HR Era, Issue # 25, Oct 13th, 2002

 

Contents

1 Moderator's Space

2. Quick Tip: How to Get More Done in Less Time - by Heather Reimer

3. Buhari's Quotation Corner - by Syed Buhari

4. Eleven Tips For Writing Your Resume's Cover Letter - by Kathy Thompson

5. Is Your Resume Ready? - by Kathy Thompson

6. Readers' Forum (Some Appreciations)

7. HR Training Programs

1. Moderator's Space

We are on Annual Leave in a beautiful town named Udaipur. Here we are able to prepare only a small issue. But then here is your HR Era.

Our thanks to members for giving feedback on HR Era website. Most of the replies are appreciations but additionally we also need more ideas & critiques. Rajeev was hoping for 1200 responses and we are yet to cross 100!

Kindly do visit http://hrera.com and send us critiques & suggestions.

More later

regards

Alka Bhatnagar

 

2. Quick Tip: How to Get More Done in Less Time - by Heather Reimer


Online or offline, you might find that your new business is gobbling up hours and giving back only modest gains. Maybe it's time to streamline the WAY you work.

Here are a few tried and true tips to speed up your tasks without compromising on quality:

1. Make a list. Sounds elementary but many people overlook this simple step. The list allows you to get what's in your brain onto the page so you can temporarily forget about all of it except the one priority item at the top.

2. Tidy up. A clean desk is, contrary to popular opinion, not the sign of a sick mind but the sign of an in-control professional.

3. Make your environment work for you. If jazz music helps, pipe it in. If absolute silence is a must, request it from those who share your space. We all have different ways of working best. Once you've found yours, the job will go smoother and faster.

4. Determine your peak times when you feel freshest (mornings? midnights?) and do the hardest tasks then.

5. Get enough sleep.

6. Don't overdose on coffee. The initial buzz may get your engines fired up but the caffeine and sugar shakes will bog them down later.

7. Turn off the incoming mail alerts on your email program. Try to restrain yourself from checking for emails constantly unless you're expecting something urgent.

8. Love what you do. It's true - if you love your work you may not have to bother with the previous seven tips!

Contributed by Heather Reimer

Copyright © 2002 by Heather Reimer


Suspect your content is not working hard enough for you? Heather Reimer writes action-inspiring web content, sales letters, news releases and articles, all at affordable rates. Editing/proofreading also available.

 

3. Buhari's Quotation Corner - by Syed Buhari


"First say to yourself what you would be - and then do what you have to do."

The dictionary is the only place where success comes before work.

God helps those who help themselves."

Sent by Syed Buhari

4. Eleven Tips For Writing Your Resume's Cover Letter - by Kathy Thompson

Your resume should entice your target company to call you for an interview. The cover letter is your invitation.

1. Your cover letter should be like a sales letter which includes; grab the reader's attention, generate interest in the content, focus on their desire, action.

2. Customize the cover letter. Address it to a specific individual. Be sure that you have the proper spelling.

3. The cover letter must introduce you and your value to a potential employer.

4. Keep the letter to one page.

5. Keep your (dynamic) words, sentences (14 words), paragraphs (4-5 lines) short.

6. The cover letter is more informal than your resume, build rapport.

7. Don't include salary requirements.

8. Be enthusiastic, energetic, and motivating.

9. Your letter should be professional in appearance.

10. Your cover letter can make an indelible first impression. Make it stand out!

11. Be sure to date and sign the letter.

Contributed by Kathy Thompson

Need Help! Make Your Job Hunt Easier! With A Resume and Cover Letter That Gets You The Job! You Can Do It All On-Line! - www.words4-u.com/careers.html  VALUED AT $115 - NOW ONLY $90! Kathy Thompson - 512-353-7663 - resume4u@words4u.com 1348 Thorpe Lane #602 - San Marcos, TX 78666


 

5. Is Your Resume Ready? - by Kathy Thompson

WHAT IS A RESUME?

Very simply, a resume is a brief summary about you. It outlines the skills, abilities, and qualities that make you "marketable". Resumes are designed to help you "get your foot in the door," and land a job interview.

WHAT MAKES AN EFFECTIVE RESUME?

** Effective Resumes are always typed.
** They are neat and contain no misspelled words.
** Good resumes are brief and to the point (usually no longer than one page.)
** They are also logical and well organized.
** Effective resumes are factual and informative.
** They include action verbs.
** Good resumes always have a professional appearance.

5 P's of Resume Writing

PACKAGING - How are you presenting your resume. How it looks.

POSITIONING OF INFORMATION - How is it organized. Make parts of the resume stand out, highly visible.

POWER INFORMATION - or punch. Information that matches a career designer's skills, abilities, and qualifications to the potential employer.

PERSONALITY - Resumes should have its own personality, with unique vocabulary. Words are power.

PROFESSIONALISM - It needs to be quality, the best. It should look sharp.

Make a good, lasting, and professional impression.

Contributed by Kathy Thompson

Need Help! Make Your Job Hunt Easier! With A Resume and Cover Letter That Gets You The Job! You Can Do It All On-Line! - www.words4-u.com/careers.html  VALUED AT $115 - NOW ONLY $90! Kathy Thompson - 512-353-7663 - resume4u@words4u.com 1348 Thorpe Lane #602 - San Marcos, TX 78666

 

6. Readers' Forum (Some Appreciations)

From A Syed Mohamed, UAE

Dear Mr. Bhatnagar,

Hats off to your best efforts for the HR Era. I have no hesitation in saying that the HR Era is the best site among Human Resources Management sites.

A, SYED MOHAMED,

PERSONNEL MANAGER, HRM
DIVISION, ETA-ASCON GROUP OF COMPANIES, DUBAI,UAE.
 

From Ashit K Sarkar, Stamford CT (USA)

CONGRATULATIONS - for your very own website now! I send you my very
best wishes for continued success and growth of HR ERA readership.
 

From R Chandrashekar, Chennai

Dear Mr.Rajeev,

The site is an excellent resource . I hope lot of people get benefitted.

Chandrashekar.R
Sr.Exec Resourcing
Benchmarksoftech Ltd
044 -- 4987589 -93
150 Luz church road
Mylapore
Chennai -4

 

7. HR Training Programs

Balanced Scorecard Workshop, 15th & 16th November 2002, Mumbai


Dear Members,

Greetings from OTI.

We recently concluded our sixth workshop on Balanced Scorecard in Mumbai. This was a terrific success.

The participants have asked us to conduct another one soon so that some of their colleagues who were unable to attend could do so.

Therefore the seventh "Balanced Scorecard Workshop" is now scheduled in Mumbai at The Orchid on the 15th & 16 November 2002

If your members are interested in attending then they may please confirm their participation to me on ajai.singh@vsnl.com

We limit the participants to 20 on a first come first serve basis.

Best regards,

Ajai Singh
CEO
Organization Transformation International, India
K 306, Tarapore Towers, New Link Road, Oshiwara,
Mumbai 400053.
Tel: 91-22-636.6164, Tel/Fax: 91-22-636.6286
Handphone: 98201.58285



2nd Workshop on Leading for Change, Dec 11-14, 2002, Jaipur

by International Management Institute, New Delhi

Venue: Hotel Clarks Amer, Jaipur

AIM

The workshop aims at reorienting the senior level managers towards meeting the current and future challenges by nurturing appropriate mindset and generating viable options for developing internal capabilities of their respective organizations for sustained competitive advantage.


CONTENT

Paradigm shift in the world of business
Developing new paradigm organization
Transformational Leadership competencies: Visioning, Mentoring and Counseling
Industry Transformation
Management of Self and Interpersonal Competence
Performance Management
Planned Change Strategies and Management of Change

FOR WHOM

Senior / Middle Level Managers of public and private sector
organizations and Officers of the departments/ministries of the government

WORKSHOP DIRECTOR: Dr. Bhupen Srivastava, Professor & Dean, IMI

Last date for sending nominations: November 27, 2002

Nominations should be sent to:

Ms. Mamta Panda
Workshop Coordinator:
International Management Institute
B - 10, Qutab Institutional Area
Tara Crescent New Delhi 110 016
Tel: 6863701, 6961437, 6966143, 6529237/38/39
Fax: 6867539 e-mail: mamta@imi.edu

Participation Fee

Residential Rs. 17,500/- per participant
Non-Residential Rs.14, 500/- per participant