competition out there.I had the good fortune to be in the audience at a recent design event, where one of the speakers was Ralph Ardill, founder of the Brand Experience Consultancy. He is a designer with a track record of bringing life to some of the world’s leading brands such as Ford and Coca-Cola. Those in the know will already recognise him as being the person who led the project to design and build the Guinness Storehouse, currently the most famous visitor attraction in Ireland, and voted by some as the best in the world. Not many years ago it was an empty building within the perimeter of the Guinness brewery.His foresight, and some may say creative thinking, led to Guinness buying into the idea of the ‘Pint building’, combining a tourist attraction, train
10 days were completed with the alone nights that I could not see the faces of my bosses. I was ejected into such a world where there were no windows to peep out. God knows what all mistakes of mine attracted this black sentence for me. On 29th September I went ahead to meet my root boss “Chitra Rekhade” as 30th was her week off. After my sleepless night I went to see her in the morning at 10.30am. Chitra ma’am asked me – “what have you decided finally…” I answered without any prior preparation – “I do not have any option to go back due to the unprecedented stretches of my story…” She coyly offered me to join the other site of our organization in Gurgaon (in NCR region) with the addition – “one should not play the gamut of resignation”. I declined her all the offers in the light of my self respect and reiterated the glimpses of my thoughts. Finally, she asked me to meet our employee relationship executive, Draksha Kalim, for the exit interview.
“Exit-Interview” was inducted in the work line of the organization realizing the fact of ‘something missing’ factor couple of months ago. The interview was conducted and I bluntly told all the things which all happened to me. Draksha, being a nice being, persuasive and realistic realized that my resignation could be avoided. She then told me to come on 3rd October in order to complete the further formalities. After that she stood and went to discuss the issue with her manager “Dheeraj Saxena”. Till that time. I was no more in direct contact with that fellow as he was new to the organization. I did not have any idea about him. I left the office with burdened heart and calculating the end of my odyssey.
On 30th September, my last eve with my training batch was quite memorable. My beloved trainees gave me a wonderful farewell along with my assistant Ravi who was supposed to replace me. My last training batch, in fact, consolidated my scattered and beleaguered heart.
On 3rd October, I reached in the office around 1pm. I straightly went to Draksha. She received me with her usual pious smile. Hardly could I finish my conversation with her, I heard a voice from back – “Hey you… Come here”. Such an embarrassing tone – I shocked and moved back. It was Dheeraj Saxena who was calling me. I went to him with cool mind and a ray of smile. “Why are you spreading a rumor that you have been asked to resign. Everyone is saying the same. Even Chitra is also worrying over the issue. Although she tried her best to retain you but you declined and it was you who volunteered by own self to resign.” – He alleged. My taciturnity left me spell bound. He again added – “I afraid this attitude of yours will be fatal in getting the next job.” However, in this context I would like to borrow the ideas of a German philosopher, Hegel that the issues become political at a particular time and place. What a splendid referendum I received from the Apex court. If all these allegations were to be poured on a outgoing loyal companion of the organization then I pooh on my immature decision which prevente
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