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Children in India are expected to earn top ranks, score extraordinary percentages, and eventually secure a gold medal at the university perhaps. There’s often lack of attention to their overall personality development, their knowledge beyond books, and their ability to judge situations and react appropriately. What’s worse, a lot of [...]

Did we confuse you with the title? Of course we did. When everyone around the world is trying hard to find and hire the best talent, we have been preparing a theory on why one should NOT hire the best. When you come across the “best” candidate, in your excitement [...]

One of the first qualities that come to my mind when I think about startup people is – ATTITUDE! If you’ve got the “right” attitude, you’ll have ample access to a nitro boost whenever you’re in a difficult situation. Of course, attitude is not the only quality to look for [...]

Anything related to a startup is generally unusual.  I mean, if you’re in a big company, with a routine job, and have a “salary” that helps you run the rat race – you’re usual. But the fact that you’re associated with a startup, either as an entrepreneur or an employee, [...]

Waqar, Founder and CEO, Sutra Services Private Limited, was recently interviewed by ETNow on their “Starting Up” program. They especially featured SutraHR to seek our expert advice on hiring for a fairly established and fast growing rural startup called, Shramik Sanitation Systems. Waqar has given an in-depth answer to the [...]

photo © 2009 Sven-Christian Kindler | more info (via: Wylio)As a startup, one doesn’t have the luxury of offering attractive salary packages. Neither do experienced and suitable folks want to join a startup for “obvious” reasons. This leaves entrepreneurs with little choice but to go the “Fresher” way, which I [...]

If you have scheduled interviews in the past, you’ll definitely have interesting stories to tell. From the most preposterous reasons for not turning up, to doing the Houdini acts and completely disappearing from the face of planet earth – we’ve seen it all. Being a talent acquisition (read: recruitment) company, [...]

Here’s a good read. We found this article very relevant and interesting for our readers, and thought might as well publish it here. It’s re-published from Nandini’s blog (http://nandini.madhouse.in). @Nandini: thanks for allowing us to re-publish your article here. ————————————————————————————— There was a recent discussion on MVP gang about a [...]

Somehow, while surfing the net today, I ended up doing a Google search for fake rolex watches. Its weird how easy access to information can get you carried away and you end up searching for the weirdest things possible. Anyways, I just clicked on search and ended up with 2.4 [...]