Learn to Make Tough Decisions in Career Building

Its always tough to make decisions about your career. Read on to find what to do in order to make tough decision simple.

• Career decisions are always tough: Involves changes tracks, changing place, changing stream, need long term view, so decisions making is tough task.
• Career decisions involves deciding between two things what your heart tell you and what your brain ask to do.
• Better to adjust your heart with the Brain, as brains acts on the facts, figures and market conditions.
• Long term gain must be the objectives, because career making will be a long way of 2-7 years, and market conditions and your life must be imagined after 2-7 years.
• While making decisions, reading is very important. Questions here is what to read, a) Read yourself b) Read your abilities c) Read your scores d) Read output you are expecting e) Read the market.
• You need courage to accept some challenges, off course by suitably calculate your abilities and other conditions.
• In Short, you need to have ability to Say Polite NO or courageous YES.
• Inputs from your friends, Parents and other stakeholder are important.

Best Luck

Learn from Mistakes

Thomas Edison tried two thousand different materials in search of a filament for the light bulb. When none worked satisfactorily, his assistant complained, "All our work is in vain. We have learned nothing."

Edison replied very confidently, "Oh, we have come a long way and we have learned a lot. We now that there are two thousand elements which we cannot use to make a good light bulb."

Project Work in College

Students face various difficulties, during their TY IT project/ Masters. Following are some tips n trick to get off the IT Project, effectively.

1. Remember that, Select the topic for Information Technology where your interests are there.

2. Technology platform must be latest, until and unless your are doing some deep research into
core areas.

3. If the project is in the group, try to avoid the peoples with whom you don't have a good
rapo.

4. The IT Project, must be of optimum size, not too high expectations and not least one.

5. The IT project, must address to the basic problems of that area.

6. If you decided in this stage that, which platform you will cover will be better, for example
if you decide you wanna be a programmer, try to do the project in the same platform or
areas.

7. For example if you have decided, you wanna be a network person, try doing some network
related project.

8. Make thorough search on internet, and in your social network for the best topic and latest
ideas.

9. No doubt, project must be original one.

10.The project, should be complete when you submit it, it will create, negative impact in case
half complected project is submitted.

11.The project should be small, creative, adaptive, sensible, advanced, work related, issue
based, simple to use, easy to modify, master piece, includes user guide and it should satisfy
yourself.

12.You must follow all the software engineering principles that, you learned and you should go
through all those stages of software engineering.

13.Remember that, IT projects 80 % work is on the paper. So please complete paper work first and then start on the computer. Following this method will ensure technical robustness in your project.

14. Complete Algorithm, Flowchart, DFD daigrams and other documents before starting with the coding.

Will continue the rest ....

Lock or Unlock iPhone Rotation

iPhone has amazing features, you can rotate it to landscape view. Movies, large size tables and pictures are better viewed in the landscape view. One can lock or unlock your iPhone for rotation with following steps.

1. Double click the home button.
2. You will see apps currently open in bottom line.
3. Drag the apps to left to right.
4. You will see a lock/unlock icon (like App icon)in the line.

5. Tap the icon.
6. Your iPhone will lock or unlock for the rotation.
7. When iPhone is locked for the rotation, a lock symbol will show in the top status bar.

Hope it will help

Steven Johnson: Where good ideas come from

Handling angry students

Educational institutes face a lot of problems, among them is Angry students. Students who have failed to score marks, not satisfied with the facilities or the teaching of faculty or not satisfied with the infrastructure in the institute.
Deal with them with the following weapons...
1. Explanation.
2. Helping them to achieve good marks.
3. Maintaining updated records.

FAROOQUI N K

Face Interview with Confidence

Prepare for Successful Personnel Interview.

Facing a successfully personnel interview is the dream of any MBA aspirants. Students prepare for Group Discussion and personnel interview a lot. The preparations are the key for a successfully personnel interview. Read on to find how to face personnel interview in various MBA exams. While taking the interview in various admission processes I feel the need to prepare for following are 15 important areas. Read on to find more …..

1. Characteristics of an Influential Students: There are few students who are the dream for interviewer. They behave and answer as interviewer wants to listen. This is the results of good preparation. I don’t think they answer every question as expected. Some students with strong academic and social background actually run the interview. They actually control the interview. From the first question like ‘Tell me something about your self?’ to the last question they actually tells the Interviewer, what they must ask next. Because it is the common known fact that neat question comes from your last answer.Students must know what to answer and which way they have answered to control the interview in effective way. Students must know their positive points and their negative points, so that they will be able to answer it effectively.

2. Money Vs Career Goals:

Interviewer will always ask for your short and long term goals. Interviewers always expect that you should have a clear vision of short and long term goals. I remember when a student during the interview answer that I am not an astrologer to know what will happen to me after 20 years. Students must have a clear idea about their long term goals. They must know what they will do after 20 to 25 years. You must always know what you want to do in which sector and area.

Your short term goals may be targeted towards 3-5 years. Always there is confusion between giving importance to money or career goals. Mostly student clearly says that “earning money is their goal”. You can earn the money even without having the goal also but you can earn more money with a goal because it will have your interest and perfection in the field. Your interest in the subjects like Biotechnology, Engineering, Science and Information Technology brings your short and long term goals. This interest must have more impact on the goal compared to money. You must be able to say it in the interview and prove that your goals are more important than the money.

3. Synchronization in talks: Many a times the interview for admission in the Business School is taken by Senior Professors and Senior Alumni. Most of the times, the speed of talk differs between a younger boy appearing for the Interview and the most senior old age person taking the interview. Students must keep pace with the speed of talk of the Interviewer.

4. Body Language & Behavior: During many interviews, I have seen how body languages of students have deep impacts of their roots like their families, their culture, their area and their family history. Students have to read their own style of sitting on the chair, talking style and stress level and try to fill the gap between the actual and required. Mostly girls are more calm and sweet in talks which interviewers like so much. Girls are more particular and they tend to be more stable while talking compared to boys.

5. Impact of the age & Background of the Interviewer: Mostly interviewer is a Senior Professors who has taught to thousands of students. They are well aware of behaviour and tactics of students. If the interviewer is of more then 50 years of age, his experience and background will be vast. Background of interviewer is also a major factor because the style and the questions will have its effects. The interviewer may belongs to different category like General Management, Information Technology, Supply Chain Management, Customer Relationship Management, Marketing, Static, Insurance, H.R. or any other such field. It is better if student comes to know about the age and the background of interviewer.

6. Interviewers personal opinion about the type of students: Interviewer being a human being has personal opinion about girls, boys and students from different geographical areas, students with or without work experience. Students with Engineering or Non-Engineering Degree and students with good or bad written score depending upon their past experience they think that girls are more prepared compared to boys. Sometimes, they think that Engineering students are more suitable for management education. It all depends on their personal experiences. What you need to do is to find their opinion and try to fit in their frame. You study your past well like you belong to engineering or commerce background, how many students are there of your area of specialization in that college and then try to be like them reading a lot about those areas.

7. Ambitions, Objectives and Goals: Every human whether he does MBA or not have his/her ambitions. Even children’s when they see Zen Car or Bike going have ambition that they will some day purchase this car/bike. Naturally, the students coming for MBA personal interview must have some dream in his mind, Question is how you can tell it to the Interviewers.

In Personal Interview, you must be clear in your mind about your goal, about your objectives and ambitions. A development hungry mind always thinks of a better place or better opportunity to grab. Interviewers will always want to check that inner thrust on you.

You must be clear about long and short term goal. You must be clear about your dream profile job and about your dream company where you want to work. You must be clear about your long term goal and your career ambitions.

Sometimes students love one particular job profile so much that they will not look at the money. You should always be behind your ambition, and your goals must not be money oriented.

8. Confidence/Overconfidence:

Students appearing for Personal Interview must be confident enough to answer each question. There is very thin line between confidence and overconfidence. Student should always sit with down shoulders & give respect to the panel members. Your confidence or overconfidence will be demonstrated by three things:

1. Body Language

2. Voice Level

3. Sitting Style.

All these three things will have the effect of your background. Body Language and Level of Voice will have a clear indication of your family and professional background.

9. Information Availability: During many interviews, one came across different types of students. They are from strong financial background; they are from remote geographical location. Some times, they are from strong professional families or sometimes they are from uneducated families.

I have concluded that availability of information is the key factor. If the student belongs to a family where one or two members are already MBA or they belong to a College from where most of the students do MBA have more possibility of performing best in Personal Interview. The students with less exposure to the management positions, non-availability of information on GD & PI, non-availability of the tactics used for best performance, non-availability of study information on material, non-availability of current topics are the important reasons.

10. High profile students and their qualities:

During the interviews, I came across many students who have work experience in top Indian companies. They have international exposure with their companies or families. Such students relatively perform better as compared to other students due to their high profile exposure. They work with international units in their company usually one or two persons handling the management issues are MBA from top Indian Business Schools through which they get exposure.

11. Leadership questions and the answer:

As you are getting the admission for Management degree, interviewer always expects knowledge of Management and the Manager. They expect that you should know what are the responsibility of a manager, qualities require for a good manager, importance of patience, negotiation and communication skills. Sometimes, students must have ready answers to prove that they have all these qualities. While answering such questions, your mind must be in a stable condition and you need to have enough patience.

The only key to success is preparedness. You must be hundred percent dedicated to preparedness. You need to learn and face the things that you don’t know or don’t have.

12. Remember your past

Most of the times, the flow of interview is decided by your past educational or professional qualifications. Interviewer always wants to check what you have done in past 2-3 years, your dedication to work, your depth of knowledge, your problems solving skills and your ambitions and dreams for the future. If you did not have any professional experience, interviewer will check the depth of knowledge in your favorite subject, your efforts in your academic projects, your favorite teachers and your favorite personalities. Check for your marks right from the school days, percentages, subjects, teachers, school names and games / extra curricular activities that you have done.

13. Strength and Weaknesses

Self awareness is the major part of any personal interview. You must be aware of your strengths and weaknesses. You need to know the methods to control your weaknesses and effectively communicated to the interviewer. Your must always be aware of strengths and their potential you need to know what maximum you can do with those strengths. This communication becomes most attractive when you demonstrate strengths and weaknesses with live examples of your life.

14. Entrepreneurship

Mostly interviewer with rich experience of running a self business will ask questions about entrepreneurship. They want to check your ability to start your own business or successfully join the family business. They will check your financial knowledge about arranging the money for the business and running a profitable business. They will also check your market reading, financial knowledge and man management skills.

15. Anxiety and Uncomfortable ness:

Uncomfortable behavior and anxiety is the result of no preparation. The student who has less time to prepare due to their examinations or work pressure will behave like this. Only solution is the full preparation for personal interview. This can be done by the help of family and friends who have background in management education. You need to prepare for the most possible questions and their solutions. Good social and family background helps in this a lot. A social animal who mines everyone easily have more possibility of preparing in left time.

Most of the time student becomes uncomfortable when interviewer asks them about their families or salaries. In an interview, interviewer asked, what is your salary? To an MCA girl working in top IT Company and said that it’s optional to answer this question. You have to answer it strength forward or respectfully deny answering this question. Selecting the middle path will not be comfortable for interviewers. The girl answered that they are paying me a handsome salary. This type of answers hurt the interviewer. You can straight say no for such type of questions. I think that will be the correct way.

Skinput

Can we do it. Yes, its coming, you can input the data by using acoustic sound produced by tapping your fingers on the hand. A acoustic detector and the small projector chip will be able to transmit the desired data to the connected cell phone or the computer. It works with sound produced due to tapping on your palm. Sound Exciting ....Read more here http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/redmond/groups/cue/publications/HarrisonSkinputCHI2010.pdf

keep up days are coming when your hand will be an input device.....

Gmail Social Network????

There are rumours that, Gmail is going to provide a social networking platform like twitter. Its a great news, because last week Face book changed its interface, promoting rumours that it is going to provide an email services. it was obvious that Gmail will be the biggest hit.

Let us see, how this Gmail Social network will be different that twitter or FaceBook. It is sure that Gmails large userbase will be an advantage to its social network.

keep guessing ....

Young Students Full Energy

In last 8 years, while teaching in higher education i have seen many youngsters. The coming generation which is called as iPhone generation is really full of energy. Since last decade the courses, format of the courses and the way syllabus has taught has changed a lot. I remember we use to have yearly pattern for my graudation course, now even for undergraduation courses students have to face semester wise pattern.

Besides studies now students do social work and have enjoyment in the social life. The recent surge in the social networking website and innovation at the college level is the demonstration of that trend.

Google Nexus One

I dont know, why americans like this One. Air Force One Nexus One.....etc. Even though Zero '0' comes even before that.

Bye the way phone is amazing but comparing the features, i dint see it as the iPhone Killer. Even i am the Google fan because its products are really innovative. Google says where phone meets web. Particularly i like the features like voice to text and voice directions while driving (Must be for US and Europe only). compatability of nexus one with other Google products is great. May be Google products will pick this phone in the market. It has two advantages over iPhone 1. Seems not so commercial as iPhone where you have buy lot of stuff from iTunes.(Android is Open Source). 2. It has backing of dozens of Google innovative products. One last thing its slimmer compared to iPhone.

I think Nexus One is two way sword, now they have announce that they will give special importance to the Business Phone (Means they will release another version specially for use in business). What that means.... hahha means targeting BlackBerry and iPhone both.....???

Here is the video of Nexus One.....

How to talk to your Professor

Farooqui N.K.

As students, you have to talk to your professor (Teacher, Lecturer, Assistant professor or Associate professor) on different issues. Here are the steps to talk to him comfortably and come out with good results.

Step 1: Be clear on your objective.

When you decided to meet your professor outside the class, you should have a clear-cut objective in your mind, as why you want to meet. Mostly student meet just to build a personal rappo or show that they are very serious about the studies, which results in bad influence. Talk sensibly and effectively in short words.

Step 2: See the availability.

Mostly professors are busy with other works which students are not aware of. Better if you check his time table on website or on the notice board before you land in front of his cabin in a building located at distance place. Depending upon the work and time required to complete that work, you can go to that professor with prior permission.

Step 3: Be Ready with the documents.

Mostly, you have to come with documents ready to prove what you are saying. For example during some educational discussion you will require books.

Sometimes, if the professor is busy with some other guest or students, you have some material or an iPod with you so that you can effectively use your time.

Do not discuss any point without reading the material or carrying the material, because most of the time professor is already aware of all those things.

Step 4: Do not meet professor after class for important things.

Students try to solve their problems outside the class as soon as class ends. This is the time when your professor is tired and do not want to discuss anything. In case you have some important issue and needs discussion in alone and peaceful environment, preferably discuss that in professor’s cabin.

Step 5: Build a personal rapport.

After some months, professor will build your profile depending on your habits and behavior. You should try to build this profile good and positive. This profile will help you get good marks & job after the course. Good manners and positive attitude towards your professor helps in making good profile.

Step 6: Your Professor is not the master of all things

While asking the questions, be aware of the specialization of the professor. Do not any question which doesn’t relate to him. Because, one person can not be the master of all. Accurate questions, point to point talk and remaining in circle with good manners help student to solve his problems quickly and easily.

Step 7: Professor forget easily.

While going to the professor, do not offensive if he says ‘I dint remember you’. Which batch you belong to. It’s easy for a professor to forget. The professors are known for that. Be ready to introduce yourself many times in a semester, be ready with documents and ID, be ready with the documents required to discuss the point.

Step 8: Do not meet to extend the deadlines

Project, seminar and technical report submission are critical issues. Never meet to the professor with the request to extend the deadline. The project evaluation which follows the project submission delays, in case students delays the submission. This will create difficult situation for professor and examination department. Be careful, otherwise you will loose your good profile.

Step 9: Dealing with difficult professors

Professor is nothing but other human being. Try to read your professor, his likes, and his dislikes, which students he considered best, which type of students he considered bad. It depends on his personality. You need to do what he wants from you in the subject. Even if the syllabus is defined and examinations are taken by university, every professor has his own style of teaching and taking examinations. You need to obey that style.

Step 10: Personal Advice

Your professor is the best person who can guide for your career. The reason is that during teaching and evaluation he can see your positives and negatives. As he has seen many such students, he can be the best person to guide about your career.

Holidays: Full of Enjoyment

Holiday or Holy day is the day when you didn’t work or you rest. But students get long holidays like summer holidays, winter holidays or semester breaks. Utilizing those holidays effectively will result in better career. Here are points where you can effectively enjoy your holidays in effective and efficient way...….


 1. Immediately after the examinations, rest for 2-3 days.
 2. Try to find out your interest, what you want to become, what you want to do.
 3. In those 3-4 days, try to find out what problems that you have how to overcome those problems.
 4. Depending on your interests and problems find the books which can help you.
 5. For example your interest is to become a good Engineer but your problem is mathematics or English.
 6. You can find many books on engineering careers and how to improve your English and mathematics.
 7. Holidays are the best seasons when you read about your interests and books out of your syllabus.
 8. Read a lot about the career building books and biographies.
 9. Following things are the major in case you want to use the holidays in effective manner.

a. Personality development.
b. Reading about your hobbies.
c. Playing your favorite sports.
d. Reading to solve your problems.
e. Taking part in religious activities which will help your career.
f. Networking with other peers for better career.
g. Joining some course which combines enjoyment and studies.
h. Visiting some job sites, friends and senior members to study the things.
i. Build the body, which will enhance your study capacity and working pattern.


 10. Sports and group activity helps you in facing the real world problems.


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How to write Answer Sheet in Exams.

Writing the answer sheet effectively to get maximum marks is the art rather than science. 

Do the following things to score maximum out of your paper.

Before you go to exams ….

1. Good Preparation is the key for success.

2. Effective Time management and Effort management one day before the paper is helpful.

3. Know exam time table and study timing very well.

4. Know the distance to be travel and traffic conditions effectively.

5. Know the season and environmental conditions effectively.

6. Drive slowly and without tension while going to exams.

7. Be confident and well dressed.

8. Be ready to write a lot in less time.

9. Mentally be prepared to face any challenge or unexpected question or situation.

10. Do not loose your common sense and effectiveness on the day of the exams. (Particularly when you have a tough paper)

11. Revise the answers again and again, which will save your time during the examinations. If you don’t revise you will require more time to remember the points in the examinations.

In the Exam Hall ….

1. Be on time to exams.

2. Look at the seating arrangement well in advance.

3. Know the examination place & its room arrangement well in advance.

4. Take the advice from the pervious batch or day students.

5. Read the full paper first and identify easy questions, hard questions, passing marks, errors or out of syllabus questions…etc.

6. Attend the easiest question first and remember not to waste a lot of time in writing that easy question.

7. Try to complete total paper with average time given to each question.

8. Write the answers with figures, diagrams labeled.

9. Write the answers in detail with simple language.

10. Write the paragraph heading in bold and underline.

11. Write the answer in organized style.

12. Try to concentrate on the paper rather than on some other things.

13. Length of your answers and length of the answer sheet should match.

14. Do not forget to sign the attendance during the exams.

15. Do not forget to submit the answer sheet to the examiner after exams.

16. Be prompt and positive to the instructions given by the invigilator.

17. Try to write the answer in sequence i.e. 1 a then 1 b then 1 c which is easy for the examiner to examine.

18. Answer sheet should be clean and clear. If it is so, you will have 50 % more chance of getting good marks.

19. Answer sheet must be written with question number and sub question number.

20. Be clear and less short in case of mathematics is there in the paper.

21. After the completion do not forget to recheck for completeness and correction of your answer sheet.

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Preparing for the Examinations

Exams are the most important thing in the life of a student. Whether you belong to medical, engineering, science or arts field, it very important for you. Especially when everyone wants to score the 60 % marks.

Following are the things that I observer during my 6 years of teaching life.

1. Students didn’t start preparing since first day.

2. Irregular in classes.

3. Not in contact with the faculty.

4. Not aware of the books, minimum marks for passing, books used, notes distributed exam schedules…etc.

5. Preparing just week before the exams.

6. Preparing one night before the paper.

7. Not concentrating on the papers that you don’t like.

8. Irregular in studies.

9. Not attending the tests in between semester.

10. Absent mind in the class.

Students should do following to successfully face the exams …

1. Even if you didn’t start preparing for the exams from the first day, you should be aware of papers, total topics to be covered in each paper, books which are used and recommended, passing marks in each paper and combination of practical and theory, college schedule & teachers their abilities, qualities and feedback.

2. Be regular in the classes and tests.

3. Mostly don’t do the things I described in the above list.

4. Be effective on a time management policy according to your policy and priorities.

5. Be effective self manager.

6. Plan your studies well before the exams.

7. Revise the answers again and again, which will save your time during the examinations. If you don’t revise, it is difficult to remember during the examination.

8. Look at other students, how they are dealing with the problems such as difficult subject, difficult teachers, difficult points, time management and related problems.

9. Know yourself better ………

1. Like your sleeping patters,

2. Your bad habits (specially in smoking in senior students),

3. Time required concentrating on studies.

4. Group study or alone.

5. Reading and absorbing skills.

6. Writing skills and time required to write a 3 hours paper.

7. How you deal with difficult paper/ point.

8. Your allergies and medical conditions according to season.

9. Your confidence level while in tension and exam season.

10. Your ability to deal with multiple things at the same time.

10. Prepare the easy chapters first, which will build the high concentration in you.

11. Prepare the figures, difficult diagrams two to three times to avoid confusion in the exams.

12. Prepare according to last 5 years papers.

13. Carefully study the paper pattern.

14. First, secure the passing in each paper, which will built your confidence and provide opportunity for the better growth.

15. Know the paper performance & result ratio in your senior class.

16. Know the ratio of internal and exam marks. Try to secure maximum internal marks.

17. Read another article How to write Answer paper in exams ….

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Mission Admission

Getting admission in the colleges after you complete your 10th exam is a great mission. As a student you must be aware of too many things involved in the admissions to different colleges. There are lots of complications, issues, challenges involved in this process.

Just do the following things before you start the admission process in junior, degree or a senior college. Please note that this article is written specially for B.Sc., M.Sc. and Junior College Admissions.

Before the Admission

1. Immediately after the exams, start preparing for the admission process.

2. Just study the process which is being followed by the college, university you desire to get the  admission.

3. Seniors advice is very helpful.

4. Start preparing all the documents required for the admissions.

5. Sometimes you require additional documents besides the educational documents.

6. Like you will require Residential proof, income proof of your parents..etc.

7. Keep an eye on the admission process of your college because every year junior and senior  college admission is tend to change according to the requirements.

8. Be ready to accept whatever results that you are expecting.

9. You are best person to know the results after giving exams.

10. Keep a back up in case you didn’t get admission in the desired college.

11. Selecting the best field after your 12th or bachelor is a different issue.

12. Making sufficient number of photo copies of the required documents along with the certified  true copies is necessary. This file of documents will help you everywhere.

13. Always be careful or your original documents during the fast and tension period of admission  and particularly when you are roaming around campus and canteens.

14. During the P.G. admission, exploring more options is very good.

15. Especially when your age and economical condition permit to go to other location which is  considered as best for education.

16. May be you can try admissions in some places like USA, UK, Australia or good colleges  around your city.

17. Searching web, reading admission blogs are good options. Now a days students share their  info on admission blogs.

During the admissions

1. Be in contact with your senior for the advice.

2. Always be on the spot with all required documents on time may be early in the morning.

3. Always ready to face new requirement and things from someone.

4. Always have some passport size photos with you.

5. Always be ready with photos, documents, true copies, fee in required format (DD, Cheque, hard  money...Etc).

6. Always be ready mentally to change branch or subjects during your senior college admission in  case you have more option available.

After Admissions

1. Do not forget to thank everyone who helped.

2. Keeps an eye on the admission list being displayed on the notice board / websites.

3. Keep in touch with your friends in the same class or different.

4. Keep you fee receipt and admission receipt at safe places with multiple copies.

5. Join the classes as early as possible.

6. Know your teacher and their qualities well in advance.

7. Know your subjects, passing marks, syllabus in advance.

8. Know the books which are being used in the college at least for first semester.

9. Library is the best place to meet some seniors and good students interested in studies.

       10. Library is the place where you can find material useful for your near and far feature.

If you are reading this, and know something more than this, please comment at farooquinajam@gmail.com so that I could add your comments along with your name.