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Friday, November 6, 2009

Iran to give UN watchdog more details on nuclear fuel plan


TEHRAN: Iran said on Friday it is preparing to give more details on its response to international proposals for supplying nuclear fuel and expects
more negotiations, even as Washington warned the time for talking is over. Foreign minister Manouchehr Mottaki said Iran would give the additional details to the UN nuclear watchdog following the initial response it gave to the proposals from three major powers on October 29. "We have some more details which we have to give to the International Atomic Energy Agency," state television quoted him on its website as saying. "We have three options -- enrich the fuel ourselves, buy it directly or exchange our uranium for fuel," he said. "They (the IAEA and the major powers) have to choose from these options. Given the need of Iran to have the fuel, my view is that they will accept another round of discussions." Mottaki's suggestion of further talks came despite a warning from US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton yesterday that Washington's patience at Tehran's failure to give its definitive response was beginning to wear thin. She called on Iran to accept unamended the proposals drawn up by the IAEA after talks it held with France, Russia and the United States. "As I have said, this is a pivotal moment for Iran, and we urge Iran to accept the agreement as proposed," Clinton told reporters.

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Taj corridor: SC to hear Mayawati's plea against HC order





NEW DELHI: Uttar Pradheh chief minister Mayawati on Friday challenged in the Supreme Court the decision of the Allahabad High Court to issue her
notice for resumption of criminal proceedings against her in the Taj Heritage Corridor scam. Mayawati's petition was mentioned before a bench comprising Justices R V Raveendran and B Sudershan Reddy which decided to hear it on November 16. The BSP chief was issued a notice by the High Court on a PIL filed by some residents of Lucknow who had challenged the June 5, 2007 order of a special CBI court by which the proceedings were dropped against her and her cabinet colleague Naseemuddin Siddiqui. Senior advocates Mukul Rohtagi and S C Mishra, an aide of Mayawati, said the Lucknow Bench of the High Court has erroneously entertained the PIL without taking into account that the Governor had refused to grant sanction for her prosecution in the alleged multi-crore rupee scam. The Chief Minister's appeal was listed for hearing on November 9 but her counsel said since the High Court has also fixed November 11 to hear it, the apex court can put off the hearing by a week. Advocate Kamini Jaiswal said she has been instructed by the PIL petitioners to oppose the appeal of Mayawti. She disputed the claim of BSP chief's counsel that the matter was listed on Monday. However, the Bench said "you can't have objection."
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Fatwa issued against 'Vande Mataram'


According to a resolution, Muslims should not sing 'Vande Mataram' as its reciting is against the Islam. The resolution, which was passed at the Deoband national convention meet, says that Muslims should not sing 'Vande Mataram' as some verses of the patriotic song are against the tenets of Islam. The JEU leader said that the some of the line in the song is against Islam. Meanwhile, home minister P Chidambaram addressed a Jamait-e-Ulema Hind conference in Deoband today. Meanwhile, the Muslim Law Board justified the decision saying that (Muslims) can’t offer prayers to anyone but Allah. Kamal Farooqui, a prominent leader of the Board said, "We love the nation but can't worship it."

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Take on folks in Beijing and Bangalore, Obama tells students

WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama has hit the road to push a new $4.35 billion grant programme to encourage American schools to develop
internationally competitive standards to let its students take on "folks in Beijing and Bangalore." The "Race to the Top" fund is one of the largest federal investments in school reform in US history, Obama said on a trip to Wisconsin Wednesday. It is being financed with money made available through the economic stimulus plan enacted in February. "We're putting over $4 billion on the table ... but we're not just handing it out to states because they want it," Obama told an audience at a Wisconsin public charter school making it clear that the grants will go to only those "committed to real change in the way you educate your kids." "So, a race to the top has begun in our schools, but the real competition will begin when states apply for the actual Race to the Top grants," he said outlining four key reform measures that will be used to help determine a state's eligibility for grant money. "The first measure is whether a state is committed to setting higher standards and better assessments that prepare our children to succeed in the 21st century," Obama said noting that 48 US states are now working to develop internationally competitive standards. "...Internationally competitive standards because these young people are going to be growing up in an international environment where they're competing not just against kids in Chicago or Los Angeles for jobs, but they're competing against folks in Beijing and Bangalore," he said. Second, the state will need to demonstrate a commitment to policies designed to encourage the recruitment and retention of effective teachers and principals. Conversely, teachers that fail to adequately perform need to be removed, he said. Third, it will need to design systems to measure student success. Finally, federal officials will examine whether a state is taking steps to overhaul its lowest-performing schools. "We'll look at whether they're willing to remake a school from top to bottom, with new leaders and a new way of teaching," Obama said. The process of doing so may include replacing a school's staff or even closing a school and sending its students to a better one nearby, he noted.
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Thursday, November 5, 2009

Double-digit salary hike for employees in 2010


NEW DELHI: Indian companies are projected to reward employees with an average pay hike of 10.9% next year, a survey has found, marking the return of
double-digit salary increases and optimism about the future. The survey by HR consulting firm Mercer also shows that companies are restarting hiring after a year which saw most them trim workforce levels to cut costs and compete in the worst global recession since the Great Depression in the 1930s. Industry estimates show that in 2008, salaries rose by an average 8-9% and by about 13% in 2007. Indian companies are expected to give salary hikes at an average of 8% this year, according to Mercer. India’s economy grew by 6.7% in 2008-09 after three years of expanding by about 9%. The Planning Commission expects GDP to expand by 6.3% in the fiscal to March 2010. The first in a series of quarterly surveys, Mercer covered 93 companies, one-fourth of them from the IT & telecom sectors, 16% from the pharma industry and 14% from the consumer segment. Employees in the automobile, pharma and consumer products sectors can expect pay hikes of 12% while those in IT & telecom and financial services are likely to see their salaries rise by an average 10-11% in 2010. This year, these sectors had rewarded staff with pay hikes ranging from 5% to 9%. “The IT sector is showing improved sentiment with salary increases expected to leap by a few percentage points next year after a long-lasting lull of near 0% increase this year,” said Gangapriya Chakraverti, Mercer India’s leader for the information product solutions business. Companies in the automobile and auto parts sector are expected to offer a 12% salary increase next year and end the current year with an average 9% pay hike. The sector has been on an upswing with robust demand from the domestic market. One in two companies indicated an intent to hire to add to the headcount in the next three months. Only 2% said they were looking to cut workforce levels and the rest expected no change in their headcount by the end of 2009. “Most companies presented a more optimistic picture on workforce and compensation, with 50% of our respondents expected to hire in the next three months either to add headcount or to replace for attrition so far,” said Ms Chakraverti. Voluntary attrition rates in the last quarter have seen a decline, with average attrition being 7.8% across the industry. Sectors such as energy & IT, which have traditionally faced very high employee turnover, experienced a significant reduction in attrition percentages. Over half of the companies indicated that they cut their workforce in the past 12 months, with the IT sector the worst hit — almost every company in the sector cut manpower. While some companies reduced headcount to cut costs, others did so to restructure people and processes to be better prepared for the future. “Yet, the need to attract and engage the right employees is as strong as ever. A new balanced approach to total rewards — one that appreciates the needs of both the business and its employees — is much needed, challenging as it may be,” Ms Chakraverti observed. Companies have been focusing on linking employee remuneration during the slowdown to their performance, but not many changed the ratio of fixed and variable pay components during the year. Most companies indicated that they strengthened their performance appraisal systems in the recent past by either increased communication with employees or aggressive performance differentiation. Individual performance, coupled with company performance, was the most commonly used criterion for determining performance bonus. About 92% of the respondents gave out performance-related bonuses annually, while the rest opted for half-yearly, quarterly or monthly payouts. Nine in ten companies review salaries once every year with April being the most prevalent salary review month, followed by January and July. Majority of the companies in India do not have a formal mid-term review policy but many deferred the review process by at least a quarter or more in 2009. As a result, many companies gave increments in July and the rest are expected to give a salary hike this month. For instance, IT major Infosys opted to kick off its appraisal process in October this year, after witnessing two quarters of good results. It usually followed a cycle that began in April every year.
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Government to list all unlisted non-loss making PSUs


NEW DELHI: The government on Thursday decided that all listed central public sector undertakings (CPSUs) would increase the public holding to 10%
and all unlisted profitable state-owned entities should go public. "All profitable listed CPSEs (central public sector enterprises or CPSUs) should need the mandatory listing of 10 per cent public ownership," home minister P Chidambaram told reporters after the meeting of Cabinet Committee of Economic Affairs here. The government has also decided that all unlisted CPSEs which have made profit in the past 3 years and have a positive networth should get listed on stock exchanges, he said, adding that CPSEs would enter the market at "appropriate" time. The decision will have a bearing on mineral major NMDC and MMTC as the public shareholding in these companies is 1.62 per cent and 0.67 per cent respectively. As per SEBI regulation, listed companies are required to divest a minimum of 10 per cent of the equity to the public. The minister further said the proceeds of the disinvestment would straight away go to meeting the capital expenditure of the government's social sector programmes, without being routed through National Investment Fund (NIF). In pursuance of its disinvestment programme, the government had offloaded its stake in Oil India Ltd and NHPC in the current fiscal. It has also unveiled plans to reduce its shareholding in NTPC, Sutluj Jal Vidyut Nigam and Rural Electrification Corporation.
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Full circle: India buys 200 tons gold from IMF


WASHINGTON/NEW DELHI: More than 18 years after New Delhi pawned 67 tons of gold to tide over a balance of payments crisis, the Reserve Bank of India
has bought thrice that amount of gold from the International Monetary Fund to diversify its assets. The IMF on Monday announced the sale of 200 metric tons of gold to the RBI, saying it represented almost half of the total sales volume of 403.3 metric tons that was approved by the Fund's Executive Board in September. Welcoming the purchase of 200 metric tons of gold by India's RBI, IMF MD Dominique Strauss-Kahn said, "I strongly welcome this transaction with RBI." "It is an important step toward achieving the objectives of the IMF's limited gold sales program, which are to help put the Fund's finances on a sound long-term footing and enable us to step up much-needed concessional lending to the poorest countries." For India, the purchase, apart from signaling that its economy has come full circle, is a way of spreading its assets which are said to be currently over-weighted with foreign currency, mainly in the form of sovereign US Treasury bonds. In other words, it is a hedge against a falling dollar. India is the world's largest private gold consumer, but the government's holding of gold as an asset is modest. Even so, the latest purchase puts it at Number 10 among the list of top 10 gold-holders in the world. Of India's current foreign exchange reserves of nearly $285 billion, foreign currency assets account for more than 90% ($268.3 billion), followed by gold ($10.3 billion), IMF's Special Drawing Rights ($5.2 billion) and a reserve position in the IMF of $1.59 billion. While India's current gold holdings, accounting for just 3.7% of assets, are said to be historically low, buying 200 tons in addition to the 358 tons it already holds is expected to bump up the gold reserves to more than 6%. The dash to gold is prompted by the unsteady dollar and countries such as China, Russia and Brazil have already gone this route. Commenting on the purchase, finance minister Pranab Mukherjee said, "It doesn't mean we don't prefer the dollar any more or like gold any better." Recalling the embarrassment of 1991, when India was forced to mortgage a part of its gold reserve, he said that when RBI recently asked whether it should invest in gold, he told the central bank it could do so to bolster the reserve. An RBI statement said the purchase of gold was made as part of the bank's foreign exchange reserves management operations. The IMF said the transaction, which is in the process of being settled, involved daily sales that were phased over a two week period during October 19-30, 2009, with each daily sale conducted at a price set on the basis of market prices prevailing that day. Officials said the total sales proceeds are equivalent to US$ 6.7 billion at an average gold price of $ 1045 per ounce. India's gold trauma occurred in the summer of 1991, when faced with dwindling foreign exchange reserves and a possibility of a default on payments, the government hocked 47 tons of gold to the Bank of England and 20 tons of gold to the Union Bank of Switzerland to raise $ 600 million. The move helped tide over the balance of payment crisis, and also kick-started the reforms process when the next Prime Minister, Narasimha Rao, appointed Dr Manmohan Singh as the finance minister.
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India's exports drop by 13.8% in September



NEW DELHI: India's exports remained downhill for 12 months in a row, declining by 13.8% to $13.6 billion in September, but the damage to exports
inflicted by recession in big markets seems to be bottoming out. Due to a sharp drop in crude oil prices to $76 per barrel from a peak of $147 per barrel last year, the country's imports fell by a drastic 31.3% in September this year to $21.3 billion. As a result, the country's trade gap narrowed to $7.7 billion against $15.3 billion in the same month in 2008, according to official data released today. For the April-August period of the current fiscal, the overseas shipments dropped by 28.5% to $77.9 billion from $108.9 billion in the same period last year. However, the fall in September shrank by about six% as compared with 19.4% in August. The exports for 2008-09 now stands revised to $185 billion. Exports started going down from October last year, a month after the global economic situation worsened following the collapse of Lehman Brothers.

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Strong summer placements at IIMs



BANGALORE/AHMEDABAD: Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) are elated at the good response from corporates to the summer placements.
Last year, with the downfall of Lehman Brothers and economy slowdown, some firms stayed away from the campus while those who participated in the placement process reduced the number of offers. But it is a different story this year. Students of batch 2009-11 of IIM, Ahmedabad heaved a sigh of relief after over 150 of a total of 315 students were placed for the summers by the end of second day. "Marketing was a hot favourite with some of the most sought after recruiters being Diageo (of Smirnoff, Johnnie Walker and Guinness fame), Nokia and Coca Cola," said Nissim Nabar, member of IIM-A media cell. Summer placements at IIM-A, which was the first among the IIMs to take off, are being closely watched because this will set the trend for how various sectors fare in the coming season. The second day of the summer placement process at IIM-A had students finding place in top notch consulting, marketing and general management jobs. A few finance firms also were picking students. "Hindustan Unilever and Procter & Gamble, which are on top of the preference list of students looking at a career in marketing, were back on campus to recruit summer interns for 2010," said Nabar. The mood is exuberant at IIM-Bangalore where summer placements are expected to begin from November 6. Though there is some amount of nervousness, students are optimistic. IIM-Calcutta, where the summer placement begins on Wednesday,, the challenge is getting all the 408 students placed. "All of last year's firms are expected back along with a good number of new firms," Paul Savio, external relations secretary, IIM-C, told TOI. Following the crash of global banking and financial sectors, the IIMs, last year, focused on tech service firms to explore job opportunities. "This year, we have all our regular IT and IT consulting firms returning again. Many companies across all sectors are participating in the placements. This year's surprise is start-ups. We even have some NGOs and sports-based companies showing interest," said Savio. IIM-Kozhikode too has a lot of new sectors in micro-finance and NGOs. "These can add up to nearly 15% of the placements," said Rohan Jaikishen, placement committee member, IIM-K. The placement process is expected to start this week or early next week. IIM-Lucknow placements chairman R L Raina said, "The offers are expected to go up. This is a sign of economic growth."

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Rupee stronger by 35 paisa against dollar


MUMBAI: Amid a strong equity market, the Indian rupee today appreciated by 35 paisa at 47.05/06 against the US currency on expectations of heavy
capital inflows and dollar selling by exporters. Fores dealers said a weak dollar overseas against a basket of currencies also led to the rise in rupee value. They said the rupee sentiment was also boosted by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee's statement that the government will not put any curbs on foreign inflows and ruled out withdrawal of fiscal stimulus packages till the economy recovers fully. The domestic currency moved in a range of 46.97 and 47.25 during the day after resuming stronger at 47.22/23 a dollar from its last close of 47.40/41 a dollar. The rupee had weakened by 44 paisa against dollar on Tuesday following a sharp fall of over 3.0 per cent in the benchmark Sensex, which today recovered by 3.29 per cent. The 30-share index today gained 507 points to close at 15,912.13. Meanwhile, in the overseas market, the dollar dropped sharply ahead of a policy decision by the US Federal Reserve.

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SBI may withdraw 8% home,car loan offers


New Delhi: As RBI has signalled an end of soft interest rate regime, the State Bank of India is considering to withdraw its special home and car
loan schemes, carrying an interest rate of 8% for the first year of repayment period of loan. SBI's current special scheme will expire on November 7. A senior SBI official said the bank will take a final view within this week. Other PSU banks are also considering to withdraw special schemes, announced to revive the demand for houses and cars in Q1 of 2009, when the country was facing one of the worst economic slowdown in the last five years. To counter slowdown, RBI had also announced a number of measures to infuse liquidity, leading to fall in interest rates. The measures helped in putting the economy back on revival path. Since inflationary pressure is also mounting, RBI governor D Subbarao, while unveiling review of monetary policy, said central bank's main focus will be on checking inflation and for this monetary policy could be tightened. But this gave a signal to bankers that interest rates are likely to go up, prompting them to consider to withdraw offering loans at lower rates under special schemes. The apprehension is RBI may increase CRR — the proportion of deposits that banks need to keep with central bank —by half a percentage points to 5.5%, sooner or later, to mop up excess liquidity from system. Bankers say special schemes were launched in February to attract new borrowers to kick-start economic revival. At that time banks were saddled with old deposits at high interest rates, making cost of fund high. If banks had cut the enchmark rates, interest rates on existing loans would have come down, making yield from loan lower than cost of fund. So, to insulate overall yields on loans, banks announced schemes at lower rates, without cutting benchmark rate. Over a period of time, high cost deposits have been re-priced at lower rates, lowering overall cost of fund. This enabled banks to cut benchmark rates. When SBI had announced its special schemes in February, its benchmark rate was around 13.25% and home loan at around 12%. Now, PLR has declined to 11.75% and home loan at 9.25%-10%. Even if special schemes are withdrawn, there would not be much escalation in the overall cost of borrowing, a senior banker said.

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Gold conquers yet another peak


MUMBAI: Gold continued its record-making spree and conquered yet another peak on the bullion market on Wednesday, driven by aggressive buying from
stockists and traders following a surge in global markets. In the domestic market, standard gold (99.5 purity) soared by Rs 390 per 10 grams to close at Rs 16,630 from Tuesday's closing level Rs 16,240. Pure gold (99.9 purity) also shot up by a similar margin to end at Rs 16,715 per 10 grams to Rs 16,325 on Tuesday. Silver ready (.999 fineness) rose by Rs 1,080 per kg to end at Rs 27,770 from Rs 26,690 previously. The current rising trend was mainly attributed to the prevailing global trend as the domestic market always look for cues, traders said. The record-breaking spree in gold even made inroads into international markets. In London, gold hit record highs above $1,095 an ounce sparked by India's purchase of 200 tonnes of gold from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) supported by dollar's weakness against basket of currencies. US gold futures also hit record highs at $1,096.20 an ounce on the Comex division of the NYMEX. Spot silver was bid at $17.45 an ounce as against $17.20.

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26/11 terrorists were stressed,handlers motivated them


MUMBAI: Pakistan-based conspirators of 26/11 terror attacks, who were in constant touch with the terrorists here on telephone, had tried to boost
the morale of one of the attackers who seemed to have developed fatigue and stress while fighting armed forces for two days at Nariman House. This was revealed in the court on Wednesday through CDs which contained recorded telephone talks between the attackers and their Pakistan-based handlers intercepted during the siege. In a conversation, terrorist Babar Imran tells his Pakistani handler that another terrorist Abu Umer had developed stress and fatigue and had some anxious moments. Therefore, he (Imran) had confined him to a room. The handler then told Imran to give the cell phone to Umer so that he can motivate him to fight the armed forces. He then asked Umer whether he had performed Namaz and also if he had fired at targets. He also reminded Umer that he had to fight like a lion. "If you see movements (of armed forces) then you fire". Umer assured him that he would follow the instructions. The handler also asked Imran whether they had killed hostages, to which Imran said he was waiting for their call. The handler then told Imran that he was free to kill hostages and Imran fires from his gun (the shots were heard on telephone). The handler inquired whether he had killed one hostage or two, to which Imran said he killed one and Umer shot dead the other hostage.
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Thursday, October 29, 2009

IMPACT OF GLOBALIZATION





Impact of Globalization, both theoretically and practically, can be observed in different economic, social, cultural, political, finance, and technological dimensions of the world. Globalization brought about a new world order and is gradually reaching new heights, integrating all the fields to form a cohesive network. The Impact of Globalization has crossed the economy to influence all phases of human life challenging their national and individual particularities. Globalization impact has touched all political, cultural, economic, and ideological dimensions. With the onset of the western democratic system the Impact of Globalization on politics is visible. In economic globalization the impact ranges from production, consumption, commercial exchange, and distribution. In the cultural domain, globalization had its impact on the imagination, idealism, theories, thought process, and practices of humankind.
However, the Impact of Globalization had the best possible results on the Information and Communication system. This globalization of information is observed with the globalized telecommunications and information technologies operating in today's world. For instance, the satellite TV channels, cellular phones, broadband, Internet, and so forth. All these have successfully transformed the world into a global village. The globalization of information is also proved from the usage of the most popular language, English, in the Internet. Moreover, there is the diminished use of paper with the spread of the new globalized information technology. Today, at present only few international news agencies dominate the total information system, such as, the Associated Press and the United Press of USA, Reuters of Great Britain, and Agence France Presse of France. Another Impact of Globalization is in the field of Science, with the introduction of new fresh attempts in scientific research and capabilities of invention. In this, the nations like the United States of America, the European Union, and Japan have reached heights. This globalization of science leads to the fusion of scientific data and rules to form a uniform network of database. The Impact of the Globalization of economy, politics, information, and technology, results in the globalization of culture. The present day TV channels, movies and advertisements are open to all parts of the world imparting modern education. This again transforms the values, ethics, religion, and thought processes of the mankind as a whole. The best outcome of the globalized culture is the evaluation and improvement in the status of women. Another significant change is the demand for equal rights by the emerging "third gender" in today's world. According to them against global human right system, there should be division of humankind into three genders along with the males and females. The Impact of Globalization on culture is also observed in the discussions held at the World Intellectual Property Organization, in which the Americans requested the original bearer of all types of intellectual items, like books, songs, scripts, to give up their copyrights for large private groups. However, this was countered by the European Union countries and on the other hand accepted by Great Britain. Again, France, one of the European countries, got engaged in a movement for the grant of cultural exclusiveness in the fields of audio-visual and cinematic production.

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Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Reading Body Language ThrougMan’s Hairstyle
“Hair is often an excellent predictor of someone’s self-image and lifestyle,” says Jo-Ellan Dimitrius in Reading People: How to Understand People and Predict Their Behavior – Anyplace, Anytime. “Your hairstyle can reveal how you feel about aging, how extravagant or practical you are, how much importance you attach to impressing others, your socioeconomic background, your overall emotional maturity, and sometimes even the part of the country where you were raised or now live.”
When you’re reading body language through a man’s hairstyle, keep current fashion trends in mind. What was popular in the 80s isn’t now, which means that an 80s hairstyle says something different about a man today than it did in the 80s.
Hairstyle is part of the whole package that offers tips on personality, behavior, and lifestyle.
What Coiffed or Styled Hair on a Man Reveals
When a man’s hair is carefully cut, blow-dried, and hair sprayed, it could indicate that he’s into the power image. A man who pays close attention to his hair may also have expensive or trendy clothes, shoes, accessories, and toys. Reading body language in this case isn’t difficult: this man is probably vain and wants to impress others.

“All other things – the suit, the shoes – being equal, the man with the coiffed hair is almost guaranteed to be more concerned with status, power, and image than the man whose hair is neatly cut but not styled or sprayed,” says Dimitrius in Reading People.
What Short Hair on a Man Reveals
Reading body language in this case can be confusing, because short hair on a man can reveal many things about his personality. Very short hair on a man could indicate that he’s practical, plays sports, is conservative, is in the military, is recovering from medical treatment, or works for an organization that requires short hair (such as the police or fire department). A man who deliberately shaves his head bald is an extreme example of "very short hair."
Dimitrius indicates the short hair on a man doesn’t reveal political views the way it once did.
What Hair Loss on a Man Reveals
How a man deals with hair loss shows his personality. If he uses extreme comb overs or obvious hairpieces, he may have poor judgment. He simply doesn’t realize how he looks to others, and he thinks people won’t notice.
Hair replacement surgery and hair plugs to replace hair loss may indicate a lack of self-acceptance and vanity. Men who go to the extent of surgery to look younger and more attractive may struggle with self-esteem and insecurity (which we all do sometimes).
“Baseball caps, hats, and ponytails on a balding man can also indicate resistance to growing older (or growing up),” says Dimitrius in Reading People. “But bear in mind that many balding men have to wear a hat outdoors to avoid sunburn on their scalp or for warmth in cold weather. If the hat stays on indoors, that’s another story. The wearer may be self-conscious and insecure because of his hair loss.”
Nonverbal Communication and a Man’s Hair
When you’re looking at a man’s hairstyle as part of body language, remember that there are other factors that reveal his personality traits and lifestyle. Reading body language and nonverbal communication involves taking in the whole person, not just separate aspects.

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Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Positive Work Behaviors: 8 Straightforward Tips For Moving Up The Corporate Ladder :
Positive work behaviors is by far one of the most straightforward tips I can give you when it comes to moving up the corporate ladder. Do you sometimes feel that whenever people speak about moving up the corporate ladder, it almost always has a cunning undertone?
For career newbies especially, my recommendation is to always focus on positive work behaviors that you can start practicing now. When the time comes, moving up the corporate ladder will seem effortless. This is because you do what is right and focus on the positive. Bosses will notice and when the right time comes, the promotion you want is just a natural next step.
So what are the 8 straightforward positive work behaviors for moving up the corporate ladder?
IdeasRegardless of how junior you are in an organization, you can have ideas that positively affect the company. Do not be contented with just doing your own work. Do not be shy or embarrassed about sharing them either. What’s the worst that can happen? They laugh at it and reject the idea? Well, then you turn it into something positive. Ask why can’t it work, and you would have learned something new. That information can be used to come out with better ideas.
ImpactBe smart enough to choose some projects in a year that are considered a challenge for your level of experience. Be hardworking enough to see it through. But have the wisdom to cross check with your bosses to make sure it is a challenge and not impossible for your experience. That way you can create an impact in the company. This positive work behavior ensures that you aren’t just the average worker clocking in and clocking out without making an impression.
ImpeccableThis positive work behavior is to be flawless in your language and dressing. Know that you are judged at all times. First impression or not, people judge you on how you talk and what you wear. You are lucky if you work in a company with dress codes, then just dress up or down accordingly. Being impeccable when it comes to dressing doesn’t mean expensive clothes. It simply means to dress well. Being impeccable with your language doesn’t mean using bombastic words. Quite simply, it means abstaining from vulgarity.
IndependentLearn to work independently. In the age of empowerment, most employees are given the freedom to fail. Even if this culture is not practiced in your company, learn to work with minimal supervision. When you can work independently, it allows your boss to concentrate on other things. But remember to always update your boss on what and how you are doing. Working independently as part of positive work behaviors will help you in moving up the corporate ladder.
IgniteBe an ignition of your company. Take the initiative to start something. It does not always have to be work oriented. It can be something fun or informal. For example, if you know some of your colleagues enjoy exploring different restaurants, why not start a group that does it after work Fridays? When you are a positive ignition, you can move up the corporate ladder quickly.
InterestShow interest in your company’s initiatives. Be an interested party in things involving your department. Some career newbies I know come across as being cynical with initiatives that are being carried out by the company. As part of positive work behaviors, show interest in these initiatives. Give it a chance and support them. Do not send signals that your bosses see you as being merely contented as being a passenger of the company. That doesn’t help in your plan of moving up the corporate ladder.
IntangibleDo not always focus on the tangible benefits when working. There are a lot of values in doing things that at the moment does not seem to benefit you. For example, helping a colleague on a project. Volunteering to cover for someone who’s sick. Taking on an extra project when your boss seems inundated with work. Positive work behaviors like these may not have immediate tangible benefits but in the long run, helps you in moving up the corporate ladder.
IntegrityThis positive work behavior means to have a sound moral character. Practiced at its most basic level for a career newbies, it can be as simple as not talking bad about a colleague and gossiping. Do not be drawn into wrong doings like cutting corners. Be honest in your dealings with colleagues, clients, business partners and suppliers.
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ASHWANI SUHALKA PGDM 2Yr