Aspiring minds campus news letter volume 5

Featured Article Through the Lens of Your Attitude "Taking up a new job or role is a key point in most of our lives. However, we often tend to oversee how the attitude and mindset that we bring to a new job or role, are as important (if not more) than the characteristics of the job itself." Says Dr. Ramya Ranganathan, Assistant Professor, Organizational Behaviour and Human Resources Management, IIM Bangalore.  Read More Featured AMCAT Module Finance and Accounting Module The module covers –: a. General Principles of Accounting b. Preparation of final accounts c. Depreciation d. Ratio Analysis e. Cash Book e. Types of Cost and Revenue Read More Featured Sector KPOs (Knowledge Process Outsourcing) What are KPOs? People tend to confuse KPOs with BPOs. KPO is merely a continuation of BPO (Business Process Outsourcing) though with rather more business complexity. The defining difference is that KPO is usually focused on knowledge-intensive business processes that require significant domain expertise. Read More Employment News PSU banks including UBI, PNB plan to hire 5 lakh as global banks cut jobs in India Hiring: Facebook, Microsoft, Google at IITs Expect IT sector to add 2-2.5 lakh jobs in next 1-year: Kris Gopalakrishnan, Infosys Power sector projected to create over 4 lakh jobs in 2012-17 Recent Updates from Aspiring Minds AM-DirectTM: Situation Judgment Test for Mid-Management Hiring Launched Aspiring Minds has launched AM-Direct, a situation judgment test (SJT), to help companies hire for mid-management level. SJT based testing is a globally accepted methodology to measure constructs ranging from problem solving and decision making to behavior traits. Read More AMCAT Assessed Database of 2012 Engineering Graduates Crosses 100,000 Continuing its assessment drive of 2012 engineering graduates, Aspiring Minds in the last 4 months has assessed over 65,000 engineering candidates passing out in 2012 with AMCAT. This database of candidates is available for immediate hiring. Read More Aspiring Minds in NEWS Mumbai University will assess students to help them get jobs: DNA Times of India covers Aspiring Minds State-wise Employability Report Read More   ASPIRATIONS Vol 5 Through the Lens of Your Attitude Finance and Accounting Module Featured Sector: KPOs (Knowledge Process Outsourcing) AM-DirectTM: Situation Judgment Test for Mid-Management Hiring Launched AMCAT Database Engineers 4,93,077 MBA's 64,010 New Clients Axis Bank Virtusa Soham Online Kyazoonga Maximaa Infoways Region Wise Spread ASPIRATIONS Polls Which of the following parameters do you value the most with regard to choosing a particular profile for an entry level job? Interest level for the profile Future scope & growth opportunities in the profile Profile is not a priority, but the brand of the company Offered salary Work-life balance Social standing of the profile Last Poll Result As per the last poll in which 1350+ people participated, the most reliable source of information regarding placement news is 'Job forums'( 43.67% endorsement) followed by 'Social networking sites' (18.67% ). A striking observation is that electronic media such as 'job forums', 'company websites', 'social networking sites' received significant number of votes as compared to the other sources- 'Newspapers' and 'College placement cell'. » Subscribe to ASPIRATIONS » Recommend to a friend