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Recruiters and hiring managers play a very important part on iimjobs.com. After all, they’re the ones who help you move ahead in your career by helping you land a dream … Continue Reading Rockstar Recruiters on iimjobs.com – Top 10 Recruiters of the Month
Coffee with the CEO – In conversation with Pradeep Chopra, CEO, Digital Vidya After starting an online marketing company, what had driven you to venture into training and starting a … Continue Reading “Most businesses underestimate the importance of content”, says Pradeep Chopra, CEO, Digital Vidya
Coffee with the CEO – In conversation with Ankur Warikoo, CEO, Groupon What would you attribute Groupon’s success in India to? Only 1 – as unexciting as the answer may … Continue Reading “I see 2014 as the year of Clean-up”, says Ankur Warikoo, CEO, Groupon
Rishabh and Rohan are cousins and best of friends. Rohan is four years elder to Rishabh. Both are very career-oriented and often discuss their aspirations and career goals with each … Continue Reading How do number of applications change with experience level?
Have you ever tried clicking the “Personalize” icon on our site? Go ahead, try it out. It helps you create a Jobfeed which you can then use to personalize your … Continue Reading Jobfeed – What does it mean?
It’s been a busy festive period for the iimjobs.com team and we’ve spent the last 3 months extensively redesigning and testing our new mobile app for both Android and iOS. … Continue Reading The New iimjobs.com Mobile App for Android & iOS
Candidates might often wonder why they don’t get the much awaited response that they should get. We have discussed some of the reasons in our previous posts. However, today we … Continue Reading What is meant by relevant work experience?
We recently launched a new Recruiter Activity feature for jobseekers that is available on every job posting as well as under the “Applied Jobs” section. The idea behind this was … Continue Reading Why did we launch Recruiter Activity?
Our product and tech team has been quite busy these last few weeks working on various new features and one of them happens to be the newly redesigned recruiter page … Continue Reading Redesigned Recruiter Profile Pages on iimjobs.com
A few jobseekers were quick to notice that iimjobs.com has recently started omitting email addresses of recruiters from job postings. We took this decision not to publish email ids anymore … Continue Reading Recruiter email address no longer visible?
About 3 months ago, we introduced a paid membership plan for candidates (called the Pro Membership plan) that had additional features and benefits that are not available to free members. … Continue Reading The iimjobs.com Pro Membership Plan – Detailed FAQ Guide
As you’re aware, we launched a paid membership plan for candidates (called the Pro Plan) in July 2013 that offers paid users certain additional benefits when compared to a free … Continue Reading Breaking a few Myths about the Pro Membership Plan
About 2 months ago, we launched a new feature for candidates called “Insights”. As the name suggests, the idea was to offer candidates, additional insights into every job posting that … Continue Reading An Insight into the “Insights” Feature on iimjobs.com
Ever wondered what happens once you hit that “Apply” button on iimjobs.com? Or how do you get those status notification mails? To simplify the application management for recruiters, we’ve built … Continue Reading A Sneak Peek into the Recruiter Dashboard on iimjobs.com
One of the ways we help candidates keep track of all their applications is via the “Applied Jobs” page and perhaps the most important part on that page is the … Continue Reading Application Status on iimjobs.com – What It Means
Last week, we introduced a paid membership plan for candidates with additional features and benefits that are now not available to free members. This included new offerings such as: … Continue Reading Why iimjobs.com has gone the “Freemium” Route?
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Infographics are the new IN so we at iimjobs have started a new monthly infographic series that depicts the state of the Job-o-sphere as per the jobseeker and recruiter activity … Continue Reading [Infographic] iimjobs.com – State of the Job-O-Sphere – April 2013
How I I Landed my Dream Job & Realized I was Grazing in the Wrong Pastures By the time I turned 6; my parents had already told half the neighbors … Continue Reading My Story of how I Landed my Dream Job at iimjobs.com
It’s tough being a jobseeker. I know this for a fact because I was in the same boat as well 6 months back. With me hounding job portals/job sites and … Continue Reading Why Jobseekers Don’t Get the Call They Think They Deserve
Your Boss Knows How Much You Earn. And Vice-Versa! Or at least now you have a fair idea of how much moolah he/she rakes in every year! We’re out with … Continue Reading The iimjobs.com Salary Survey 2012 – Results & Analysis
Talking more is ineffective and it often results in loss of sales. You can close more by talking less. Here’s how: Distinguish yourself from competition – Your aim is to … Continue Reading Talk Less, Close More
Data shows that 30% of employees are fully engaged while there is a huge opportunity for companies to improve productivity of 70% of their workforce. It’s a common belief that … Continue Reading Investing in employee engagement
We keep hearing people talk about the importance of building a personal brand but it’s become even more important these days given the job market. Creating a powerful personal brand … Continue Reading Career Growth Strategy – Building a Personal Brand
Let me introduce you to Mark. He was the Sales Director of my previous organization. A 5 – minute chat with him and you are sold. That’s the kind of … Continue Reading If Mark can sell, so can you?
When the downturn began in 2001, businesses started allocating some of their marketing dollars to search engine advertising as it was more targeted and quantifiable than display advertising. Now they’re … Continue Reading So what do you have more – brain/money?
Selfish – Everyone has a choice and if the consumer figures out that it’s not about them and is only about you, the choice will soon shift elsewhere. False – … Continue Reading Call them marketing sins…
When there is… A blog instead of a resume A project instead of a cover letter A website instead of a business card The competition is with only oneself Performance … Continue Reading Will we ever get there?
If you look at one of most popular posts on the iimjobs blog (5 KILLER Interview Tips No One Told You About), you’ll see that it’s never a good idea … Continue Reading 4 Highly Effective Tips to Negotiating a Higher Salary
The views expressed in this post are purely the opinions of an iimjobs recruiter and may differ from company to company. But if you follow these rules and get a … Continue Reading 5 KILLER Interview Tips No One Told You About
How often have you heard senior management complain about the fact that MBA’s are not stable in their jobs? According to an estimate 50% of IIM graduates switch jobs within … Continue Reading What MBA’s want from their Employers