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17 Best Work-from-Home Jobs in India For High Income!

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The ongoing COVID-19 situation has already had far-reaching effects on several sectors in India since the first positive cases were reported in early March 2020. Apart from nearly paralyzing the nation’s healthcare system, it has also made a tremendous blow on employment options.

Everyone from the top brass in affected sectors such as logistics and manufacturing to workers in the essential services category are looking for work-from-home jobs. Because personal safety and professional security have become the most important factors.

While some of the current jobs are remote work-friendly, others are not. This calls for a look at the best work-from-home jobs that you can do in India.

Best Work from Home Jobs: 17 Great Ideas

Based on your skillset and exposure, pick one or more of these easy online jobs and start hustling today.

  1. Freelance Writing

A list of the best work-from-home jobs is incomplete without the mention of freelance writing. It is still one of the easiest and most profitable ways to earn money in India. More than anything, there is no capital requirement. You just need a working computer and the ability to compose grammatically-correct sentences to start.

As a freelance writer, you are expected to write content across formats and types. The request can come in for anything: a short guide on online shopping or a long-form journalistic opinion editorial on COVID-19’s effect on India Inc. The pay will also depend on the types and formats apart from the quality that you can deliver.

You can register on sites like Upwork and Freelancer to begin your hunt for such writing jobs that can be done from home.

Earning Potential: INR 100 to INR 2,000 a day.

  1. App Testing

This can either be an entirely technical job suited only for professional app testers or a generic one where an app needs to be tested from a user perspective. In both cases, you can work from home as you just need a working mobile phone and steady access to the internet.

Once you sign up for an app testing project, you will be assigned a mobile app to test for bugs and UI/UX issues. The pay will be dependent on the quality of your assessment as well as the number of bugs you detect.

For generic app testing, you just need to share your objective thoughts about the app. These will be used by the R&D department to fix them and further improve the app.

For more clarity, take the example of Sulekha, a young banker who was told to work part-time from April 2020 as a cost-cutting measure. Today, she uses her free time to tests financial and fintech apps and earns a few thousand every week.

Earning Potential: Up to INR 5,000 per app. Higher for technical testing.

  1. Instagram Management

Even in the age of TikTok, Helo, and Snapchat, image-sharing site Instagram has managed to stay on top. One of the reasons is its huge userbase. People who signed up for it when it launched years ago continue to use it, only helped by Facebook’s subsequent takeover.

Due to this massive activity within its walls, Instagram is still one of the top social platforms in the world. Naturally, it has also caused a spike in demand for profile management professionals.

As an Instagram manager, you will look after your client’s profile – from direct messages (DMs) to caption writing to profile verification to spam control. It is an end-to-end online job where your performance will be measured in how much engagement you can garner.

Although a very competitive field, sites like Upwork and Freelancer have hundreds of job postings every day looking for able Instagram managers.

Earning Potential: Up to INR 50,000 per month.

  1. Essential Food Cook

Local markets are running with low staff, DMart and Big Bazaar have moved to a coupon system and operate only within strict timings, and some food items have almost disappeared from the world. As an aspirant with some culinary skills, you can take advantage of this ‘gap’ in the essential food supply.

This is not an online job where you mimic the tons of online cookery shows that are already present across the web. You just take a leaf out of their textbook and focus on a niche.

Essential foods and nostalgia. No?

The idea is to focus on recipes for essential foods like homemade bread, tawa pulao, and simple biriyani that your viewers can learn from you and try at home. You should try to limit the ingredients to bare essentials so that every household can try them.

Starting a YouTube channel and posting one simple recipe a week with a title like “Simple Lockdown Home Recipe #1 – Veg Fried Rice” should be enough to get going.

Earning Potential: It will be a while before you can earn a part of the advertising revenue from YouTube. But when you do, it can be upwards of INR 10,000 a month if you manage to rack up millions of views.

  1. General Instructor

Think about all the senior citizens of the country. Then think about their haplessness during this coronavirus situation. Does your social working vein tickle with you an idea?

It is to act as a general instructor to those in need. You can be an instructor of anything: online shopping, home exercise, doing taxes, and watching a movie online. The goal is to be a helping hand to aged people and let them lead a normal life in this time of abnormality.

Look out for such people in and around your housing society who may also be afraid to ask for help. A bit of proactiveness is needed on your part to succeed in this remote job.

  1. Financial Assistance

With banks running on low staff and online customer care asking you to hold the line, there is an influx of bank-related and other financial queries from customers. Although the fiscal year has been conveniently shifted by three months, people still need tax planning for the 2020-2021 fiscal year.

All these requests are opportunities for you to tackle as an independent contractor. But you will need to be a qualified finance person (with a relevant degree and/or experience) to be able to take up these remote jobs.

You will be expected to get on a video call with your clients and guide them through their requirements. It can be helping them access the I-T website and execute a task or helping them with their mutual funds portfolio.

Earning Potential: INR 500 to INR 5,000 per consultation.

  1. Product Reviewing / Amazon Affiliate Marketing

Another great way to earn money in India is to explore product reviewing as a job. Here you either host a website and publish longform review content there or target ecommerce sites and post your reviews directly on the platforms.

The first option is a long-term strategy and money will start entering your pocket only in the final stages. But if you are looking for quick money, helping agencies and other websites with product reviews is the easy way out. Here you are essentially working as a freelance writer but with a more product-centric approach. You may also need to research the product online and even use it if possible.

Earning Potential: Up to INR 40,000 per month through your own website. INR 500 to INR 1,000 per day when working for other affiliate marketers.

  1. Proofreading and Editing

Similar to the #1 online job on this list, editing work is easy to get. Just sign up on sites like Constant Content, Pepper Content, or QuillBridge, showcase your content editing and proofreading abilities, and land projects.

You will be required to make line editing or rewriting depending upon the type and quality of the content. You can demand a higher price if you have already done similar types of work.

Pro Tip – Cactus Communications is perhaps the best company to start your formal content editing job.

Earning Potential: Up to INR 5,000 a week.

  1. Take an Online Class

Have a skill that is suddenly in great demand these days?

Are you a power user of Microsoft Teams or Zoom? If yes, you can maybe create an online course of the popular video calling app and help managers in the corporate world make optimum use in their virtual workspace.

Tips and tricks around everything are easily available online. Therefore, you will have to make your course unique by giving out special tips and tricks that are not available in the public domain yet. Charging a small fee (a few hundred rupees) will also help you earn on the side.

Earning Potential: INR 100 and upwards per user per session.

  1. Tableau Expert

If there is one data visualization software that is making waves on the web then it is Tableau. It is being used by everyone from scientists to data analysts to project managers to add visualization to their content. Despite its popularity, it is still a skill that is rare in India.

If you are ready to spend some time to educate yourself and get trained online, Tableau can be a great choice. Even after this healthcare crisis is over, you will be reaping its benefits.

Earning Potential: Up to INR 10,000 per deck.

  1. Data Entry Jobs

If you already have a full-time job and are only looking for a side hustle, then a data entry job will be perfect. Just spend a few hours every day working on data transportation and earn money at the end of projects.

The pay will be low but at least it will be a secondary income for you.

  1. Pitch and Write Stories

For the creative person in you, this lockdown period is a great opportunity to write fictional stories and submit them to popular websites. If access to such sites is limited, you can upload your stories on Wattpad and gain some audience.

Who knows how your stories are received by your audience? And who can predict if one of them is not a publisher?

Making money through this activity may be difficult but at the end of it, you will at least have a portfolio to showcase.

  1. Online Tutoring

Schools and colleges are shut in all states and union territories across India. The timing is even more dangerous as students were supposed to appear for their final exams this summer. Exams may or may not happen this year. And in the best-case scenario, most students in and below eighth grade will be automatically pushed to the next level.

However, students will still lose months of education. Parents are anxious but they are occupied with their own work-from-home jobs. What can they do?

They may not think this, but you definitely can. Use your free time to become an online tutor for kids in your circles. Teach arithmetic to the three-year-old kid of your friend’s friend or take English lessons for your cousin’s niece who is in the seventh grade. Whatever you do, just teaching one student for an hour a day can help you earn good money by the time this lockdown is over.

Just make sure that your concepts on the subjects that you take up are clear enough.

Earning Potential: INR 500 to INR 5,000 per month per student.

  1. IT Support

Most people dismiss this as a non-remote work but it is not true. You can still support a business’s network and information technology requirements via videoconferencing and virtual network computing (VNC).

Rohit, for instance, is a senior network engineer at a marketing agency. He not only supports the agency’s 500-member team’s IT requirements but also freelances for a few hours every day. In his second job, he handles server-level work for a 10-member company. This earns him roughly INR 5,000 a week, which is enough to take care of his individual needs (as a bachelor) for an entire month.

Although remote IT work is a physically toiling job, it is extremely rewarding and in-demand.

Earning Potential: INR 5,000 per week and upwards.

  1. Stock Trading

There won’t be a better time to try your hand at stock trading. Whether you choose to do intra-day trading or buy and sell stocks for long-term gains, it can be a fantastic way to earn money. With capital as low as INR 500, you can start this activity as early as today (provided the market hasn’t closed down).

The only thing you need is some expendable money that you can spend as you enter the lucrative world of Sensex and NIFTY50.

Zerodha is a friendly stock trading app that you can explore. It also has an academy to help you with training.

  1. Remote Insurance Agent

Insurance is a funny subject because everyone knows that they need it but they still hesitate to buy one. The good thing right now is that this healthcare emergency has helped some of them understand the importance of health insurance.

As an agent, you can start canvassing health insurance in your circles and earn a commission on each purchase. The easiest way to do this is to contact any insurance provider (LIC, for example) and register yourself as an agent.

Payments are extremely transparent and you can earn as much as you want.

Earning Potential: Commission from 2% to 40% of monthly/annual insurance premium (in Indian rupees).

  1. TikTok Star

This is a unique job that will depend on your creativity. Choose any topic that you like, produce short TikTok videos, and share them across your circles. The higher your popularity and reach the more likes and shares your videos will garner.

Within a short period of time, you can transform into a TikTok star and reap the benefits of the platform’s revenue system.

Make sure your videos have a unique quality in them in order to gain maximum attention. Use your social media strength to promote and market your videos.

The possibilities of earning money online without investment are endless. People in India are known for their unique moneymaking skills. And some of them are listed above.

But don’t limit yourself to these freelance jobs. Assess your own skills, find a relevant job, and begin the journey of remote working today.

What is The Key to Inclusive Leadership?

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What is The Key to Inclusive Leadership?

Do you feel included in your organization? Companies generally have diverse, multidisciplinary teams. These teams combine the collective capabilities of women and men, people of different cultural heritage, and younger and older workers. But one cannot say that his/her organization has high performance as it involves a mix of people working together.

There is a need for leadership that assures that all the team members feel equally treated, respected and valued. Such leadership is known as inclusive leadership. Organizations should actively work to achieve an inclusive workplace for their employees. It is the responsibility of the leaders to create an inclusive work environment which can recognize and leverage all the unique traits, talents as well as experiences of the team members.

Inclusion is not about diversity. It’s about competitive advantage. And it’s a choice.

Inclusion involves fostering the structure, culture, and mindset of a leader. Incorporating inclusive leadership, allows and encourages each member of the team to have a voice and bring out their best by performing to their potential.

How can you be an inclusive leader?

  • Are you able to recognize your unconscious bias? It is impossible to understand all the values, beliefs, rituals of each employee at work. But you must work to understand your own unconscious bias. To be an inclusive leader you must be aware when you are making assumptions.
  • Do you respect individuality? To become an inclusive leader, you need to respect as well as embrace individual differences, different ideas, and ways of working of your team members. Do not ever expect your employees to be the same.Recognize the value of your team that composes a wide range of skills, passions, and viewpoints. Kristie Rogers, a management professor who researches respect in the workplace, explains how respect for individuals delivers a range of benefits: “Employees who say they feel respected are more satisfied with their jobs and more grateful for, and loyal to their companies.Hence, being an inclusive leader, if you are having respect for individuals in an inclusive workplace, it will not only benefit the employees but also benefit the organization.
  • Does your organization has cultural norms? When these norms are not written anywhere, new employees can know them. Under inclusive leadership, it is the leader’s responsibility to proactively look for ways to make employees feel comfortable. It also focuses on not overlooking the small things. You should get back and amplify your team members’ points with a comment.
  • Do you respect the uniqueness of your team? As an inclusive leader, you must notice and talk about the differences of your team members without making any team members feel objectified. As a leader, you will be more successful when you see and respect the unique qualities of each team member.
  • Do you trust your team members? If yes, then it is a sign of being an inclusive leader. Having an inclusive leadership makes you commit to “We” before “Me”. How will you bring expertise to work?Your team members must trust you and the same way, you should trust them too. Fostering trust between each other enables your team members to feel safe and make them contribute their unique perspectives.
  • Do you adjust your leadership approach? You must proactively adjust your leadership approach to meet the needs of your team members. Inclusive leadership demands an ability to recognize team members’ preferred way of communication.Inclusive leaders can prove their adaptability by not only being flexible but also being open in making adjustments that enable team members to perform at their best.
  • Do you recognize that collaboration is essential to achieve team goals? Inclusive leaders know the importance of sharing ideas, resources as well as energy to execute team goals and create an inclusive environment. Inclusive leadership will demand your team members to work with and not against one another.It is also required that all the team members look out for others on the team so that no member of the team fails. You, as an inclusive leader, must build collaboration both within and across your team, gather the diverse perspectives of your team members, and leverage a range of experiences.While doing so, an inclusive leader can create an environment where your team members feel empowered to offer ideas and expertise to each others. This will make your team members accountable for giving their best effort to ensure the success of the team.

If you as a leader wants to effectively lead your team members and build strong workplace culture, inclusive leadership is considered of utmost importance.

In short, inclusive leaders recognizes the individual differences in the team, listens to his/her employees’ voices, and utilizes their talents as well as skill sets to achieve greater organizational impact. When the leaders know how to create an inclusive culture, the organization can gain the most from each individual’s knowledge and experience.

Training New Hires!

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Training New Hires!

Among the top factors considered while ranking a job or an organization, training and career development are the top two. Studies on employees across the globe have shown that at least 40 percent of newly hired employees stayed longer at a company due to the training courses and onboarding processes. Even the most successful businesses may not have the best employees if they do not train their new employees formally.

While some organizations believe that employees should be able to learn on-the-job, that is not entirely true because even though the employees do get to learn a lot after starting to work, the organization should also know how to train their newly joined employees effectively, helping in better retention rates. This is crucial because the lower retention rates mean higher costs of replacing employees.

More than 90% of employees stay back for at least a year if the organizations are able to provide an effective onboarding process. More than 60% can stick around for at least three years if the companies have well-structured training and onboarding programs.

What kind of training is recommended for new hires?

For happy and productive employees, the training managers should provide all the opportunities possible for the training and growth of the new hires. While many employers believe that training new employees is boring or unnecessary, but with the right training, suiting the employees’ needs, they can create a dynamic team of individuals who are best suited for their team and organization.

Some of the best ways to train employees include:

  • Instructor-led training
  • eLearning
  • Coaching
  • Lectures
  • Simulation
  • Hands-on training
  • Role-plays, case studies, and management-specific activities

Instructor-led training

Instructor-led training is a traditional method used for training employees or learners in a classroom, where a presenter presents the learning material. This method is useful for complex topics that require direct contact with the trainer to receive answers to the questions immediately, in detail and as per need. It is flexible. However, this training method is expensive and time-consuming.

eLearning

eLearning utilizes various audio-visual tools such as online videos, courses, and tests for employees. These are more portable than any other form of training because they can be taken over a smartphone or a laptop. The most interesting factor about eLearning is that a large or unlimited number of employees can be trained using eLearning even remotely. eLearning is also a highly-engaging method of training. However, a major drawback of eLearning is without a proper instructional design strategy, it could fail to convey the meaning of the content being delivered to the employees.

Coaching

Coaching focuses on the relationship between an employee and a peer who is more experienced or highly-skilled. It involves one-on-one mentoring which encourages asking questions that may not be easy to resolve in classroom training or instructor-led training. Coaching can be provided in person or online. However, coaching can be expensive because of the hours that go into it.

Lectures

Lectures are used when employers need to deliver large chunks of information to a large gathering of employees. It is a great resource for communicating messages quickly, but it cannot guarantee clarity. This type of training is outdated because it is ineffective in many cases where employees require two-way communication.

Simulation

The best part of simulation training is it is highly compatible and useful for the internet generation. It employs the usage of computer, augmented or virtual reality devices. Even though the development costs for simulations are high, they are an effective and necessary option for training employees who work in a risky or high-stake environment such as pilots, doctors or army, etc. They provide real-life based learning experience so the employees can implement knowledge immediately in a risk-free environment for practice and use the same on-the-job.

Hands-on Training

This training focuses on the individual needs of the employees. It is also known as on-the-job training and is extremely common in many workplaces. Hands-on training provides an opportunity to develop and experiment skills while working. It requires suitable resources to work best.

Role-plays, case studies, and management-specific activities

Roleplay involves activities for employees, where they consider different perspectives and learn quick decision-making skills. It is highly effective in some environments but may not be effective because it requires more time from employees.

Case studies provide a quick and easy way for employees to gain knowledge on common issues in the workplace. The employees can read at their own pace and also during team-building. Case studies are used for topics that need more focus but cannot be used for complex topics.

Management-specific activities rely on the needs of management. They focus on the best practices for managers. These are only an option when all the training needs of employees have been met before pushing them to learn about manager-related issues.

What are the best practices to improve employee training?

To allow the newly hired employees to adjust to the new environment while making the best of their time in the beginning, organizations must focus on improving training for employees without compromising on quality as well as not losing too much time or resources on the same.

Here are a few ways that work best:

Ensure that the training is targeted correctly

No two teams require the same training. The training should focus on the type of job that the employees are supposed to be doing and whether the content in the training is useful for them.

Training should be fun

Make the training process enjoyable, if possible more interactive. The lighter environment helps new employees to open up and communicate with other employees easily and learn more.

The training should be in effect immediately

The employees should be trained so effectively that they should be confident enough to start using the skills learned during the training immediately.

Train only when needed

Even though may be necessary for employees for a head start, it may not be needed at that particular moment. For instance, if an employee can be trained on a skill which is useful in the future, say after 6 months, it may not be needed in the very beginning.

Most successful organizations focus on the training and development of their employees. For the strategic implementation of the company’s policies and procedures, it needs to make sure that all its employees know and understand what to do when to do it, how to do it and why to do it.

Now is The Time For Online Learning!

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Now is The Time For Online Learning!

With lockdowns galore and in-person presentations a distant possibility now is a time to engage hungry eyes to feast on content online.

Online adult learning is not only a handy mechanism for sharing trendy information amongst colleagues

but also a quick way to get the newest styles on the market as soon as possible.

Slow is a no-go! The key is to optimize certain aspects of the supply chain for the trends to be designed and manufactured quickly and inexpensively and allow the buying at a lower price.

The 5 Essentials for Content that Flows

Let’s overview the 5 musts to grab learner attention.

Go Short – Mini, or Micro!

Short is impactful and micro is the way to go. Produce content with simple objectives and deliver mapped content in quick bursts. Shorts not only ensure easy access but also ensure the content is retained in the learner’s memory. Twice as effective!

Cover Only the Bare Essentials

Focus on your PowerPoints and cover the specifics. Use your assets, package them with an experienced SCORM partner, and add a voiceover to transform slides into a powerful eLearning module.

Chop-Off the Frills

A simple live-recorded video – sans the frills – can ramp-up explanations about the content, to make your knowledge nugget a runaway success. An activity to highlight what the module is all about and to prompt a quick response ensures the engaging module brings your team or your customers up to speed! A plethora of tools – through screen capture or otherwise – let you create and customize videos or you could always work with a pro to up it a notch.

Explore What You Have

Interactivity makes eLearning more engaging. Using existing templates for activities can reduce design and production time. Pop-ups, flashcards, and even journaling activities ensure higher content retention. You can even ask the learners to submit their reflections.

Show it off

Flashes of genius could lurk anywhere.

Discussion and forum platforms are a great place to display your nuggets. Not only are they an effective training tool for adult learners, but also a great way to drive up the level of interaction within your team.

Platforms could be synchronous i.e. everyone accessing the content on offer at the same time – a conference call – or asynchronous, access at different time slots – a discussion board.

Conclusion

Remember to build a thorough map of all the learning topics and the corresponding objective before you start! Doing your homework is the key to not spewing out irrelevant learning.

The only glitch is that some of the learners and entities might be hoarding on cash and saving for the future for all the uncertainty involved in the present situation. About time they value what they are and invest in people for a brighter tomorrow; after all, we wouldn’t have the COVID-19 blunder had we been trained enough.

In the meantime,

  • Go Short – Mini, or Micro!,
  • Cover Only the Bare Essentials,
  • Chop-Off the Frills,
  • Explore What You Have, and
  • Show it off.

Let’s be cheap and grab attention.

Why Project Portfolio Management Is Important?

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PPM or Project Portfolio Management means the collective project management of an entire portfolio of projects rather than managing a single project from start to finish. The PPM is responsible for the entire project portfolio process, which projects to choose and include in it, how to budget and allocate resources to each project in the portfolio when to take on such projects, what is the impact of the time taken and such. Let us explore the best features and mistakes that happen in the PPM process.
The PPM benefits:

1. Decision Making:

PPM drives the business decisions which are taken based on data forecasts and insights. The visibility of data needs to be from the tactical perspective which is a bottoms-up model and the strategic perspective which is a top-down model. Only when this integrated perspective and model is visible and presents the past metrics of PM will one be able to forecast the future trends and draw insights from the strategy. This also helps weed out those projects that are misaligned with corporate objectives.

2. Risk Management

This critical criterion is essential to project portfolio process and PM. The amount of risk-taking needs to be optimal and between safe and risky to ensure profitability. But, PPM is a safe bet to check overspending caused by no visibility into project data, inaccurate scheduling, poor project estimating, and improper resource allocation. Forrester reports suggesting a decrease of 10 percent in overspending on an average in organizations by using effective tools and techniques of PPM.

3. Faster turn times:

Efficient project portfolio process training can help lessen project turn-times by a median value of 10 percent. Repeatable processes such as standardization, governance, and workflow are proven and by aligning PPM with such processes the ambiguity is removed and leads to productivity and business value.  The shortened time to market often prove to be decisive factors in being competitive and getting through earlier.

4. Increases success:

Project failures are oft because of unsuccessful project delivery. The delivery itself depends on schedule delays, cost overruns, ill-managed resources, badly defined requirements, lack of strategy alignment, technical limitations and unresolved issues.  PPM ensures minimization of these factors. The PMI reports affirm project failures reduce by 60 percent and projects executed increase by 30 percent with PPM.

5. Increases collaboration:

Many organizations till date use manual tools for PPM like Excel worksheets located on a client’s computer and not available to the organization in real-time. This can lead to inconsistent and conflicting data. PPM streamlines the data channels in real-time. PPM can help reduce by 25 percent the volume of administrative tasks while improving team collaborations for data streamlining.
The PPM mistakes:

1. Not having a tangible investment strategy:

It is a common practice in many companies, whether start-ups or larger corporations, to directly Starting with funding and budgeting is common in many industries. The priority list of projects is spent on till the budgets are exhausted and a project lower the list often do not see the light of day. PPM works on the resource allocation to all prioritized projects after listing projects aligned with the organization’s productivity and achievement goals.

2. Not dividing large projects into smaller ones:

The agile method is to break large projects into smaller achievable tasks and then prioritize the tasks. This provides smaller releases for testing and action even when the large project is still on-going rather than allowing the whole project to reach a stage of no return. Assigning and allocating team members to each task is also easier and achievable.

3. Not prioritizing tasks:

When multiple projects run it is often easy to ignore those with lower visibility. It is important to prioritize all tasks small and big on to a backlog list which is reviewed often to allow for realigning projects, prioritizing them and getting them done.PPM ensures just this.

4. Letting change get out of hand:

PM is always full of scope-creep which slips in gradually and escalates only when such projects need extra resources to restore their scope. When done late in a project this leads to project failures. PPM is adept at managing scope creep and hence leads to better productivity and efficient time-keeping.

5. Not using a PM tool:

PM tools envisage the status of a project and its visualization using graphic-tools. They enable better opportunity finding, efficient resources allocation, and spot problems before they become critical. Regular reviews even on a daily basis can ensure the smooth process of the project portfolio process. 
In parting, PPM is a very good course you can take up at Imarticus Learning. They also train you to undertake PPM certification from PMI and assure your placements.

Why Node JS is So Popular?

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Node.js is server technology with which a variety of web applications can be created and run. It is very like Spring, Ruby-On-Rails, and the ASP.NET frameworks in what it can do. By leveraging the language of JavaScript it allows the various plugins and NPM-Node Package Manager to learn node JS work on its built-in lightweight web-server. Node.js is a web application that replaces web-sockets with push revolutionary technology.

This scores over the others because it offers a technologically latest web-app with real-time bi-way connections between the client and the server to exchange valuable data. The conventional web response is where the client initiates communication.

Node.js allows the application customization to be needs-based and has many features that make it extremely popular among developers. It is scalable, robust, state-of-the-art and fast. Node.js is the popular framework choice of developers today. It is definitely worth your time to learn node JS.

Here’s why.

Top Reasons for Node.js’s Popularity

1. JavaScript is popular:
Node.js uses JavaScript to build web applications. And, JavaScript is popular and perhaps the only front-end choice in browser web application building! It has been re-versioned many times over and has with Node.js revolutionized server language.

Since most developers are familiar with Java Script’s use transitioning to Node.js is an easy choice for most developers.

2. Speed:
Node.js running on JavaScript has V8 runtime used by Chrome and developed by Google to speed runtime in it. It can execute and compile super fast since it turns JavaScript into native code. It also has its O/I operations executed in an asynchronous manner on a single thread performing all popularly known as the magical event loop.

An application in Node.js when performing O/I operations it sends callback action and asynchronous tasks to the event loop while performing the rest of the program.

Once sync operations are complete automatically the event loop returns to the execute callback task. Unlike conventional looping needing both memory space and being hard to execute the event loop in Node.js is lightweight and executes at lightning speed making network connections and writing/reading to file system database easy.

Node permits scalable applications handling huge amounts of simultaneous connections on the network with high throughput.

3. Lightweight:
Node.js uses event-driven architecture meaning all tasks executed on it is a series of asynchronous callbacks. Thus a single thread is used without every client request generating a new thread. This makes Node.js lightweight and is the basis of Node’s I/O non-blocking feature. It is just as easy in the learn node JS feature!

4. Single layer language:
Node.js is a reusable language and unlike ASP.NET or Spring does not need another language to write server-side code. In C#, Java,VB.NET etc there are two languages namely the server-side and client-side. Node needs JavaScript only making the job of the developers simpler and easier.

5. Excellent performance:
Node.js is used by PayPal who reported a 35 per cent reduction of response time and doubling the number of requests/second.

WalMart, in 2013 deployed Node.js to handle mobile-based traffic on Black Friday, the busiest annual shopping time.

Yet, WalMart servers reflected 1 per cent CPU utilization with 200,000,000 users online. LinkedIn, moved to Node from Ruby to handle their mobile traffic. They reduced their server numbers to 3 from 30 a 90 per cent capacity reduction. The LinkedIn system speeded up 20x. That’s how Node.js performs!

6. Easy to host:
There are several web servers and cloud-based hosting providers supporting apps on Node out-of-the-box. Some of them are Heroku, Google, Microsoft-IIS, Amazon-AWS, Microsoft-Azure etc.

7. Maintain and modify easily:
Traditionally when requirements are fed the apps become rigid and less adaptive over time. But those applications on Node.js are in a bunch form of small applications. Thus adding new functionalities or making changes is easy and does not have to involve the code-base.

Conclusion:
Keeping in mind that the front-end developers are highly paid and never have to search for jobs Node.js is definitely the way to go in stack expansion. Node.js brings awesome benefits to developers in web application development and its popularity shows it is here to stay.

One must change with technology when technology changes rapidly as it does in current times. Do learn node JS at Imarticus Learning where technical skills and soft-skills are honed to make you career ready from day one.

Why Is Professionalism Important at the Workplace?

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Professionalism is perhaps the most misunderstood and over described term in modern times. Therefore, it is difficult to explain the precise expectation clearly. And because we often hear how vital it is to behave “professionally” we go on with our own interpretation of the expected perception.
The customary code of conduct is our easiest adaptation on following the method of the organisation, which to us is our guide to being a professional employee. We follow guileless like the dress code, office hours, doing the given job in a timely manner, basic dos and don’ts, which are self-explanatory. One doesn’t ponder over it for long and accepts, if what is written is followed, one will be considered a professional employee.
But what to employers exactly mean by this term? Certainly, it’s good to do one’s job well and show up on time regularly. But then again are there additional things expected of you if you rightly want to be regarded as a professional?
Your employer might not tell you exactly about their idea of being professional simply because they may expect you to know about it. It may only come up when you indulge in something they term “Unprofessional” or “Unexpected”, (for instance not attending a meeting with equipment to take notes)

Ways to be considered a professional: 
Acting like or conceivably one will be considered professional if your actions and presence make others think of you as a Reliable, Competent, Dependable, Respectful, and Believer of Integrity.
Being professional would mean to be consistently good at what you do, staying true to your words, meeting deadlines dependable, to be upfront about where things stand, to approach people with respect and most importantly to be proactive in upgrading your skills, being positive, focused, not letting your personal life dominate professional, listening to what is being said, supporting others, making informed decisions.
As said earlier the definition is vast, but if genuinely thought over, the above-mentioned traits are only a few ways to building a Professional Atmosphere which has myriad advantages.

  • Creates Boundaries – Workers who conduct themselves professionally avoid crossing their line with subordinates, superiors or clients
  • Creates an Atmosphere of Improvement – A professional atmosphere is more conducive to success.
  • The sense of Responsibility – In a professional atmosphere, an employee while handling a task, sees the larger purpose, and hence are able to own their actions and take appropriate decisions. One takes pride in performing the tasks assigned to them.  This adds to the overall image of not only the employee but also showcases the value by which the organisation stands.
  • Mitigates Conflicts – businesses which promote a professional atmosphere also makes it easier to deal with diverse environments in which subordinates or even clients could have a difference of opinion however they can agree to disagree and come together on common grounds.
  • Increased Job Satisfaction – Professionalism eliminates stress to a great degree and once that is taken care of an employee thrives in a healthy atmosphere leading to enhanced performance.
  • Personal Growth – Not only in terms of job advancement, but there are a certain dignity and pride in one’s work that develops. You get appreciated for consistently good quality output and that in turn builds your confidence, makes you a more secure person who is then capable of handling difficult situations with refined emotional maturity.

It is important to note that demonstrating professionalism is important at all levels in an organisation. Professionalism is not the responsibility of the leadership team but is vital at all levels. You can display professionalism in something as small as never forgetting an attachment to your emails, or writing without any grammatical errors, or in something as complex as performing a task with limited resources in the given time even when the delay was unavoidable.
Professionalism can become a part of your personality, (not keeping people waiting, being responsive etc..,) People with high levels of professionalism are most frequently considered for Job advancement.
Professionalism goes a long way in one’s personal career success as well as the success of the organisation.

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Which Courses To Take If You Are Considering Fintech as a Career Option?

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Which Courses To Take If You Are Considering Fintech as a Career Option?

Fintech is the morphing of Technology and Finance. The emergence of this sector has seen a revolution in the way financial transactions are being made. Blockchain technology which spurred the growth of the fintech industry is today adopted in almost every conceivable sphere of activity. Fintech combines the offering of financial solutions through the use of innovative technology like the blockchain, IoT, AI, and AR among many others.

Fintech is truly an innovation of a disruption in startups. It has brought to us Crowdfunding, Cryptocurrencies, New-age modern banks, Money Management Tools, and Lending Services Peer-To-Peer, amongst others. With such growth obviously the sector needs people who can help it grow. Demand has gone through the roof and supply is hard to find. Yes, this means payouts and salaries are high. No wonder everyone wants to join the fintech sector. 

Consider a career in Fintech
Certification in Fintech is an excellent idea as the industry is new and demand is high. The certification validates your skills and experiences to dive into the fintech world. For earning such certification, you will need to take up a good course like the Imarticus’ Fintech Pro degree. 

The Fintech courses offer a good grasp of basics, concepts, theoretical knowledge, practical skills and certifications that could help enhance your resume and career. They also offer boot camps, short term workshops, and knowledge valuable to enter the industry. Another advantage in such a course is of mentoring by certified and experienced industry aces that helps garner the latest best practices, techniques, skills, and practice on the latest trending technologies in the Fintech industry.

While certification helps you become an excellent communicator and work diligently to acquire the best analytical and business skills. You will need a basic degree in technology, finance or Management. Besides, technical skills in DevOps, IoT, Python, Machine Learning, Big Data, and Hadoop will definitely help.

Where the jobs are:
The Fintech industry badly needs personnel in
• Blockchain Technology
• Digital Payments
• Big Data handling
• Digital Wealth Management
• Analytics Solutions

Job roles available and in demand are for: 
• Project Managers
• Data management experts
• Sales
• HR
• Financial experts in various fields like equity funding, debt capital markets etc.

Non-transferable skills will need to be developed and aligned with the enterprise’s needs. You must have the following traits.
1. Interpersonal Communication skills
2. Ability to solve problems creatively.
3. Collaborative team skills
4. Ability to work with ambiguity, pressure, and demands from the startup environment.
5. Discipline and integrity since you will be working on financial transactions.
6. A good learner as there may be no SOPs.

Payouts: Definite standards in payouts are not present as of now. However, consider the fact that it is an emerging and rapidly developing sector. Demand for personnel drives larger payouts and growth of your career. According to reports on Glassdoor, the payments are very appreciative and second to very few.

Wrapping up:

The millennial babies will find excellent demand for them in the Fintech industries as digitized payments, services and technologies ensure an undying job market in the software, analytics, Machine Learning, Financial markets and services for the Fintech industry. Be prepared. Careers never happen by chance. They result from your choice!

What Is The Change Management Process In Healthcare?

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Change is the only constant thing in the world. People need to equip and adapt themselves to the changing environment and technology to cope up with the pace at which the world is travelling ahead. The medical field is a very competitive field with a lot of responsibility. Health care management works hard to manage change and get equipped and maintain the expertise necessary to carry out their professional tasks.

As the speed at which change is travelling has doubled it vital to managing change which is more about dealing with the complexity of the process of change management in healthcare.

For a successful adaptation of a change management process in healthcare, the following points have to be implemented:

Change in consumer behavior patterns: The ultimate aim of marketers is to drive the interests of the consumer by making their experience more personalized. Such is the expectation of the consumers with the health care industry. The consumer expects their involvement in their health care decisions.

So, health care management is working towards developing more consumer-centred approaches and decisions to give them a personalized and satisfactory experience.

Be ready to accept and expect the change anytime: iNstead of avoiding the change being proactive about it can make a humongous difference. Voluminous and disruptive change can be tackled with ease if you expect and accept change.

Be competent and ready for a change in organisational culture, change in technology or a different business model. Understanding the change and implementing it for the benefit of the organisational goals is the best process of change management in health care.

Excellent communication within healthcare: Change in healthcare may affect multiple levels in the organisation. So, the internal team needs to make timely and transparent communication with other members for smooth adoption of change. Communication is the key to an efficient transition of change within healthcare.

Predictable change may give you more time to react whereas unpredictable change is difficult to handle as it comes without notice. Changes in healthcare are more likely to be unpredictable. Senior management and managers need a broader perspective of change to have a better framework for change management.

Bringing about the change in healthcare requires sheer perseverance and patience. The commitment of the managers and focus is also a quintessential part of the process to learn change management courses.

Understanding the vision and mission of the organisation and implementing only the required changes is the key to success. Measuring and monitoring the implemented change is also essential for knowing if the change has fulfilled its purpose or not.

Conclusion
 If you master the process of change management, then change will be a beneficial factor rather than being scary or frightening agenda. It is all about being resilient and accepting change as and when it comes to you.

The ultimate goal should be to thrive through the change and not survive the change. Change management in healthcare entails continuous improvements in the existing capabilities of the organisation and empowering more support for the leaders to implement the change.

 

When Professionals Run Into Problems With Interview Preparation, This Is What They Do

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No matter how seasoned a professional might be, interviews can be a quite nerve-wrecking experience for many individuals looking for a new job. In the current day market and intense competition, it is essential for interview candidates to ace their interviews and this competitive pressure can make even experienced professionals nervous.

Here are some tips that can help interview candidates to boost their confidence, reduce their nervousness and deliver a good impression during their interview.

> Do you Own Research

Interview candidates should conduct their own research about the company and its business where they have been called up for an interview. Knowing about a company, its products and services, its competition, its market environment etc. will provide the candidate with a better understanding of the company’s needs and expectations and enable them to better sell themselves during the interview.

Also, knowing about the company’s culture towards gaining insight regarding the potential happiness you might gain working for the company. This research can be done by conducting an online search about the company, speaking to people you might know to work in the company, reading online employee reviews on various discussion forums etc.

Candidates need to ensure that they look sharp and appear presentable during the interview as the first impression you create can be a lasting one. Even if the company has a casual working environment, candidates should dress to portray confidence.

>Look Sharp
Candidates need to ensure that they look sharp and appear presentable during the interview as the first impression you create can be a lasting one. Even if the company has a casual working environment, candidates should dress to portray confidence.

> Be Prepared
Candidates should always carry additional copies of their resumes in case they need to be interviewed by other departmental managers on the same day. The candidates should also arrange their reference letters, proof of previous employment, academic credentials in handy in case they are required during the interview. This shows that the candidate is organised and portrays a positive image in front of the interviewer.

> Be Punctual
Never arrive for an interview late as it portrays a negative first impression in the mind of the interviewer and the hiring managers. There is no harm coming for an interview half an hour before your scheduled interview.

> Prepare answers for some frequently asked questions
Candidates can prepare for some frequently asked questions well in advance to enable them to be ready for such questions and answer these questions confidently. Some of the most commonly asked questions during a job interview include.

  •         Tell us something about yourself?
  •         What do you consider as your greatest strength and weakness?
  •        Tell us about your work History?
  •        Where do you see yourself in the next 5 years?
  •        Describe a time when you failed and how did you respond to your failure?
  •        Why did you leave your last job and what are your expectations while working with us?

Listen to the Interview
Candidates often do not listen to the interview questions properly and end up answering for a question not asked during the interview. It is vital that a candidate patiently listens to the interviewer’s questions and in case there are some clarifications required, the candidate should feel free to ask for clarification.

> Provide Examples
Experienced professionals should provide examples from their previous work experience while answering questions asked during an interview. Providing examples can showcase a candidates work experience and knowledge much accurately rather than merely responding to questions asked.

> Communicate what you are bringing to the Table
An experienced professional should always communicate the interviewer what they will bring to the table, as it will help the candidate sell themselves better during an interview. This can be done by providing your past achievements, providing statistics regarding your contribution to your previous jobs etc. A candidate’s accomplishments are their biggest asset during a job interview, and they should never shy away from communicating them to the interviewer.

> Ask Questions
Many candidates fail to ask questions to the interviewer. These questions can provide them with valuable information regarding the company, the job and most importantly, the companies expectations from the candidate. This can give the candidates with some insights which can further enable to answer their interview questions much confidently and as frame their answer as per the expectations of the interviewer.

It is understandable that interviews can give even the most experienced and professional candidates some jitters, but being prepared can help to calm their nerves, appear confident and sell themselves better.