More on Ummid: International l National Regional l Politics Sports Religion l History l Culture l Education

 

 

Rangnath Commission Report tabled in Parliament, VHP upset

Factsheet: Winter session of Lok Sabha

Sufiya Madani sent to judicial custody

Fascist Mindset clear threat to Indian Secularism: Dammam IFF

Goa blast: Prime accused linked to two more Hindu groups

Goa blast to be investigated by NIA

'US backing to Israel reason for the Middle-East crisis'

NIT-Warangal signs MoU with Swedish university

Indian professor Germany’s youngest university chief

 

The side of Indian Muslims Sachar Committee missed in its Report: Notwithstanding the fact that even after three years when...... Read Full

A New Muslim identity emerging in different regions and social classes: VP

'Now time to create infra-structure & pool resources for Muslim students'

Maharashtra Govt. approves Legislators' Committee to monitor development of minorities: Finally, Maharashtra .... Read Full

Kerala Govt. says NO to legislation against forced conversion

   

Time to nail the Iraq lie: How right Edward Gibbon was when he said history is little more than the register of crimes, follies and misfortunes of mankind. But perhaps no register is enough to chronicle.... Read Full

'Now time to create infra-structure & pool resources for Muslim students': There is no need of awareness towards education as Muslim Ummah in India is now well aware of.... Read Full

Indian professor Germany’s youngest university chief: Joybrato Mukherjee, a 36-year-old professor of English whose parents immigrated from India, became Germany’s youngest chief executive of a university..... Read Full

'US backing to Israel reason for the Middle-East crisis':  Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal said that US backing for Israel gave the Jewish state the option of not making peace. In an interview published .... Read Full

   

More on ummid

 

A New Muslim identity emerging in different regions and social classes: VP: Suggesting ways for Muslim empowerment, advising the community to come out of 'sense of victim-hood'..... Read Full

Ghettoes in the making: As per the report in a section of media recently (November 2009) UK based Muslim charities have warned the Muslims living in the relief colonies set .... Read Full

Thackeray’s sick mind unable to accept Muslim as PM of India: SDPI: The Social Democratic Party of India, (SDPI), has taken strong exception to the Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray's statement about Rahul Gandhi .... Read Full

Telangana and Muslims: As the Telangana cauldron boils over moves are already afoot to paint the dispute in communal colors and make the region's Muslims the proverbial..... Read Full

'Decision to form Islamic Banking dangerous for India': Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy on Tuesday criticised the LDF government’s decision to accord sanction for formation.... Read Full

'Love Jihad' exists says Kerala HC, asks law to check it: The flip-flop on inter-caste marriages in Kerala that a section in the media terms as 'Love Jihad' or 'Forceful Conversion..... Read Full

 

 

LinkedIn in CV? Be cautious, HRs may not like it

 

Saturday, December 19, 2009 10:03:05 AM, Eureka Bharali

Blunderous CVs head to dustbin knock out jobs: Recession is in, jobs are a rarity, but applicants are plenty. In such a cut throat race the need to have an error free CV (Curriculum Vitae) is very important. "Candidates today are trying to make their resumes different and impressive, so that they stand out. In the process, they.... Read Full

Bangalore: When Yeshasvini Ramaswamy, Managing Director of E2E Practices, an HR consulting firm heard about candidates boldly boasting their connections by including their LinkedIn links in their resume, she was taken aback.

 

"Companies hire individuals and not their connections. A person's introduction in LinkedIn will be the most attractive one, however, the same individual's Facebook account will flash something quite contradictory, to be at par with the crowd," she says with a chuckle.

 

The reaction of Yeshasvini is one of the quite common reactions of HRs to the recent trend of freshers as well as senior employees including their LinkedIn profile links in the resume. The trend brings more suspicion as people become sneakier to be aware of their online life and a mis-match may create hurdles.

 

"If you include your social or professional network link, there are chances of people checking the other networks too and if you have maintained two different personalities then the employer will not try to be at risk hiring you. You can always market yourself but with cautiousness," said Anand Kumar Padmanaban, Managing Director of SurgeForth, a workforce management solutions provider.

 

In social networking sites, since the popular norm is to be the coolest 'dude' or 'gal', the introductions are phrased to mark their cool side and not their serious nature.

 

As the resumes are expected to be a crisp description of the individual, candidates have begun to display their LinkedIn links, under contact information or subtly mingling it with some other details in the resume.

 

"You can place the link in your contact information at the top of your resume or if you had a great recommendation from a former boss on your profile, you might attach the link under that job," said a LinkedIn member. He replied to a popular LinkedIn Q&A topic on 'Would you put a link to your LinkedIn profile on your resume?' The job applicants feel that it's an easy lead to elaborate your personality, a thing which is not applicable in a resume.

 

"I use it on my business cards, my email signature, my resume and my letterhead. It makes me more professional and completes the picture of me as it contains more information than that will fit on a 2-page resume," says Bryan C Webb, P. Eng., a Technical Marketing & Sales Consultant. This is a popular notion among the employees, which the HRs are yet to accept.

There is a sense of resentment among HRs to this trend that tends to blend social and professional aspects, with the authenticity being quite questionable. "We are not drawn by such links as they are mostly pack of lies," says H.C. Chandrashekar, HR Executiive, Digant Technologies. During the launch of an HR Consortium, it was pointed out that people can also lose a prospective job due to such inclusions, if the employer finds contradictory statements in the resume and the profile.

 

However, some of them have started considering it, but the part being considered remains constrained to the recommendation section. "Senior people now-a-days use these links quite often in their resumes. When I see such links I mainly, refer to recommendation section which clearly states the person's abilities and strengths. As a professional none of the senior would recommend, unless they really see them to be worthy," says Chetna Manglik, Head Opeartions - India, plugHR, an HR Consultancy firm.

Though it has gained some traction, yet the resentment continues. "It could be helpful by seeing the recommendations. Yet I'm reluctant as even recommendations too may not be genuine. There is a habit of helping each other that prevails in LinkedIn too i.e. you recommend me and in return I recommend you. In such cases the value of the recommendations are of minimal regard," says Prakash .HN Senior Manager HR & Administration at Xora software.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Bookmark and Share

Home | Top of the Page

  Comment on this article

Name:
E-mail Address:
Write here...
     
     
 

 
 
 

Ummid.com: Home | Contact Us | Disclaimer | Terms of Use | About Us | Feedback

Ummid Business: Advertise with us | Careers | Link Exchange

Ummid.com is part of Awaz Multimedia & Publications providing World News, News Analysis and Feature Articles on Education, Health. Politics, Technology, Sports, Entertainment, Industry etc. The articles or the views displayed on this website are for public information and in no way describe the editorial views. The users are entitled to use this site subject to the terms and condition mentioned.