Human Resource Interview Tips

The interview is an opportunity for both, the interviewer and the candidate to market themselves. The employer is selling the organization to you, and you are marketing your skills, knowledge, and personality to the employer. Remember that interviews are varied and so they cannot therefore be easily categorized.
Following are some human resource interview tips:

1. Be prepared

Preparation increases confidence. Practice with your friends or relatives. Remember that everyone who is interviewing is not necessarily a good interviewer.

You may prepare by reviewing magazine and newspaper articles. You may check out their web site. Read your resume before your interview. It will keep your answers fresh.

2. Location and punctuality

Find out the location of organization. Make sure you have a map or directions as well as information of the nearest railway station.

Arrive 5-10 minutes early. Arriving early will give you the opportunity to read some information on the company in the reception area.

3. Be professional

Professional look always helps for good impression. Be careful about your dressing. Be aware of the company culture and ensure you dress to impress. Decide what you are going to wear the night before to avoid making the wrong choices.

4. Be polite

Don't interrupt to the interviewer. Listen very carefully. Poor listening skills are responsible for the bad impression.

If the interview is being conducted in a restaurant, mind your table manners. If the interviewers are serious and soft-spoken, then you should be same as interviewer. Avoid loud laughter during the interviewer.

5. Be positive

Keep in mind that there is only one chance to make a first impression. Every company wants employees who are goal-oriented, career-driven, enthusiastic and motivated. Be the employee as they want. End the interview on a positive note. The hiring official needs to know that you are interested, enthusiastic and excited about the position and the company.

6. Be practical

If you are experienced then the interviewer already knows your current salary and benefits package. When the topic of salary comes up state that you know they will make a fair offer.

If you are offered the position during the interviewing process and you want the job then accept it. If the offer is not acceptable for any reason, ask for time to consider the offer.


7. Follow up

Always write a thank you note immediately after the interview. If there are number of interviewers then send a copy of thank you letter to each person. Summarize your qualifications and how they meet the expectations of the position.

Business Definitions

Business Definitions

Blamestorming- Sitting around in a group discussing why a deadline was missed or a project failed and who was responsible

Seagull Manager- A manager, who flies in, makes a lot of noise, craps over everything, and then leaves

Salmon Day- The experience of spending an entire day swimming upstream only to get screwed and die in the end

Irritainment- Entertainment and media spectacles that are annoying but you find yourself unable to stop watching them. The O.J. trials were a prime example

Chainsaw Consultant- An outside expert brought in to reduce the employee head count, leaving the brass with clean hands

Career Limiting Move (CLM)- Used among microserfs to describe an ill-advised activity. Trashing your boss while he or she is within earshot is a serious CLM

Adminisphere- The rarefied organizational
layers beginning just above the rank and file.
Decisions that fall from the adminisphere are often profoundly inappropriate or irrelevant to the problems they were designed to solve

Flight Risk- Used to describe employees who are suspected of planning to leave the company or department soon

404- Someone who's clueless. From the World Wide Web error message "404-URL Not Found," meaning that the requested web page could not be located. Used as in: "Don't bother asking him... he's 404, man."

Generica- Features of the American landscape that are exactly the same no matter where one is, such as fast food joints, strip malls, subdivisions. Used as in: "We were so lost in Generica that I forgotwhat city we were in."

Ohno-Second- That minuscule fraction of time in which you realize that you've just made a BIG mistake

Percussive Maintenance- The fine art of whacking the crap out of an electronic device to get it to work again

Umfriend- A relationship of dubious standing or a concealed intimate relationship, as in "This is Dylan, my ... um...friend."

Body Nazis - Hard-core exercise and weightlifting fanatics who look down on anyone who doesn't work out obsessively

Cube Farm - An office filled with cubicles

Idea Hamsters- People who always seem to have their idea generators running

Mouse Potato- The on-line, wired generation's answer to the couch potato

Prairie Dogging- When someone yells or drops something loudly in a cube farm, and people's heads pop up over the walls to see what's going on

SITCOMs- What yuppies turn into when they have children and one of them stops working to stay home with the kids. Stands for "Single Income, Two Children, And Oppressive Mortgage"

Starter Marriage- A short-lived first marriage that ends in divorce with no kids, no property and no regrets

Stress Puppy- A person who seems to thrive on being stressed out and whiny

Swiped Out- An ATM or credit card that has been rendered useless because the magnetic strip is worn away from extensive use

Alpha Geek- The most knowledgeable, technically proficient person in an office or work group

G.O.O.D. Job- A "Get-Out-Of-Debt" job. A well-paying job people take in order to pay off their debts, one that they will quit as soon as they are solvent again

10 Signs of Career Burnout

OVERWORKED AND STRESSED OUT

A misconception exists that careers in social service or postal work are the only fields that experience worker burnout and stress. This notion could not be further from the truth because the fact is every profession is susceptible to mental strain and exhaustion.

Learning to distinguish normal stress from the deeper issues that lead to career burnout is important in order to effectively deal with the problem. Also, recognizing that any job can have this issue can empower you to make positive changes in your own workplace.

RECOGNIZE THE SIGNS OF BURNOUT

The signs can vary from individual to individual, but the following are some universal indicators that one can use to determine if career burnout is occurring.

1. Depression
Feelings of despair and sadness that last for weeks or months usually signal that something in your life is not working like it should and is cause for an investigation into the cause – potentially your job.

2. Lack of energy
If you find yourself struggling to get out of bed in the morning to go to work or experiencing constant fatigue throughout the day, your career could be the culprit.

3. Lack of desire
You used to be motivated to work your hardest and achieve the goals you set for yourself. But lately, you find that you just don’t care if you are successful or not – a telltale warning that you may have become burned out.

4. Decreased productivity
Your supervisor and coworkers used to praise you for the work results you produced; however, lately you have missed several important project deadlines and have become undependable because these things just didn’t seem that important to you.

5. Increased absences and/or tardiness
There used to be a day when you would rather have cut off your left hand than be late or miss a day of work. Nowadays, you find yourself looking for every opportunity to skip out on work.

6. Abuse of alcohol/drugs
Requiring alcohol or drugs to get through a workday is a definite red flag that you are experiencing a tremendous amount of work-related stress.

7. Boredom
Occasional boredom in one’s career is completely normal; however, pervasive feelings of weariness and dreariness are not and are an indicator of potential burnout.

8. Anger/resentment in workplace
Frequently lashing out at coworkers and/or supervisors is unacceptable under any circumstance. This behavior deserves immediate attention due to its potentially abusive nature.

9. Sleep problems
Insomnia or occasional fatigue can happen to anyone but are a cause for concern if they become constant and a part of your everyday life. Sleep disturbances are your body’s way of saying it is overworked.

10. Inability to relax
If you find that you no longer enjoy your favorite non-work activities or that you are constantly tense with headaches, your career could be harming your health and happiness.

I THINK I’M BURNED OUT – NOW WHAT?

The first step to getting help is acknowledging that you need assistance. The second step is to seek out professional help and guidance through a partner, trusted friend, therapist, or workplace employee assistance program. The road to finding your perfect work can be challenging, but it is also empowering and life changing.

Career Change Mistakes to Avoid...

Are you considering changing your career? Are you bored, fed-up, lost, or otherwise unhappy in your current career? Are you facing a crossroads at which you need to decide between staying in your current field and moving to a new one? Do you have skills that you are not using in your current career? Have you been promoted to a point where you are no longer doing what you love?

Changing careers is one of the biggest decision job-seekers face, and with many possible outcomes and consequences. Before you make that jump to a new career field, consider these common career change mistakes so that you can avoid them as you make the transition from one career to your next.

--Making a career change without a plan. Probably the biggest mistake you can make is attempting to change careers without a plan. A successful career change can often take months to accomplish when you have a strategy, so without one, you could end up adrift for an even longer period.

---Changing careers because you hate your job. Don’t make the mistake of confusing hating your current job with hating your current career. Take the time to analyze whether it’s just the job/employer/boss that you hate, or whether it’s the career/skills/work that you dislike. The same goes with if you are feeling bored or lost with your job; review whether it’s the job/employer or the career. Whatever you determine, it’s best not to leave your job -- if possible -- until you have a plan for finding a new job/career.

---Changing careers because of outside pressure. Don’t let your parents, significant others, or anyone else influence your career choice. They don’t have to live that career every day; you do. If you love what you do and earn a reasonable living, why is it anyone’s business but yours? If you switch careers because of outside pressure to have a “better career,” and then hate your new career, you’ll end up resenting the person(s) who pressured you to make the switch......hope before changing the job one can keep these points in mind

Control of Records

S.No.	Record
Management Review
1	Agenda of MRM
2	Summary Report of MRM
Control of Documents
1	QMS Feedback Form
2	Master list of QMS documents
3	Master list of projects
4	List of Documents of External Origin
Corrective and Preventive Action
1	Corrective Action Report
2	Preventive Action Report
Internal Audit Process
1	Internal Audit Plan
2	Internal Audit Schedule
3	Nonconformity Report(NCR)
4	Audit Summary Report
5	Auditor’s Checklist
Human Resources Development
1	Human Resource Requisition Form
2	Interview Report Form
3	Employment Form
4	Skill Matrix
5	Annually Training Need Identification
6	Annual Training Plan
7	Individual Training Record
8	Performance Appraisal & Development Plan Form
9	Employee satisfaction survey Form
Control of Records
1	Master list of QMS Records
Project Management & Execution
1	Requirement Tracebility Matrix (RTM) Form
2	Requirement Tracebility Matrix (RTM) Checklist
3	Software Change Request (SCR) Form
4	Product Quality Matrix (PQM) Form
5	Post Implementation Evaluation Report (PIER) Form
Marketing and Sales
1	Conference feedback form
2	Demo-Workshop feedback form
Customer Relationship Management
1	End of Month Matrix
2	Service Performance Report
3	Customer Satisfaction Questionnaire
Operation & Infrastructure Support
1	Resource Requisition
2	Purchase Order
3	List of approved products and vendors
4	Vendor Evaluation Report
5	Preventive Maintenance Record
6	Preventive Maintenance Record
7	List of Software & Hardware
8	Records of CD’s
Measurement , Analysis & Improvement
1	Quarterly Report – Metrics

The following documents are also covered under this process

S.No.	Document
1	Project Development Plan (PDP)
2	User Requirement Specification (URS)
3	Software Requirement Specification (SRS)
4	Software Configuration Management (SCM)
5	Software Quality Assurance (SQA) Plan
6	Project Test Specification (PTS)
7	Software Design Specification (SDS)
8	Deployment Plan
9	Software Process Improvement (SPI) Plan

Checklist: Testing

Checklist: Unit Testing

Is the number of input parameters equal to number of arguments

Do parameter and argument attribute match

Do parameter and argument unit system match

Is the number of arguments transmitted to called modules equal to number of parameters

Are the attributes of arguments transmitted to called modules equal to attributes of parameters

Are global variable definitions consistent across modules

Are constraints passed as arguments

File attributes correct

Open/Close statements correct

Format specification matches I/O statement

Buffer size matches record size

Files opened before use

End of file conditions handled

Any textual errors in output information

Check for inconsistent data types (if any)

Check for incorrect variable names (misspelled or truncated)

Check for underflow, overflow, addressing exceptions

Check for default values

Has the component interface been fully tested

Have local data structured been exercised at their boundaries

Have all independent basic path been tested

Have all loops been tested properly

Have data flow paths been tested

Have all error handling paths been tested

Checklist: Integration Testing

Interfaces

Communication protocols

Files and their Formats

Call pairs, Argument list

Event list

Use and flow of global data

Checking consistency between interfacing parts

Synchronization of parallel processes and transactions. Especially queue handling

Multitasking: Capacity of shared resources

Handling of failures in other components and recovery

Special cases at interfaces (not existing data, bad data, empty files, network down etc.)

Database connectivity

Typical defects found in Integration Testing

v Wrong module or function called v Wrong state of a called object when it is called v Wrong boundary values v Wrong data type v Speed problems: Too fast or slow transmission v Format inconsistency v Conventions and restrictions misused v Wrong interpretation of names, codes, data etc v Transfer and output files: Too large, empty, missing v Data flow problems: Data not found, disappear, never written v Problems with synchronization and queues v Problems with shared resources v Wrong use of communication channel (not connected, disconnect, wrong port) v Problem across platform v Are reserved things freed, superfluous data deleted etc v Communication bugs

Checklist: System Testing

Have the business context and justification for the system been properly developed

Have all stakeholders been identified and polled for agreement

Have the overall function and behavior of the system defined

Have system processes been adequately and consistently defined

Is system output and input adequately defined

Have system level assumptions, limitations, constraints, preferences been explicitly and unambiguously stated

Has an application architecture been defined

Has the required technology infrastructure for the system been adequately defined

Has the scope of the system been bounded

Have usage scenarios been created at system level

Has a requirement management process been established for the system

Has allocation occurred for all system elements

Is the allocation for the software reasonable and well defined

Have appropriate traceability tables been developed

Has a system model been designed

Internal Project Deliverables

Planning Stage	Project Plan Software Configuration Management Plan Software Quality Assurance Plan Software Project Risk Factor
Requirement Stage	User Requirement Specification Software Requirement Specification Requirement Traceability Matrix Form
Design Stage	Software Design Specification UML Designs
Development Stage	Source Code
Integration & Test Stage	Project Test Specification Test Plan Test case & conditions Test Strategies (Unit test plan, Integration test plan, System test plan, Validation test plan) Test Report
Installation & Acceptance	Deployment plan Release Note User Manual

Wonderful definitions of designations at office

1. Project Manager is a Person who thinks nine Women can deliver a baby in One month.

2. Developer is a Person who thinks it will take 18 months to deliver a Baby.

3. Onsite Coordinator is one who thinks single Woman can deliver nine babies in one month.

4. Client is the one who doesn’t know why he wants a baby.

5. Marketing Manager is a person who thinks he can deliver a baby even if no man and woman are available.

6. Resource Optimization Team thinks they don’t Need a man or woman; They’ll produce a child with zero resources.

7. Documentation Team thinks they don’t care whether the child is delivered, they’ll just document 9 months.

8. Quality Auditor is the person who is never happy with the PROCESS to produce a baby. And lastly……………..

9. Tester is a person who always tells his wife that this is not the Right baby.

Meaning of HR

After 2 years of selfless service, a man realized that he has not been promoted, no transfer, no salary increase no commendation and that the Company is not doing any thing about it. So he decided to walk up to His HR Manager one morning and after exchanging greetings, he told his HR Manager his observation. The boss looked at him, laughed and asked him to sit down saying. My friend, you have not worked here for even one day.

The man was surprised to hear this, but the manager went on to explain.

Manager:- How many days are there in a year?

Man:- 365 days and some times 366

Manager:- how many hours make up a day?

Man:- 24 hours

Manager:- How long do you work in a day?

Man:- 8am to 4pm. i.e. 8 hours a day.

Manager:- So, what fraction of the day do you work in hours?

Man:- (He did some arithmetic and said 8/24 hours i.e. 1/3(one third)

Manager:- That is nice of you! What is one-third of 366 days?

Man:- 122 (1/3×366 = 122 in days)

Manager:- Do you come to work on weekends?

Man:- No sir

Manager:- How many days are there in a year that are weekends?

Man:- 52 Saturdays and 52 Sundays equals to 104 days

Manager:- Thanks for that. If you remove 104 days from 122 days, how many days do you now have?

Man:- 18 days.

Manager:- OK! I do give you 2 weeks sick leave every year. Now remove that14 days from the 18 days left. How many days do you have remaining?

Man:- 4 days

Manager:- Do you work on New Year day?

Man:- No sir!

Manager:- Do you come to work on workers day?

Man:- No sir!

Manager:- So how many days are left?

Man:- 2 days sir!

Manager:- Do you come to work on the (National holiday )?

Man:- No sir!

Manager:- So how many days are left?

Man:- 1 day sir!

Manager:- Do you work on Christmas day?

Man:- No sir!

Manager:- So how many days are left?

Man:- None sir!

Manager:- So, what are you claiming?

Man:- I have understood, Sir. I did not realise that I was stealing Company money all these days.

Moral - NEVER GO TO HR FOR HELP!!!

Have a Nice Day.

HR = HIGH RISK

Solid Business Plan

Getting into business is costly, and that is the bare truth. There are many entrepreneurs in this sea of people around us, but only with ideas in their head. Nothing in terms of actual businesses!

But then, they do not know where to look. If you see carefully, there are a lot of investors out there who are looking out for just some entrepreneurs like these – entrepreneurs, who have good ideas for business, but do not have the capital to make the required start. If you can manage to catch their eye, you will get the capital you want for your business, and then there is no saying to what heights you can reach.

But it is important to impress these investors. You can very well guess that there will be hundreds of thousands of entrepreneurs wanting to forward their business plans to investors, so that they can get the break in life that they want. Do all of them get it? Hardly! The success ratio for getting a business investment is about 1 in 1000, or even less, as the number of prospective business investment applications is piling up. So where do you stand a chance? The truth is, you have to have a very powerful business plan – something that will impress the investors so greatly that they will consider your application and keep it on top of the heap in their 'IN' tray.

If you strategize carefully, you can really achieve that singular glory. Getting considered by investors for starting your business is no mean achievement, and is possible only with long hours of work. And a power-packed business plan. But before you even start out with making a business plan, you must know about the different kinds of business investors out there. They are of two main kinds – the angel investors and the venture capitalists.

Angel Investors – Angel investors are usually individual people, or sometimes groups of people, who have so much wealth in their coffers that they have nothing better to do with it than take risks by investing in business. In the very least, they get someone to manage their money. At the most, they get a share in a future corporate business. Though the name suggests so, there is nothing divine about angel investors. They will want a share in your company, and will want a part of the profits too. But, since angel investors usually operate individually, there can be many differences here in the way they operate.

Venture Capitalists – Venture capitalists are the more common type of investors for businesses, since angel investors are few and far between. Venture capitalists, or VCs as they are endearingly called by potential business investment seekers, operate in forms of organizations. They adopt businesses of a special kind, and rarely venture out of the genre. They will also want high stakes of ownership in the business they are investing, and will want minute reports of progress. It is much more difficult to catch a VC's eye than an angel investor's. But your business plan can do the trick. Here are some expert ideas on making a very effective business plan that could catch the eye of even the most discerning of investors.

Tips on Making a Successful Business Plan

Tip # 1 – Be perfectly sure of what your business is set out to do

You will be surprised to know the large number of people out there who want to enter business and even have a germ of an idea in their mind, but do not know what exactly they want to do with their business when asked. Such are the people who fail terribly when they submit their proposals to the investors. VCs are highly trained to weed out such vague proposals. When you are making your business plan, begin with the Executive Summary. The whole success of your business plan will depend on this, because it is here that the initial impressions will be formed. In this section, you should mention clearly what the intent and purpose of your business is. Make a very clear mention of why the market needs your business, and who your target market will be. If the investor gets convinced there is a market out there for your business, it is half the battle won.

Tip # 2 – Make clear projections

It is actually funny to see sometimes how some entrepreneurs put in their profit projections in their business plans. Reading something like 'If we have about 1000 customers in the first three months, we could surely be touching be 50 million mark within the year' makes for interesting reading; but it is surely not going to hold any water with the ever-so skeptical investors. When you are making a projection, be realistic. How did you arrive at the conclusion that you will get 1000 customers in the first three months? What are your marketing plans for achieving that? Will you have production enough to meet the sales if they come up? Write clearly about all these factors. And avoid using conditional sentences that begin with 'if' in your projections.

Tip # 3 – Be realistic about the risks

There is no business without risks and venture capitalists know this only too well. When proposals come to them, they are the ones to first assess the risks of the proposals. So, you will do very well if you mention the risks beforehand in your business plan. That will give a realistic flair to your report. Otherwise, it will appear like a fantasy novel, nothing else. That will not go any good when your VC is considering all the potentialities of your business plan. In fact, you must keep a separate section, perhaps in the Marketing Analysis topic to mention all the risks that are associated with your business. Make it also a point to clearly elucidate what resources your business has, or will have, to counter these risks.

Tip # 4 – Keep your language simple

You must remember that your business plan is not a blueprint you are going to hand out to your engineers. This is a business plan, and it will be read by an investor. The investor, though quite wealthy, might not be very proficient at language. You must know that a large number of business plans are rejected just because the investors fail to understand what the proposer was getting at. So, you need to be very clear-cut in your language, and not use any difficult phrases. It is better to use points and bulleted formats wherever you can.

In conclusion, being frank and honest with your business plan always works. Come to the point directly, and do not beat around the bush. Investors have very little time, and chances are that they will only skim through your business plan. You have just about a few seconds to impress them into making an investment for your business. Keep that in mind, and you will probably be setting a date for inaugurating your business venture!