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3 People Get Hired Through LinkedIn Every Minute. Do You Want To Be One Of Them?

3 People Get Hired Through LinkedIn Every Minute. Do You Want To Be One Of Them?

LinkedIn. 18 years old; older than Facebook & one of the most trusted social networks still in action today. LinkedIn. 200+ countries. 24 languages. LinkedIn. 71 million+ members in India alone. LinkedIn. Content creation on LinkedIn increased by 60% in 2020. LinkedIn. 3 people are hired through LinkedIn every minute. So, what are you doing on LinkedIn?

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From Losing My Mother To Cracking CAT And Amazon, Life Changed For Better Ft. Siddharth Agarwal

From Losing My Mother To Cracking CAT And Amazon, Life Changed For Better Ft. Siddharth Agarwal

Siddharth belongs to the endless list of engineers who typically join B-school after completing few years of work experience. However, for Siddharth, the idea to enhance skills and learn every single day led him to pursue PGDM at Welingkar Institute of Management also known as WeSchool. His campus life shuffled between classroom and a number of extracurricular activities. We speak to him on his journey from campus to corporate, his learning and work values that led him to crack his dream company Amazon right on campus. Here are the excerpts: 

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Consulting Career Paths Open To You Post MBA

Consulting Career Paths Open To You Post MBA

One of the most glamorous job roles post MBA for many students? Consulting! While cracking a consulting role ain’t easy, wanting to be a consultant is something a lot of MBA students aspire to. So what are the different consulting career paths open to you post MBA? Can you be a consultant irrespective of the domain you specialize in? Is a consulting career for you? What does a consultant do? What kind of roles is open to you as a consultant? If you’re wondering about these questions, find a list of consulting career pathways as well as resources to get there in this article! Read on and dive into the world of management consulting!

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Product Management & Its Tools & Techniques | Priyank Ahuja, PM - Accenture, ex-Vodafone, ISB Alum

Product Management & Its Tools & Techniques | Priyank Ahuja, PM - Accenture, ex-Vodafone, ISB Alum

Product management is one of the most appealing and challenging professions for professionals who wish to have a crucial role in creating new consumer products, new technologies, software platforms and products that are used daily by all individuals.Product-as-a-Service dominates almost every sector and product management is the cornerstone of successful businesses in today's digital-first world. 

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In Conversation With Mr. Taman Deep Singh On The Rise Of The E-commerce Models In The FMCG Landscape In India

In Conversation With Mr. Taman Deep Singh On The Rise Of The E-commerce Models In The FMCG Landscape In India

I bring to you an interesting conversation on the changing landscape of the FMCG industry in India, in a bid to demystify the intersection between E-commerce, Sales and Marketing. We have with us Mr. Taman Deep Singh Bajaj, a distinguished alumnus of MDI, Gurgaon, a seasoned CPG professional with his experience spanning more than 7 years across various domains from Sales, E-commerce Merchandising, Category and Brand Management and P&L Management. 

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From An Agricultural Family In A Small Kerala Village To Working With TCS, Ft. Akshay R, TAS

From An Agricultural Family In A Small Kerala Village To Working With TCS, Ft. Akshay R, TAS

What makes a TAS Officer different from others? Is it just what you can deliver on a daily basis as part of your job or the processes you create to optimize the full potential of your organization? Or there is more to it? Well, TAS believes in creating more than just a career and hence wants you to Settle for More. This is the first article in the series of articles that we would be doing with the TAS Officers who did not choose to settle for less. Today, we have Akshay Ravindran, a people strategy associate at TCS, who hails from a small village in Kerala. Akshay worked hard to crack TISS after multiple failed attempts in SSB. Here are a few excerpts from the conversation we had with Akshay:

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How Does A B-school Help In Creating Global Opportunities For Students Of Diverse Backgrounds, Ft. Universal Business School Alumni

How Does A B-school Help In Creating Global Opportunities For Students Of Diverse Backgrounds, Ft. Universal Business School Alumni

What does it mean to have a global MBA degree where students from diverse backgrounds come and join? A B-school that focuses on imparting knowledge through industry insights, involving corporate experience for its students to thrive globally. We got in touch with a few of the UBS alumni who are working in different fields across the globe. What was the kind of career path they experienced after passing out from UBS and how the learning from the institute stayed with them in every step that they took in their respective careers? This and a lot more were discussed in this interview with Ruchie Raj, Dr. Swati Gogawat, and Manik Kataria. Here are the excerpts:

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