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A Good Manager (2nd part)

A Good Manager (2nd part) 4 Define success. Make it clear to your employees what constitutes success and how they should measure their achievements. Goals must be realistic. Project schedules, for example, must be set by the people who do the work. People will accept a "bottoms-up" deadline they helped set, but they'll be cynical about a schedule imposed from the top that doesn't map to reality. Unachievable goals undermine an organisation. At my company, in addition to regular team meetings and one-on-one sessions between managers and employees, we use mass gatherings periodically and E-mail routinely to communicate what we expect from employees. If a reviewer or customer chooses another company's product , we analyse the situation. We say to our people, "The next time around we've got to win. What's needed?" The answers to these questions help us define success; 5 To be a good manager. you have to like people and be good at communicating. This ...

Attitude:

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Attitude: Job Interviews are not places to show off. They are places to display what you have. Some candidates thought perhaps that if they were loud, brash and pushy, they would get a job. Nothing can be further from the truth. Managers do not hire because they like to have bulls rushing around their shops that stock glassware. They look for people who are willing to learn, to conform and behave with quite gentility and exhibit some charm of manner and modesty above all. One candidate blotted his copybook by saying that the only reason he was there was because his father had insisted that he attend.Is this a right attitude?

Resume Preparation

How do we prepare resume Companies like Infosys, TCS and Wipro expects your percentage from 10th onwards, so it is better include all your curriculum (10th, 12th, all Degree) percentage in your resume. Resumes should be scanable it should be simple and easy to get information within a single look. It should not contain unwanted information. If You hold any Experience : Your resume should have the following details, apart from the basic details. 1. Company name 2. Project name 3. Project duration 4. Client 5. Team size 6. Role 7. Project description 8. Activities (We have to mention our project activities) 9. Platform Sample resume formats Sample cover letter – Fresher Hi, I have completed my MSC (CS, S/W) at Madurai Kamaraj University with 83.89% and looking for a challenging job in IT field. I have clear Knowledge about C, C++, VC++ and OOPS. I have attached my CV for your kind perusal. Please do the necessary. Regards, S.Vijayalakshmi Sample cover letter – Experience Hi, I am a softw...