Have you found your perfect match yet?

We all have that urge to find our perfect match in every walk of our life. So here's another phase of life where we'll get an opportunity to choose our right match! Watch the video to figure out what exactly this is all about.

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What to do when you are stuck in the wrong job with the wrong skill?

A lot of us have the privilege of selecting our course of preference during Graduation, However, almost 50-60% of the population end up taking a software job that only offers a lucrative pay package. After a few years, it hits us that we are stuck at the wrong place with the wrong skill. Seldom do we get a chance to reverse that mistake. However, here's your golden opportunity. 

If you've identified yourself to be stuck in a similar situation, then visit this site for better job opportunities based on your terms and conditions.

8 Steps to enhance your career

Ever wondered how difficult it could be to make a successful career? Well, here are some really easy steps that you could follow and boost your career at the right phase of your life.

If you found these hacks helpful, then click here to get more interesting tips on how to launch and build a successful career!

How to choose the correct career path?

This is just about the time when most our kids or friends or neighbors or even we ourselves rack our brains on selecting the most apt career. So what are the factors that we need to consider while making the selection? Whom does one turn to in case they have queries? What should one prepare for in order to land their dream job? Your mind throws a volley of question at you that seem to make it more complex for you to take a firm decision. Here are a few guidelines that you may use to assist you in making this difficult choice. Ask yourself the following questions to evaluate for yourself what you must take up!

1. What are passionate about and how good are you at it?
A lot of us have dreams of becoming a pilot or a teacher or even a magician when we are young. However, little do we realize that we may not even know a single thing about driving a plane or any of our other dreams. It is essential for us to identify where our passion and skill both lie. If they are not aligned, then we need to re-assess certain things and come back. Ensure that you establish a strong bond between the two and come to a firm decision.

2. Are you oriented towards promotion or prevention?
A person who is focused on promotion is the one who lacks patience and seeks for bigger things at a faster pace. He is more likely to be a creative person who may not feel comfortable working for anyone else apart from himself. However, if a person is prevention focused, then he is likely to feel more secure and comfortable in a traditional 9-5 job that offers him a decent pay, career stability and the usual perks of a corporate world.

3. What type of personality do you possess?
This is a hugely influencing factor when it comes to deciding your career. You could be an introvert who prefers quiet and lonely workplaces with least disturbance from your colleagues. Or, you may be the complete opposite and be an extrovert who loves socializing and voicing your opinion in the public. A marketing or advertising background would be the best for the latter while a research role or that of a coder would be impeccable for the former personality type. It is imperative for you to make this deduction.

4. What type of lifestyle would you want to have?
Although some of you may be wondering as to why is this question given so much importance, but, you;ll soon realize that this is not that unimportant after all. A lot of us may not be born with a silver spoon and would have had to struggle a lot to reach so far. For a lot us belonging to this category, living a luxurious life in a shorter span, then you should look for a career that enables you to make money faster. If you prefer traveling and want to live a lifestyle of a wanderer, then look for a career in photography, or something allied. If you are just looking for job satisfaction and want to give it back to the society, then make a career in teaching or social service.

5. Which place in the world do you want to settle down?
If you have strong preferences regarding the place you want to live in, then you ought to make a calculated decision. Research on which career options are available and preferred in your choice of location and select accordingly. If you are looking for a glamorous career in fashion or even advertising, then a place like France or New York will suit your choice. While if you want to live in a countryside with a calm and peaceful atmosphere, look for a job in agriculture or allied fields.

Hope this article helps you zero in on a successful and suitable career for yourself. In case you have further queries, then look at this site for some options available in the market.

Brilliant Business Ideas with Low Investment!

A lot of youngsters are already tired of going for a 9-5 job and are looking for options elsewhere. And, the older generation who no longer want to simply sit at home, watching television, are also searching for better ways to engage themselves in something constructive. However, to start a business from scratch, a huge sum of initial capital is imperative. This is a problem in case of both our youngster and the old person. I myself have been wondering of how I could start my own venture but without investing a lot. So on doing some quality research, I came up with the following ideas that don't require too much of effort on the monetary front.

Sow the seeds of your own small business!

1. Consultancy: 
I am sure this is the first thing that crossed your mind when you thought about starting something on your own. But a lot of people get stuck at just the thought and often don't know how to move forward with this idea. All you need to do is first identify your domain of expertise in which you will be offering your consultation. Next is to tap all the contacts that you have made in life so far. You never know who would offer you a helping hand. So clear out all your inhibitions and get into business. Initiate a casual and friendly proposal to those who belong to your connection of friends and relatives. For those who belong to your professional connection, opt for a more formal approach wherein you mention details like costing, benefits, needs and other advantages of hiring you as their consultant. Follow-up regularly and incessantly. Remember, you need their business more than they need you. You could offer your services in the financial sector, matrimonial services, digital marketing or even website hygiene.

2. Content Writing:
If you are truly passionate about writing and can offer your services as an ace content writer, then don't even think about anything else. Content is the key to success these days. Be an important contributor to that success.

3. Mobile Food Court:
Do you love food and own a car of your own? Then you need nothing much but a small induction gas stove that you can use to cook yummy dishes and set up a mini-restaurant in your car itself. Give yourself a fancy name, create social handles that have the potential to go viral and there you are - the perfect recipe of Success!

4. Customized Gift Store:
Birthdays and Anniversaries can and will never go extinct. The demand of these days being celebrated will only increase over the coming years and never get depleted. If you think you have the skills to create something really interesting and creative that could serve as a personalized gift to someone special, then start your own store that can run from your humble abode itself.

5. Blogging:
Have you ever wondered if blogging about your favorite hobby could fetch you any income? Oh yes, it can! You could blog about traveling, cooking, eating, dancing, dressing up or even shopping and earn money for writing well. Explore more here.

6. App Creation:
Are you crazy about mobiles and have a kick-ass concept to create a mobile application? Then go ahead and just employ a freelancer to build your app based on your idea and design. Register the app and start seeing your bank balance grow!

7. Wholesale Reselling:
Go to a local market where you can purchase items in bulk at reasonable rates and resell this in retail market with a dash of creativity from your end. Go on and pick any item of your choice. It could be dresses, jewelry or accessories like bags and shoes. Give it an innovative touch like exquisite designs, pairing it with something else interesting that only you could offer and there you go!

8. Selling Your Art-form:
Are you a great artist? A graceful dancer? Or a soulful singer? Whoever you are, simply start your own channel on YouTube or create your own site and teach your art-form to the masses who are just as passionate as you are. Start an online tutorial service for a subscription fee and make money for each course that you chalk out. If you are not sure about doing it yourself, you have popular websites where you can get listed and become famous!

Now that you have a fair idea about all the avenues out there in the market, take your pick and start your venture! Here's wishing you all the luck and success :)

Do you have what it takes to be an Enterprising Entrepreneur?

A successful entrepreneur possesses certain key qualities that separate him from the common man. Skills can be attained with practice, however, there are some attributes that are in-built and developed in an individual over the years. Do you think you have those qualities in you? Take a look at the personality traits of a startup superhero in this infographic.

So, what are you waiting for? Start here to get more visibility and also find your target audience! Share your traits in the comments section below. 

SAPnish for Starters

Today's IT professional often comes across acronym-packed jargon that may be scary to many. I worked in an IT giant for a couple of years at the beginning of my career and trust me it was crazy to the core to remember the full forms of innumerable acronyms. I would curse all those people who invented these terms saying they were poor with their alphabets so forced it upon us as well. Although I hated it, I had no choice but to memorize all those terms that were relevant to my project as I had to communicate with my clients and colleagues in the preferred language. Frankly speaking, it's really not that tough to remember them if you learn it in a fun way and understand what the term actually stands for rather than blindly memorizing the terminologies. So here's a quick guide for all those SAPiens who find it difficult to keep in mind important terms related to SAP.

ABAP: pronounced “ah-bawp,” is SAP’s foundation and stands for Advanced Business Application Programming language

BOBJ: pronounced “bob-jay,” is not a type of rarely seen North American bird. It’s actually a the short form of SAP BusinessObjects, the business intelligence vendor SAP acquired in 2007. SAP is totally banking on BOBJ for its future success

Business ByDesign (ByD): SAP Business ByDesign is a suite of on-demand ERP applications. (Note: SAP also uses the ByD technology to build its OnDemand business applications.) At the close of 2011, SAP had signed up approximately 1,000 customers.

Cloud: SAP was a late comer to the cloud-computing arena, embracing it with all the enthusiasm that a five-year-old has for eating his vegetables. Which is to say, not so much. That’s changed as of late, however.

Colgate-Palmolive and Valero: two SAP reference customers (the former in consumer product goods, the latter in energy services) who you are most likely to hear from at an SAP conference. They put the “early” in “early SAP adopter.”

“Drinking Our Own Champagne”: SAP’s take on the classic “eating our own dog food” vendor euphemism. (Too many cynical comparisons have been made to the price of champagne, relative to dog food, and the price of SAP software. Woof!)

Ecosystem: as in “SAP Ecosystem.” Ecosystem makes one think of the symbiotic relationship among mammals and the Earth’s plants, oceans and land; in this case, think of the occasionally dysfunctional relationship among SAP, its customers, consultants and IT integrators.

ERP: a catch-all acronym (enterprise resource planning) for critical back-end business software, for which SAP is best known. Typically includes financial/accounting, operations/supply chain, HR (or human capital management), and project/portfolio management. The “sex appeal” of SAP ERP apps is very low, but see how “hot” your CFO gets if any of those financial apps don’t work properly.

“Game changing”: SAP executives, in 2011, began working this phrase into their presentation lexicons to describe SAP’s “innovative” portfolio of technologies and software.

Go to Market: if you meet an SAP employee with “Go to Market” in his or her title, know that it’s either someone tasked with getting SAP products delivered to customers or a “rain making” sales honcho (the Brooks Brothers suit, nice watch and iPad are also a dead giveaway)

Hasso: the first name of legendary SAP cofounder Hasso Plattner. Like Madonna, Michelangelo and Lindsay, you will rarely hear someone refer to him by including his surname, because there’s only one Hasso. (Which is probably why his interview of himself actually makes sense.)

HANA: unlike Hasso, HANA is not the name of a famous SAP executive. It is, however, Hasso’s pet project: HANA stands for High-Performance Analytic Appliance and is based on SAP’s in-memory technology initiative. In layman’s terms: HANA allows your company to process a ton of data really fast.

In-Memory: you’ll hear this term often when the discussion involves SAP HANA, which uses in-memory computing principles (not invented by SAP, by the way) to analyze massive amounts of data “up to 3,600 times faster” than on SAP Business Suite with traditional disk-based databases, according to SAP.

“Innovation without Disruption”: a significant marketing push by SAP, though you don’t hear that much about it anymore. One guess: SAP ditched the negative “disruption” part and prefers to talk about the positive “innovation” piece all by itself.

OnDemand: SAP’s (slow) growing line of on-demand business applications—a.k.a. “The SAP Cloud.” As of early 2012, the OnDemand portfolio includes: Business ByDesign, Sales, Sourcing, Carbon Impact, BI and StreamWork. (Planned for later 2012 are OnDemand apps for: Career; Environment, Health and Safety; Sales and Operations Planning; Service; and Travel.)

On premise. On demand. On device: as Brad Hamilton said to a bewildered Jeff Spicoli in Fast Times at Ridgemont High: “Learn it. Know it. Live it.” This is the three-pronged strategy that SAP co-CEOs Bill McDermott and Jim Hagemann Snabe have laid out for the vendor’s future.

Optimize: you are forewarned: You will hear this word a lot and may be tempted to use it in SAP discussions yourself: We need to optimize our customized SAP solutions. Don’t get sucked into the “Optimize” vortex!

Orchestration: a new entry into the SAPnish lexicon, you’ll be hearing more and more about this topic from SAP execs: an ability to manage your company’s data across IT environments and applications, via on-premise, in the cloud or on mobile devices. Easier said than done, by the way.

“Our Next Largest Competitor”: rarer than a week passing in which Oracle doesn’t buy another company is SAP actually referring to the “Stack Attack” by name.

Run Better: SAP’s 2011 marketing campaigns were anchored by the “Run Better” slogan, multiple tour stops and a hip video showing cool SAP customers such as Burton and Skullcandy

@sapcio: the Twitter handle for SAP CIO Oliver Bussmann, whose stock has risen right alongside his company’s. Gartner’s Thomas Otter once tweeted about him: “IMHO @sapcio has done more for SAP’s brand than a 100,000 airport posters.”

SAP Acronym-o-Rama: PI? SRM? FI? GRC? There are too many to include here, so click on this SAP glossary page to figure out that SAP product acronym that’s got you thinking WTH (what the heck?).

SolMan: though it is pronounced like the zany 1980s movie Soul Man, it has absolutely nothing to do with C. Thomas Howell, applying to Harvard or “bronzing pills.” It’s short for SAP Solution Manager, the oft-derided and chronically underused technical and application support and management tool set. Ask your CIO how the company is using SolMan to lower TCO of your company’s SAP investment, and see what happens.

Solution(s): this is a word that every SAP employee (from co-CEO down to janitor) is contractually bound to use in at least every other sentence they utter. (OK, that’s not entirely true, but you get the point.) If you abhor this word and all who freely use it, then don’t buy SAP software.

StreamWork: this is SAP’s collaboration platform, and SAP wants us all to love it like it was Facebook. Or even Myspace circa the late 1990s.

SuccessFactors: a cloud-based HCM vendor SAP purchased in early 2012 for $3.4 billion. Its CEO, Lars Daalgard, is slated to become SAP’s cloud chief and figure out SAP’s all-important cloud strategy. (No pressure there.)

Sybase / SUP / Afaria: SAP acquired Sybase in 2010, and that deal included the Sybase Unwired Platform (a.k.a. SUP) for managing enterprise applications and Afaria for device and security management. (And, FYI, Sybase people don’t think “Wass ‘Sup?” jokes are funny or clever.)

TomorrowNow: Just. Don’t. Talk. About. It. Ever.

Walldorf: SAP’s headquarters in Germany. Don’t confuse it with the famous NYC hotel and salad, which is spelled Waldorf

Hope you enjoyed learning Spanish..oops..SAPnish as much as I did writing it! In case you are interested in teaching or learning some modules of SAP online, then go through this site for more details. If you think you have more terms that are not mentioned here, please add them in the comments below.

Tips to succeed at Job Fairs

Man is a social animal who is constantly on the lookout for change. For a lot of us who are currently employed, job satisfaction is a rarity. And for freshers, who are seeking suitable jobs, it is always tempting to accept an offer that may appear to be great but not in the long run. For you to appropriately make a choice based on your interest and field of expertise, job fairs are conducted where multiple employers come under one roof and give you the choice to appear for a pre-determined number of interviews. However. job fairs tend to attract a lot of crowd which means added competition for you as a job seeker. So here are a few tips that will help you stay on top of others and excel at such career fairs.

Pre-Fair:

1. Shortlist your top companies

Carefully review the list of employers participating in the fair and select the top 7 companies of your choice based on their reputation, your field of interest and domain expertise

2. Research your shortlisted employers

Make sure that you research well on the companies that you have shortlisted as your priority. Browse their websites and other online properties to thoroughly know every single detail about the organization including their team, locations, business objectives, revenue model and other news related to them

3. Customize your resume

Prepare different resumes for the companies that you have selected to sit for. Based on their job description, tweak your profile to suit their requirement 

4. Practice an introductory speech

It is obvious that the first question that every recruiter asks is for you to introduce yourself. Why not prepare a really kickass brief that describes you in the most apt way with crisp and quirky words. First impression is always the best impression. So cash in on this and prepare a really good introduction for yourself

5. Prepare a list of questions for your recruiter

Always be ready with a set of intelligent and wise questions that you could ask your potential employer, such as, what is your strategy to drive sales in the digital space? or how did the inception of the company happen? and other such witty questions.

At the Fair:

1. Be punctual and dress appropriately

It is imperative for you to be on time or even a few minutes before time and dress in business formals to impress your recruiters

2. Plan your time well

Make sure that you schedule high priority companies first and then move to the rest. Such events could press you for time and if you do not manage well, you may not make optimum use of the opportunity in hand

3. Approach with confidence and humility

Firmly shake hands with the interviewer and hand out a clean crisp copy of your customized resume. Extend a warm welcome to them and stay focused and confident while responding to all their questions

4. Thank your recruiter

Request for the recruiters business card so you could send them "Thank you" notes after the fair. Immediately after the interview, politely thank your recruiters for their time. These gestures will definitely earn you brownie points, if not overdone!

Post-Fair:

1. Follow-up

Send out thank you emails to your recruiters and slyly ask for the status of the job position. Remember that you are in need of the job. Shed your ego and discover the developments in the position you are eyeing for

That's about it folks! These are really simple etiquette that you must follow while attending a job fair. Put your best foot forward and crack the deal! All the very best :)  

What not to do in a job interview!

My friend recently went for a job interview but miserably failed for silly mistakes that he could've easily avoided. For all those who are looking out for new jobs and are preparing for the D-Day, these are some points that you should definitely refrain from doing.

1. Oops..Forgot to check you online

It is imperative for anyone appearing for an interview to thoroughly research the company and its key people. Ensure that you browse the company's online properties and make a note of some of its founders and principles.

2. Liar Liar Pants on Fire!!

The worst you could for yourself is to lie in an interview and get blacklisted. Always resort to the truth and nothing but the truth. Stick to actual facts while preparing your resume rather than glorifying it with false and fancy statements.

3. But, I look my best in bright Red!

Dress decently. Guys should ideally stick to formals with a clean look and girls must be dressed in formals as well that's elegant and not distracting. Hair, make-up, accessories should all be very subtle and simple. 

4. Hey, how you doin?

Never ever make inappropriate gestures at your interviewer for any reason. Behave yourself and don't get flirtatious for any favors whatsoever. 

5. Questions for the interviewer? Errr...Ummm...NO!

Whenever you are given an opportunity to ask a question to the interviewer, be prepared to bowl him over with your spontaneity and wit. Pounce on the chance and ask a really brilliant question about the company's revenue model or any recent incident that they tackled. This is a golden opportunity for you to show your preparedness and intelligence.

6. Actually, I am angry right now. Could we do this tomorrow?

Never let yourself be in a bad mood. You must stay calm and collected during an interview to let your best personality come out in the open. Anger will just make things worse for you in any situation.

7. Follow up? Who me?

Yes that's right. You ought to follow-up after an interview. Remember, there is room for ego here. You won't lose anything if you call them up once or twice. You never know you may win this over someone else who proved to be a tad bit lazier.

8. Blah..Blah..Blah..

Stay crisp and clear with your words. Never give TMI (too much information) to the interviewer and for god's sake be audible and confident while you speak.

You may really think that these points are very silly and why would I create an entire article out of this. But trust me, these are some really crucial things to remember that we often don't pay attention to. I am just reminding these nuances to you. All the very best and crack it!