Tuesday, July 31, 2007

Darkness of Society (1)

This is a story of a social set up that had always been cutting short the freedom of womenhood.
The idea of blogging is to provoke our idealogies and rethink our dimensions of a social life.
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It should be summer, yet the friday set the clouds to umbrella my temple town from the shines of the sun. Missing the small drizzles over the gently shaking river, my good mumma and I, however made up our minds to enjoy the holiday occassion at my grandma's place. Mrs. Pooja, my mother begins to rush us to grab all our good clothes, and she just looks like the railway coal engine, just ready and wanna start off the station.
For some reason, those days had heavy regulations on daughter-in-laws, and visiting to their own mother's place is considered nothing less than a sin among the relatives, and nothing below equal to 1st order crime by the family hierarchy. Being the order of the society, Mrs. Pooja always await the summer holidays, undoubtedly, my good mom, just tries to rush the winters and the harvest festivals. I think, Mrs. Pooja always knows, with a large pleading and greater difficulties, shez gonna get a counted permission of 'a week break' from various hierarchy of the family. I should excuse myself that her husband somehow could not be 'allowed' to be part of the sanction & approval process. Though a holiday of just 7 days of 365 days, 'sanctioned', yet all faces around would envy and be just black enough that the whole of the earth can disappear and be unseen in the darkness.
For Mrs. pooja, the walk was coarse, the bushes around changed dark from their greens, the cows always made much noise and the sun could never smile, still she had her true smiles with all the innocences within it and a smile seen only by her children.
This was one part of society. "Some people" say always listen to parents, always listen to in-laws. Many marriage are done with the concent of parents, 'only' parents. Mrs. Pooja's marriage was no different from the 'so-called' custom arranged, traditional wedding. To what i know, Mr. Goglay, was very brave and a hard working gentleman, my grandfather and Mrs. Pooja's father. When i sit in silence, looking deep into the seas, its silence always speak to my hears, "his own society gave no chance to see his daughter, Mrs. Pooja's married life as happy as it should be and he died brittle and broken without ever voicing for Mrs. Pooja, his daughter".
When these silence speaks, even the sounds of heart beats seems to go silent. The whole purpose of Subramaniya Bharathi has gone unseen by the society and the womenhood had been betrayed.

Monday, July 30, 2007

Four Dont's of your Resume

When we talk of a beginning of our career or a change of job, the first and preliminary important activity is the preparation of a good resume. In view to help benefit with some information for the readers, I wish to share the below information with the readers.
Four Dont's of your Resume..
Troublesome Typos

"I often use a laptap". "I will accept nothing less than $18 annually".
In a survey, 84 percent of executives polled said it takes just one or two typographical errors in a resume to remove a candidate from consideration for a job opening. Hiring managers view your resume as an indication of your attention to detail, and a mistake will convince potential employers you lack it. So, after running your computer's spell-check function, ask a friend to review your application materials.

Sharing Too Many Secrets

"Interests: Running, editing video, cooking, writing and wondering".
"Able to say the ABCs backward in under five seconds".
Hiring managers often have dozens of resumes to review and appreciate being able to scan them quickly. If you include unnecessary information -- such as your hobbies, marital status or personal trivia -- potential employers may simply bypass your application. Omit details that don't directly demonstrate how you can benefit the employer, and tailor each document to the specific company and position.

Overly Casual Conversation

"If U hire me, U will not have any regrets!"
"I don't have a phone 4 the time being. Please email me instead".
Remember that you're writing a professional document to be read by a prospective employer, not dashing off a quick email or text message to a friend. Hiring managers will use your resume to gauge your level of professionalism, so steer clear of informal language, unconventional acronyms and emotions.

Tech Transgressions

Before you hit the send button, check to make sure you've attached the correct document. For example, one candidate sent an e-mail addressed to a competing firm. Another applicant submitted a fact sheet about California's population instead of his resume. Also check the labels you give the documents. Files with generic or informal names can get lost on a hiring manager's hard drive or cause a prospective employer to doubt your professionalism. Using your full name as a label is much better than "Oh Boy.doc" or "Hey there.doc" -- both real examples, by the way.
Last but not least, it's best to forego smoke and mirrors. You don't want to leave hiring managers scratching their heads, like the following applicant surely did: "I am a wedge with a sponge taped to it. My purpose is to wedge myself into someone's door to absorb as much as possible."
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Have a good day!!
Vijey