Here are eight tips on how to social network online:- Just when you master the art of handing out your business card, along comes social networking online -another way to make connections. Online communities help you make connections for business, dating or personal interests. Specifics vary, but they generally work as follows

Career planning no longer follows the conventional style; today it is about developing a bouquet of workplace skills that are valuable in organisations across industries

It is critical for everyone to plan his/her career. The first step is to distinguish between a job and a career. Second, understand what you want and accordingly explore the market. [...]

Why pick up only one job when you could have two or three? Claire Adler on the rise of portfolio careers

More than 20 years ago, management guru Charles Handy predicted that in the 21st century, over 50 per cent of jobs would be something other than full-time. He envisaged a burgeoning number of part-time, flexitime, [...]

THE ALL-INDIA Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has decided to revamp technical-education courses in 10 different streams to make them more industry-friendly .

R.A. Yadav, vice-chairman, AICTE, told the Hindustan Times: “Earlier this month, we constituted 10 boards to come up with new syllabi for information technology (IT) and en gineering courses, keeping in mind job [...]

Changing careers is never easy. Half the world thinks you’ve lost your mind, headhunters say you’ll never work again and your mother-in-law steps up the old, “I told you so” routine. But for many burned-out, bored or multitalented folks who are sitting on skills they’re not getting a chance to use, changing fields is the [...]