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Research has shown that you only have about 17 seconds to capture the attention of the hiring manager. If you have trained to the engineering field, it is important to create a resume that will increase your chances of obtaining the job you really want. Putting together a compelling resume can be a challenge for […]
(Photo: Wikimedia CH) Continuing the eight-year-old tradition, we announce the nominations for PaGaLGuY Dream Team and PaGaLGuY UnderDogs Team as open for season 2013. These are teams built around CAT preparation that are known for their camaraderie, performance and passion to succeed through moments that would be cherished for life. Here’s a rundown on each […]
Who would have thought that a typical day in May, in sunny Bombay, could have rain in it? Frankly I didn’t believe the weather forecast until I felt the raindrops. As much as I’ve been basking in the warm summer days (the few weeks back when it was warm), my romance with rainy days revives […]
(Photo: Skylar Murphy) The sheer number of aspirants who appear for the Common Admission Test (CAT) pushes up the competition up. This combined with the societal stigma attached with failure, the hype around an MBA degree and the misinformation attached to the need for doing an MBA means that ‘fear of failure’ drives every CAT […]
(Photo: hans thijs) For an MBA applicant, nothing is more pleasing than asking admission-related queries to their dream b-schools and getting quickly responded to. As we found out during an experiment, American schools edge out the British ones on this one. As part of a continuing experiment, we posed as MBA applicants and contacted the […]
(Photo: Derek Key) Fewer people on the planet are applying to an MBA in the United Kingdom, Indians being the fastest reducing group. According to the Higher Education Statistics Agency of the UK government, MBA applications to the country’s schools have dropped by 10-12%. Of this, the steepest fall has been from Indian applicants at […]
(Photo courtesy: Satwick Thumu) The Institute of Rural Management (IRMA), Anand will use scores of the Common Admission Test (CAT) this year for admission to its Post Graduate Diploma in Rural Management (PRM) and 2014 Fellow Programme in Rural Management (FPRM). The decision was taken because the judgement on the status of the IRMA admission […]
(Photo courtesy: Matt Reinbold) It’s not easy for applicants to talk to Indian b-schools to ask for admissions-related information, something we discovered during a little experiment we did this month. Between July 4 and July 15, 2013, we posed as applicants and asked simple admissions-related queries to top 20 Indian b-schools (as per the PaGaLGuY […]
A couple of months ago, at the age of sixty-three, my mother retired from her job as an accounts receivable clerk at a large utilities company in Alabama. When she told me about it, I told her I thought it was a bad idea. She certainly deserved a break from years of working, but what […]
A couple of months ago, at the age of sixty-three, my mother retired from her job as an accounts receivable clerk at a large utilities company in Alabama. When she told me about it, I told her I thought it was a bad idea. She certainly deserved a break from years of working, but what […]