Job interviews just got more complicated. While formal questioning during interviews gives employers the most job-related information about you, a new study indicates that pre-interview small talk, or rapport building, is more influential. “Nearly all employment interviews, even those considered highly structured, begin with a brief meet-and-greet conversation typically coalescing around non-job-related topics (i.e., rapport…

Finance minister’s announcement greeted as ‘tall order’ but also as ‘amazing step’ The Indian government’s plan to select 20 universities and enable them to become world-class is a “tall order” and will require giving institutions “freedom from the overweening control of government”, one expert has warned. Arun Jaitley, India’s finance minister, announced in his budget…

Here’s the right way to toot your own horn and test how well it’s working. A job interview is its own artificial environment—with rules and mores that differ quite a bit from most “normal” situations. One thing many people struggle with is knowing how much to toot their own horn. Interviewing for a job requires…

In an important notification on the Common Recruitment Process for recruitment of clerks in participating organisations (CWE-Clerks-V), the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) announced on Thursday that it will not conduct interviews any more for selecting candidates for CWE Clerks V. In a communique to this effect, the institute also mentioned that the new…

If you ask human resources people how to get out of a rut, they may dutifully present you with a career ladder that demonstrates how — at least in theory and in due time — you’ll be able to climb to the next rung in your company’s petrified organizational structure. If you ask your friends,…

Manipal: A robot designed by the Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal, is all set to take part in the National Robotic Contest-2016. The event will be held at Pune on March 3. The event aims to qualify for the biggest competition in the Asia Pacific region–ABU Robocon. The team ‘RoboManipal’ from Manipal Institute of Technology…