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Do Employers in US call references after Job offer — Full time or Consulting?

Thumbnail image for Do Employers in US call references after Job offer — Full time or Consulting? by Kumar October 5, 2010 Networking | Jobs

Imagine you are planning to buy a new product, what do you first do? Look up online for reviews…Suppose, we are before the era of internet and there are no reviews, then what ? You try to find someone who have been either using the product for sometime or who have at least tried it…same [...]

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Work Culture in US – Why to eat lunch with Colleagues. What to Talk?

by Kumar June 14, 2010 Networking | Jobs

Article on importance of Why should you eat lunch with Colleagues? What to talk over Lunch ? Sports ? Movies ? Culture ? Politics ? How it can build good relationships for friendship

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Work Culture in USA – Why do people schedule so many meetings?

by Kumar May 24, 2010 Networking | Jobs

Article about why there are so many meetings in American Companies and why you should avoid them sometimes. Be polite and say No to meetings if you do not add value.

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Work Culture in USA – Working Hours, Lunch time, Meetings?

by Kumar May 22, 2010 Networking | Jobs

Includes description of topics : Lunch duration. Eat at desk ? Lunch meetings ? Working Hours or total time spent at work. Meetings ? Start time, end time of meetings? Being on time for meetings.

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IT jobs in USA for making big money! IT career prospects,Median Salary, Job growth Projections

by Kumar January 4, 2010 Networking | Jobs

I was reading few articles at InsideTech, which is a Monster Jobs company, and came across this interesting publication about IT Career profiles. It is an interesting research article with projections for IT careers with Median salary in IT jobs corresponding to the job titles. I have tabulated all of these projections with full info [...]

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Process after Consulting job confirmation? Background checks ? Drug test ? Reference checks ? PO ? Correct billing rates ?

by Kumar December 26, 2009 Networking | Jobs

Something that keeps rolling in mind after you get confirmation from client about job will be questions like, Should I get background check ? Will they call my previous employers in Resume ? How much was by billing rate exactly? What is the paper work involved ? This article will contain information about questions like [...]

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How to follow up after Client interview in Consulting ?

by Kumar December 16, 2009 Networking | Jobs

Results of Client interviews in consulting could be very quick or could be delayed due to variety of reasons. This posts will give you some idea on how to follow up and when to leave hope on the job. This post is continuation of the series Everything you need to know about How to get [...]

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Hot IT skills for 2010 to make big money

by Kumar November 26, 2009 Networking | Jobs

If you are starting a career in IT and looking to make big bucks in 2010, here is the list as exactly by Dice . They mention it is based on research done by IT consulting firm Foote Partners.   Non-certified Skills §  SAP SRM (Supplier Relationship Management) §  Linux §  SAP SCM (Supply Chain Management) §  C++ [...]

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11. How to face a Telephone interview for consulting job ? What should you be prepared with?

by Kumar November 25, 2009 Networking | Jobs

Most of the job interviews are over telephone in Consulting with few exceptions especially these days for variety of reasons and one of big one is the bad image that was created … Anyways, if you have never faced a telephone interview it could be nervous and it can be tricky. You might forget some [...]

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How to network in US for Success in Consulting? Where to start?

by Kumar November 21, 2009 Networking | Jobs

 In response to my post How can you get leverage on submissions in Consulting ? Networking ?, Surendra asked “What you suggested is good, but how come we improve the network if we are new to one place like US. During working with first project, we don’t know all these difficulties what you mentioned in [...]

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