Tips for the people who work for long hours on computer

Now a day’s almost everyone has a hectic schedule and they have to sit before a computer for long hours. A software professional or people who work on computers require to sit for more than 9 hours before a desktop/ laptop. Most of the employees feel restless by losing lot of energy because of the stressful work hours and a long commute between home and office. Some sit before their computer without even moving for an hour. As a result of this they get health problems and they have to visit the doctor more frequently. Long hour sitting may increase the risk of getting obesity, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes and cancer. Poor sitting posture may cause back pain, spine damage by preventing circulation and causing fluid loss. Long hours of typing on the keyboard will cause stress in wrist leading to carpal tunnel syndrome. Staring at the computer for long hours can cause eye dryness, burning and pain in eyes. When eye muscles remain contracted for longer duration, it will cause exhaustion and weakness. These are all the effects caused due to long hours of sitting before a computer. Here are some tips to the people who work long hours:

• Try to take a 5 minutes break for every one hour to stretch, stand and walk around. This will help your muscles to relax for sometime after sitting for long duration

• Take your lunch away from your workplace. Do not immediately go to work after having lunch, take some time and try to walk for at least 15 to 20 minutes

• If your office is in 2nd or 3rd floor, choose going by stairs instead of going by lift. This will make your leg muscles free

• If you are working for long hours, try to do some stretching exercises in the early morning when you wake up

• When you have excess work, plan accordingly and schedule your work so that you don’t feel stressed out

• Sit in a correct posture so that it provides support to your upper and lower back and do not lean on chair all the time

• Maintain certain distance between your eyes and the computer so that it will not affect your eyes too much

• Eat food that is healthy for your body and also drink adequate amount of water. Try to make good friends at the work place and hang out with them for having snacks or tea. This will decrease your stress levels

Try to follow these simple tips in your daily life so that your body gets basic activity daily to stay fit and healthy.

What is the importance of a CV when you are searching for a job?

CV (curriculum vitae) plays a vital role in any job search. CV plays a significant role in creating a good impression on the potential employer and it is also treated as a mirror of your achievements. Creating an attractive CV is like creating a right path for getting a job. One may face lot of competition when they apply for a job. Therefore it is very important that one should take lot of care when once decided to go for a job search. One has to spend enough time and effort in presenting themselves with a good CV. Content and the presentation should be very concise and accurate by highlighting your key skills, expertise and achievements.

Many people do not spend much time and effort in creating a professional CV. A good CV will make you stand apart from the crowd. Therefore one has to keep this in mind that, a resume should include skills, experience and qualifications that exactly suit the job and it is also important that a CV should not extend more than 2 pages. Follow these below mentioned points, while preparing a CV:

• Keep your CV clear and concise
• Highlight headings so that they are easily visible
• Try to use bullet points to focus on key points
• Always check for spelling and grammar
• Present the content look neat and precise
• Try to use a confident tone and positive language

If you don’t have good writing skills and special knowledge in writing an effective CV then try to take the help of professionals who are involved in writing professional CV’s for effective results.

Benefits of creating an attractive CV

• Creating a nice CV is a onetime effort and after that you only have to keep it updated with your latest skills and achievements

• A CV that is written professionally will show your confidence and also makes it easier to step forward to get calls from prospective employers

• Employers will receive many CV’s for a single job and they will first prefer the candidates whose resume is very keen and attractive

• Also they will decide a candidate’s capability by seeing their resume

• An attractive CV will help you in getting quick call for the interview

• If your CV is keen and precise, it will be easy for the interviewer to ask questions

• If you have written an effective CV, then you have achieved 50% success in your job search. This means you will have more chances in getting a right job.

Some of the frequently asked Interview Questions

Are you scared of interview or questions asked in interview? Well preparation and confidence at the time of interview may help you to overcome the situation. Here some of the frequently asked Interview Questions are gathered for your preparation. Prepare well and answer with confidence.

1. Sample Behavioral Interview Questions

• Describe the best/worst team of which you have been a member.
• Give me a specific example of a time when you sold someone on an idea or concept.
• Tell me about a time when you were creative in solving a problem.
• Describe a time when you helped co-workers who dislike each other to work together.
• Tell me about a time when you made a bad decision. What did you learn? What would you do differently?

2. Sample Traditional Interview Questions

• Tell me a little about yourself.
• Why did you select your career path?
• What would you like to be doing five years from now?
• What has been your greatest accomplishment so far?
• Describe your greatest strengths and weaknesses.
• Would you rather be in charge of a project work as part of a team?
• What have you learned from the experience you have held?

3. Sample Stress Interview Questions

• What kind of people do you find it difficult to work with?
• What are some of the things you find challenging to do?
• How would you evaluate me as an interviewer?
• What interests you least about this job?
• How do you handle rejection?
• What is the worst thing you have heard about our company?
• See this pen I’m holding? Sell it to me.

4. Sample Case Interview Questions

• A chain of grocery stores currently receive its stock on a decentralized basis. Each store deals independently with its suppliers. The president of the chain is wondering whether the firm can benefit from a centralized warehouse. What are the key considerations in making this decision?
• A magazine publisher is trying to decide how many magazines she should deliver to each individual distribution outlet in order to maximize profits. She has extensive historical sales volume data for each of the outlets. How should she determine delivery quantities?

Wisdom Jobs: Beyond the Fourth Generation Job Portal

Wisdomjobs.com has completed two years successfully and entering in to the third year. Since its inception, there has been a remarkable progress and all of their endeavors have been successful. Initially it was started withwisdomjobs.com and they’ve launched 3 more portals i.e. wisdomjobsgulf.com, wisdomjobs.my and wisdomjobs.sgwithin two years of time. The portal was built on the parameters of using the right combination of strategy, people, processes, technology, and infrastructure for each client situation, to meet specific business needs and delivering the expected results.

The achievements like ISO 9001:2008 certification and NASSCOM membership made the company to stand proudly in the competitive market. They’ve secured top position among 600+ vendors of HCL along with 20+ Millions of Resume database in India and 40+ active clients for recruitment. In the endeavor to accomplish our mission, they constantly produced innovative products like E-University, Pragnya Meter to sync with core business. They’ve started Pragnya Meter drives in various B-schools, Engineering and technological institutions. Now Pragnya meter has entered in to the market and occupied a prominent place in the market with 5 crore multiple choice questions on 6000+ skillsets at one place, which were not found in any other tool. E-University is another feather in the crown of wisdom. It was built with 2 crore Interview questions with a single click access. Recently they’ve launched an Intranet ‘WISDOMATE’ to be transparent and speedup the HR and admin activities.

Naukri and Monster are other competitive job portals in India which occupied first and second place in India. Wisdom jobs occupied third place with its huge database and innovative products to rule recruitment market. Wisdom jobs have job portals in various countries like India, Gulf, Malaysia and Singapore. They are also planning to launch in USA and other countries like Australia, Canada, Germany, South Africa and Italy.