The pursuit of Happiness

Recently watched this great movie The pursuit of Happines Starring Will Smith and his son. 

This movie is based on the true Life story of Chris Gardener who faced a tough time personally and professionally bringing up his son and holding on to his job.You can click here for the movie details.

The reason I felt it why I felt it relevant to mention in this blog is that one can learn a lot from the fighting spirit displayed by Chris in real life.His acceptance of the situation and just going ahead and giving whatever he has got. He has faced tremendous challenges in life to go on and achieve his current standing.

Coming from a poor background, being abused as a child, a black to top it all and he goes on to succeed in a Leading Brokerage firm - the very pundits of Finance.

In our search for the right job and while building a career in a good or bad economy - we might have to face a lot of challenges.Not every time will there be a reward at the end of performance, but one just has to keep slogging - giving it the best to be able to come out successfully.We go through life assuming that if we do this much we we are entitled to so much of earnings or incentives etc.But, real life is so different. Sometimes the rewards just dry up and that is when nature seperates the men from the boys & the women from the girls.So, Prepare yourself there are going to be tough times.

Definitely watch the film - its a huge inspiration.

Some Recruiter Posts

Bill Martineau has made post on approaching job search in a down market.Titled chasing your tail it mentions - a structured approach and a clear understanding of your skills to ensure that you don't waste time chasing the wrong jobs while the ones where you have true fit get missed.Click here for the post

Flickr

This is a test post from , a fancy photo sharing thing.

Solar Energy

Solar Energy seems to be picking up in India. aggressive expansion being undertaken by some companies.

Manmohan Singh

Today the Newspaper headlines mentions our Prime Minister requesting the Industry not to go for Cuts. Individual reasons for Job Cuts might vary but problem with the Industry is that most players tend to sway enmasse. While adding people they overdo - why not add a few more - what if some people leave - in the process increasing the bench strength. And now when few industries are facing a slowdown there is a ripple effect across the board. Here is the chance why not sack a few more and send a message that non performance will not be tolerated.

Good time to target some eye sores and pains in the wrong end.

I remember an HR friend of mine mentioning that there was one employer of hers who used to throw people out if he didn't like their face. No, questions asked - face no like - thats it - out you go. And my friend used to play the part of the reluctant hangman.

Coming back to the scenario - I read somewhere that 1 out of 7 listed companies in India are officially in recession.That is 15% approx. What about the remaining 6 - have they stopped growing. Cant be . Maybe they are growing at a slower rate.

Now Indian GDP is expected to grow at 7% this is official.Maybe 5-6% actually.

So growth is happening. The Brouhaha is because 99% of the media is now focussed on the approx 15%( 1 of 7)of the total industry sector which is in recession.And they are churning out pages and pages of info to psyche people out.

And people who are psyched out read more of the same that had psyched them out in the first place. This cycle will go on till the marginal utility of placing another recessionistic article becomes = zero. This can happen in 3-6 months time . And then suddenly we will see only headlines of companies that bet recession and made 100% growth rates.

Thats my reading of the situation.Very simplistic but truthful nevertheless.

what say u?