Dilip Saraf

“You don’t know how far you can you until you go too far”-Ralph Waldo Emerson
Most professionals believe that their manager has the responsibility for advancing their career! In fact some are under the illusion that their managers often lie awake at night wondering about how to promote their employees’ careers and how to make worth [...]

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The only real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes. -Marcel Proust, novelist (1871–1922)
As the job losses mount and as the economy gets tougher, those left with having to do multiple jobs because of the cutbacks often have to face both, the survivors’ guilt and having to do [...]

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Overcoming Cultural Barriers
Cultural barriers are perceived or real impediments to successfully navigating through a job search process or even doing a good job at your place of employment. They typically stem from the cultural value differences between the jobseeker/employee and those in the selection process/the chain of command. These barriers manifest as unspoken signals that [...]

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In our professional lives our image drives our success. Our image is how others see us. Public figures and idols deal with this concept routinely. An image is a cumulative effect of sending a repeated message, either deliberately or otherwise. If a certain message is sent accidentally, then it does not have a cumulative effect. [...]

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Just as much as it’s a noun, “career” is also a verb. As a verb it means to go, drive, or run at top speed especially in a headlong manner (“He careered though the small allies without a scratch on his car.”). Yet, despite this license most continue to treat “career” as a noun not [...]

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