Even though this is not the full list of what all you should plan or care about to get most out of your money spent on any function you arrange :)
Communication
-- Make sure cell-phone(s) are charged
-- Make sure you have optimum balance in your cell phone(s) to receive and make calls.
-- You can use SMS as a mean to send reminders to all the attendes one day before.
Dress :
-- Make sure you try your newly bought dresses before hand for fittings.
-- Make sure to carry a Hand-chief all the time
Location :
-- Make sure you have already visited and have mentioned people very well the landmarks and address of the function place to all the friends.
-- You can use SMS to share the location details ( location / landmark and numbers to contact in-case help needed )
Medical :
-- Make sure you have some common medicines available at all time, dont think that you got a medical shop right front of your house. That may closed when you really need it.
Money :
-- Usually people look for ATMs to get the cash out, so make sure you know the maximum limit for ATMs and also location of at least 2-3 near by ATMs.
Transportation :
-- Make sure your gas ( petrol ) tanks are full.
Safety:
-- Try to assign IDs for the temporary helpers hired so that your guest can identify them and also they can be addressed by name.
Cleanliness :
-- Provide trash at various spots to make sure area is clean all the time
-- Provide wash bins with soap etc
-- Provide tissue ( good quality, not for name sake )
Guests:
- Out station guests usually need more co-ordination and help then local guests, so make sure they know how to reach the location.
Saturday, December 26, 2009
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Writing a good resume
In past few months I have seen a lot of resumes as I was interviewing people.
If you are again in market for a new job. Then go through this checklist for making sure that you have an effective resume
Initial things :
-- Make sure you are ready for interview calls, if not make a revision plan and target to float your resume accordingly. Usually it takes 1 week to get your 1st call after you float your resume around.
-- Make sure you are not missing calls because you dont have cell network. You need to make sure you are reachable during office hours. You might consider switching to a better service provider.
Review the resume :
-- Don't write RESUME or CURRICULUM VITAE
-- Make sure you have your name clearly written. This should be in bold with a lager font, but not too big.
-- If you name is hard to pronounce, in braces you can include the name you want to get addressed by caller.
-- Include your blog address or linked in profile link , if you have something like that created.
-- Include you personal email which you check more often, need to be professional looking, shud not be some thing like hyd2010_abids@hotmail.com
-- Include your contact information , preferably cell phone number.
-- Specify your career objective clearly ( 2-3 lines ). Revise it with increasing experience. Try not to copy it from some-where and write of your own.
-- Provide a summary of your skills, you total experience, relavant experience, domains knowledge etc etc.
-- Create a separate section , if you have a demanding skill and give details related to that in this section.
-- Have a section for any professional certification / training you have taken, preferably a table type.
-- If you are a fresher, specify your % or grades in various courses, otherwise just specify highest degree earned.
-- Give details of the projects you have done under Professional Experience Section. For each project make sure to clearly explain the client name , location , project dates , your role , project summary ( 3-6 lines ), your responsibilities in the mentioned role and tools used ( 1 line ) .
-- For the last 3 projects provide the information in more detail for others you can drop the responsibilities section.
hmm.. what else
-- Personal Details section (optional): Dont include father / husband name / you house address / your martial status and race. Gender is also optional but if you can want you can include it.
-- No need to add disclaimer .. "I certify that all info is correct" .. funny
-- No need to add References, you can email them later when your future employer request you.
-- No need to put your name at the bottom or sign it.. trust me I have seen people doing it.
-- Make sure not to mention your current salary any where in the resume. You can tell when your future employer ask you about it.Also make sure when they ask you about your current salary, you also mention the perks/benefits you have with the current job.
Finally :
-- Make sure you are using ONE SINGLE font in the whole resume
-- Make sure you are using ONE type of BULLETS to arrange line items
-- Make sure you run the PREPARE Document wizard ( its there in Word program ) to clean all the properties. So many times resume is of Person X and Author of the document still says Person Y's name..
-- Make sure your resume should not go beyond 5 pages in any case.
-- Get it reviewed by a senior friend.. ok <-- Me ? that will be costly ;)
Leave me a comment if this helped you. Happy job Hunt.. :)
Other related posts:
Before you hit send
If you are again in market for a new job. Then go through this checklist for making sure that you have an effective resume
Initial things :
-- Make sure you are ready for interview calls, if not make a revision plan and target to float your resume accordingly. Usually it takes 1 week to get your 1st call after you float your resume around.
-- Make sure you are not missing calls because you dont have cell network. You need to make sure you are reachable during office hours. You might consider switching to a better service provider.
Review the resume :
-- Don't write RESUME or CURRICULUM VITAE
-- Make sure you have your name clearly written. This should be in bold with a lager font, but not too big.
-- If you name is hard to pronounce, in braces you can include the name you want to get addressed by caller.
-- Include your blog address or linked in profile link , if you have something like that created.
-- Include you personal email which you check more often, need to be professional looking, shud not be some thing like hyd2010_abids@hotmail.com
-- Include your contact information , preferably cell phone number.
-- Specify your career objective clearly ( 2-3 lines ). Revise it with increasing experience. Try not to copy it from some-where and write of your own.
-- Provide a summary of your skills, you total experience, relavant experience, domains knowledge etc etc.
-- Create a separate section , if you have a demanding skill and give details related to that in this section.
-- Have a section for any professional certification / training you have taken, preferably a table type.
-- If you are a fresher, specify your % or grades in various courses, otherwise just specify highest degree earned.
-- Give details of the projects you have done under Professional Experience Section. For each project make sure to clearly explain the client name , location , project dates , your role , project summary ( 3-6 lines ), your responsibilities in the mentioned role and tools used ( 1 line ) .
-- For the last 3 projects provide the information in more detail for others you can drop the responsibilities section.
hmm.. what else
-- Personal Details section (optional): Dont include father / husband name / you house address / your martial status and race. Gender is also optional but if you can want you can include it.
-- No need to add disclaimer .. "I certify that all info is correct" .. funny
-- No need to add References, you can email them later when your future employer request you.
-- No need to put your name at the bottom or sign it.. trust me I have seen people doing it.
-- Make sure not to mention your current salary any where in the resume. You can tell when your future employer ask you about it.Also make sure when they ask you about your current salary, you also mention the perks/benefits you have with the current job.
Finally :
-- Make sure you are using ONE SINGLE font in the whole resume
-- Make sure you are using ONE type of BULLETS to arrange line items
-- Make sure you run the PREPARE Document wizard ( its there in Word program ) to clean all the properties. So many times resume is of Person X and Author of the document still says Person Y's name..
-- Make sure your resume should not go beyond 5 pages in any case.
-- Get it reviewed by a senior friend.. ok <-- Me ? that will be costly ;)
Leave me a comment if this helped you. Happy job Hunt.. :)
Other related posts:
Before you hit send
Saturday, December 19, 2009
Buying a new Car
Hyderabad roads are full of cars. With lot of new and attractive car model + good deals on car loans , people really want to buy a car.
Now of my father's friend asked me to do a little research to guide him. I thought of sharing.
Even though I think buying Car is like a marriage. Love marriage , if you get the car of your choice and model within your budget. Arranged marriage , if you have to do some compromises... hehe
So I started Googling first
Top Ten Cars India , and checked few of the major ones.
Now this blog is about sharing what all I considered before picking my final 3.
Fuel Type ( Petrol vs Diesel ) :
-- Modern Diesel engines are better than Petrol
-- Diesel engines require more maintainance as compares to Petrol ( every 5000km oil change as compared to 10000km in Petrol )
-- Diesel engine are costly by 50,000-1,00,000 INR
-- So Diesel is good choice if you run more than 12000 km per yr otherwise go for Petrol ( blindly ).
Size :
India is full of all size cars.. mini .. small .. medium and full size .. this will depend upon your budget and family size.
Power :
This will matter a lot specially in Hyderabad, as there are lot of places up and down. So you will need a car with good power car to be able to pull all your passengers uphill. If you drive mostly on flat roads in the city, you may not need too much power. Usually it vary between 1000cc-1600cc. Try Car Dekho for power.
Price:
Again it depends upon your pocket. You can check approximate prices at Car Dekho
Color:
Colors is another important thing... Try to visit the showroom in day time. Make sure you see the car in the color of your choice in real, rather than brochure, as car gives different look in day light and night lights.
Booking:
Most of the cars require advanced booking because of less production / demand, so plan in advance. Agent might ask you for 50,000 INR booking but you can easily book with 5000 INR at maximum.
Car is still no delivered , so I will update the posting once I get it. :)
Now of my father's friend asked me to do a little research to guide him. I thought of sharing.
Even though I think buying Car is like a marriage. Love marriage , if you get the car of your choice and model within your budget. Arranged marriage , if you have to do some compromises... hehe
So I started Googling first
Top Ten Cars India , and checked few of the major ones.
Now this blog is about sharing what all I considered before picking my final 3.
Fuel Type ( Petrol vs Diesel ) :
-- Modern Diesel engines are better than Petrol
-- Diesel engines require more maintainance as compares to Petrol ( every 5000km oil change as compared to 10000km in Petrol )
-- Diesel engine are costly by 50,000-1,00,000 INR
-- So Diesel is good choice if you run more than 12000 km per yr otherwise go for Petrol ( blindly ).
Size :
India is full of all size cars.. mini .. small .. medium and full size .. this will depend upon your budget and family size.
Power :
This will matter a lot specially in Hyderabad, as there are lot of places up and down. So you will need a car with good power car to be able to pull all your passengers uphill. If you drive mostly on flat roads in the city, you may not need too much power. Usually it vary between 1000cc-1600cc. Try Car Dekho for power.
Price:
Again it depends upon your pocket. You can check approximate prices at Car Dekho
Color:
Colors is another important thing... Try to visit the showroom in day time. Make sure you see the car in the color of your choice in real, rather than brochure, as car gives different look in day light and night lights.
Booking:
Most of the cars require advanced booking because of less production / demand, so plan in advance. Agent might ask you for 50,000 INR booking but you can easily book with 5000 INR at maximum.
Car is still no delivered , so I will update the posting once I get it. :)
Buying Desktop
One of my friend wanted to buy a powerful computer and in India you have lot of options to customize it. But painful part to how to get a good deal.
Few most important components of an assembled machine.
Processor, Motherboard, RAM, Hard Disk, Monitor, DVD Drive, Key board, Mouse, Speakers.
Now this is not to educate you how to assemble or something of that sort... but thought it will be helpful to share my research saving you some trips to shops,( save some GAS : Go Green ) and couple of phone calls.
Take a piece of paper , wait.. use Notepad if possible ( save Paper : Go Green )
Processor:
Choosing right processor is the key for any powerful machine. I am big fan of AMD but india Intel is the leader ( I think so ). So first thing was comparing processors on Intel.com ( Intel processors ), Also you can search within intel.com. One important thing I found that Intel does have Bulk prices given for processors ( Prices in $$ , but you know the conversion..right ) . This will give you idea on the price of the processor.
Mother board:
Once you finalize the processor , you can check the compatible motherboard on Intel website itself. Prices are not given here, so you can get an idea from Nehru Place Delhi prices .
RAM:
One thing most of first time buyer doesn't understand is RAM prices, why 1 GB RAM has so many different price. So answer is 2 important characteristics of RAM. RAM are either DDR1 ( out-dated ) , DDR2 ( most home PCs uses this as of date ) , DDR3 ( a little high end ). So try to go for DDR2 RAM or higher. RAM also have different speed. Its like tires designed for designed for different speed. Common RAM speed are 800MHz , 1033 MHz, 1333MHz. Check If what your motherboard support and buy the highest speed RAM (i.e Motherboard supports 1033 and 1333MHz , then buy 1333MHz speed RAM )
Another aspect is how much of RAM enough. I will suggest check how much of the maximum RAM is supported by Motherboard and buy a minimum half of it. ( i.e. Mother board supports 8 GB , buy 4 GB ). Also check how many memory slots motherboard supports , try to book half of it to be able to scale in future (i.e. Motherboard support 4 slot , book only 2 for the time being ).
Hard Disk:
There are basically 2 different technologies in hard disk ( IDE and SATA ) for home desktops. IDE is not mostly outdated so go for SATA as it can scale a lot.
Monitor
There was nothing complicated except that do you need LCD ( sleek one ) or TV style monitor. Size is upto you, 15 inch or bigger is good. Make sure its adjustable and support good resolution. To enjoy a High Definition movie , 1980x1080 is the best resolution, but anything higher than 1200x1024 is good I think.
Video RAM:
This is another kind of RAM and usually most of the motherboard does have some amount of Video RAM in-build like 128MB-256MB , but you might have to buy additional Video RAM in case you are into gaming. Check the game requirements online which you want to play on your PC.
DVD Drive:
22x , 24x are good speed for DVD buring.
Keyboard:
This was a surprise for me. Most of the key-boards are PS2 and lot of motherboards doesn;t have a PS2 inlet these days. So make sure you buy USB based Keyboard.
Mouse:
Same thing applies to mouse also.. PS2 vs USB.
Also one important thing is that size of the mouse. Don't buy to small of a mouse ( like for laptops ) .. your hand will be twisted while using it and you will feel the pain sooner or later). My recommendation.. buy full size mouse
Other things:
Speakers : Upto to you
Cabinet : Upto to you
What next:
Now you have done your home work of what you need. Start making some calls.
I bought it from CTC , Surana Computers : suranacomputers@hotmail.com . Tell my name 'Sandeep' , you might get a additional discount :)
Ask Laila : Compuer Sales Search
Sulekha Search for Computer Sales in Hyderabad
Few most important components of an assembled machine.
Processor, Motherboard, RAM, Hard Disk, Monitor, DVD Drive, Key board, Mouse, Speakers.
Now this is not to educate you how to assemble or something of that sort... but thought it will be helpful to share my research saving you some trips to shops,( save some GAS : Go Green ) and couple of phone calls.
Take a piece of paper , wait.. use Notepad if possible ( save Paper : Go Green )
Processor:
Choosing right processor is the key for any powerful machine. I am big fan of AMD but india Intel is the leader ( I think so ). So first thing was comparing processors on Intel.com ( Intel processors ), Also you can search within intel.com. One important thing I found that Intel does have Bulk prices given for processors ( Prices in $$ , but you know the conversion..right ) . This will give you idea on the price of the processor.
Mother board:
Once you finalize the processor , you can check the compatible motherboard on Intel website itself. Prices are not given here, so you can get an idea from Nehru Place Delhi prices .
RAM:
One thing most of first time buyer doesn't understand is RAM prices, why 1 GB RAM has so many different price. So answer is 2 important characteristics of RAM. RAM are either DDR1 ( out-dated ) , DDR2 ( most home PCs uses this as of date ) , DDR3 ( a little high end ). So try to go for DDR2 RAM or higher. RAM also have different speed. Its like tires designed for designed for different speed. Common RAM speed are 800MHz , 1033 MHz, 1333MHz. Check If what your motherboard support and buy the highest speed RAM (i.e Motherboard supports 1033 and 1333MHz , then buy 1333MHz speed RAM )
Another aspect is how much of RAM enough. I will suggest check how much of the maximum RAM is supported by Motherboard and buy a minimum half of it. ( i.e. Mother board supports 8 GB , buy 4 GB ). Also check how many memory slots motherboard supports , try to book half of it to be able to scale in future (i.e. Motherboard support 4 slot , book only 2 for the time being ).
Hard Disk:
There are basically 2 different technologies in hard disk ( IDE and SATA ) for home desktops. IDE is not mostly outdated so go for SATA as it can scale a lot.
Monitor
There was nothing complicated except that do you need LCD ( sleek one ) or TV style monitor. Size is upto you, 15 inch or bigger is good. Make sure its adjustable and support good resolution. To enjoy a High Definition movie , 1980x1080 is the best resolution, but anything higher than 1200x1024 is good I think.
Video RAM:
This is another kind of RAM and usually most of the motherboard does have some amount of Video RAM in-build like 128MB-256MB , but you might have to buy additional Video RAM in case you are into gaming. Check the game requirements online which you want to play on your PC.
DVD Drive:
22x , 24x are good speed for DVD buring.
Keyboard:
This was a surprise for me. Most of the key-boards are PS2 and lot of motherboards doesn;t have a PS2 inlet these days. So make sure you buy USB based Keyboard.
Mouse:
Same thing applies to mouse also.. PS2 vs USB.
Also one important thing is that size of the mouse. Don't buy to small of a mouse ( like for laptops ) .. your hand will be twisted while using it and you will feel the pain sooner or later). My recommendation.. buy full size mouse
Other things:
Speakers : Upto to you
Cabinet : Upto to you
What next:
Now you have done your home work of what you need. Start making some calls.
I bought it from CTC , Surana Computers : suranacomputers@hotmail.com . Tell my name 'Sandeep' , you might get a additional discount :)
Ask Laila : Compuer Sales Search
Sulekha Search for Computer Sales in Hyderabad
Friday, December 18, 2009
Traffic Violation
This was not fun for sure. Its less than a month and I got a chance to see to feel what India is famous for.
Incident
I was out for shopping and when I came out of the mall , my vehicle was missing. Asked a tea-wala shop and he mentioned that It has been towed to Abids Traffic Police Station which was like 500 meter away.
When I went there there was a person ( not police-man ) , he explained me that vehicle was parking in No-Parking area.
I asked that there was no such sign there as 'No Parking', he said ..right but there was no sign like 'Park here' :) , funny...
I asked him why only he towed my vehicle when there were more than 30 other vehicles, he mentioned he had space for 4 vehicles in the towing truck... kool isn't it.
So it was the time to talk about business. He asked me papers etc and when I checked all papers , pollution certificate was missing.
So he explained 150 for parking violation and 300 for pollution = 450 INR
I was able to do a settlement indian style... you got it... right :)
But when I came home I checked for price of different traffic violation fines here.
MV Act and Fines
Lesson Learnt :
1. Always keep your pollution under control done in time.
2. And no parking is just INR 100, so in case someone catches you...pay it with receipt rather than bribing for INR 100.
.
Incident
I was out for shopping and when I came out of the mall , my vehicle was missing. Asked a tea-wala shop and he mentioned that It has been towed to Abids Traffic Police Station which was like 500 meter away.
When I went there there was a person ( not police-man ) , he explained me that vehicle was parking in No-Parking area.
I asked that there was no such sign there as 'No Parking', he said ..right but there was no sign like 'Park here' :) , funny...
I asked him why only he towed my vehicle when there were more than 30 other vehicles, he mentioned he had space for 4 vehicles in the towing truck... kool isn't it.
So it was the time to talk about business. He asked me papers etc and when I checked all papers , pollution certificate was missing.
So he explained 150 for parking violation and 300 for pollution = 450 INR
I was able to do a settlement indian style... you got it... right :)
But when I came home I checked for price of different traffic violation fines here.
MV Act and Fines
Lesson Learnt :
1. Always keep your pollution under control done in time.
2. And no parking is just INR 100, so in case someone catches you...pay it with receipt rather than bribing for INR 100.
.
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Back to Hyderabad
I am back to Hyderabad after being out for a good amount of time. I will say it was certainly one of the golden period of my life as I have learned a lot both from life and each and each every person I met.
Now when I am back to Hyderabad and there is so much changed in Hyderabad, I thought it will be a great topic to blog my experience about
-- Fun I am or I will be having..
-- Challenges I am or I will be facing...
-- Discovering Hyderabad again
-- Tips
.
Now when I am back to Hyderabad and there is so much changed in Hyderabad, I thought it will be a great topic to blog my experience about
-- Fun I am or I will be having..
-- Challenges I am or I will be facing...
-- Discovering Hyderabad again
-- Tips
.
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