கை தொழில் ஒன்றை கற்றுக்கொள் கவலை உனக்கில்லை ஒத்துக்கொள் IHM - Vocational Courses with Stipend

A wonderful opportunity for all school dropouts or students who are unable to continue their academic courses, IHM along with Govt of India offers Free Course under the Hunar Se Rozgaar Program.

The students are provided

• Customized course
• Certificate upon completion of the course
• Stipend for selected courses
• Food during the training period (For selected course)

The following advertisement was released in leading newspapers.

The following are the course details:

F&B - Click Here

Front Office Associate - Click Here

Multi Cuisine Cook - Click Here

Room Attendant - Click Here 

Cook (Regional) - 8 Weeks - Click Here

Bakery & Patisserie - 8 weeks - Click Here 

Waiter-cum-Houseman - 6 seeks - Click Here 

Housekeeping Utility - 6 weeks - Click Here 

Application form for the above programmes - Click Here

United Training and Placement Services under UNWO is empanelled for organizing and mobilizing students for these employment generation programs. Hence, you may contact the Training and placement officer of UTPS at +91-7373736840 or you can contact the 

Training officer at IHM

Mr. Dinakar / Mr.Prakash

+91-44-22542029

ihmchen@dataone.in, ihmtaramani@gmail.com

INSTITUTE OF HOTEL MANAGEMENT CATERING

TECHNOLOGY & APPLIED NUTRITION

4 th Cross Street, C.I.T Campus,

TTTI – Taramani P.O.,

Chennai – 600 113,

(Next to MGR Govt. Film Institute & Opp. Indira Nagar Railway Station on Tidel Park Road)

Tamil Nadu – India.

Phone: 044 – 22542029

Tele-fax: 044 – 22541615

Their Official website : www.ihmchennai.org

Location:

Location:  This Institute is situated in the Central Institutes of Technology (CIT Campus) in between MGR Film Institute and Hindustan Unilever Ltd (Bakery Unit) (formerly Modern Food Industries) on the Tidel Park Road (next to Madhya Kailash Temple)  (very close to Adyar).  This Institute is about 12 kms from Chennai Central Railway Station,  10 Kms from Chennai Egmore Railway Station,  14 kms from Chennai Meenambakkam Airport and 15 kms from Koyambedu Mofussil Bus Terminus.

Bus Stop :  Dr.Dharmambal  Govt. Polytechnic for Women (WPT) on the Tidel Park Road.

Nearest Suburban Railway Station :  Indira Nagar Railway Station (on the Tidel Park Road).

(Take suburban train at PARK TOWN Railway Station (opp: Chennai Central Railway Station) or from Madras Beach Railway Station towards Velachery direction – about 20 to 30 minutes journey)

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How to Answer The #2 Toughest Interview Question

Question #2 What are your greatest strengths ?

Imagine that you have a terrific resume and your image is awesome and you had a wonderful firm handshake with your interviewer and so far you have answered to all the questions at precision near to precision and you are now dreaming about the success treat, the dream car, the dream vacation, and now comes the blooper... what is your greatest strength or weakness... you wonder why do interviewers ask such question?... now you seem to have all your dream getting disappear into mist. These are time tested questions that have assisted the hiring managers to select the candidate who has the ability to think on one's foot and keep the conversation going and end up a winner. So this could either be an ice breaker or a dream breaker...

There is a remote possibility for you to be asked this question together, however the worst comes only to us. I was planning to group both together, since the response was elaborative, I decided to  have it seperate. If you've been asked as a single question start with your weakness(es) first, as once you complete speaking you would want to leave a positive thought about you on the hiring manager's mind so it's always better to end with a positive note and in this case your strengths. When sharing about strengths you should focus in influencing the interviewer to reserve the job for you, in other words your strengths should eventually get you the job. So list out and practise this question and win hands down.

Always understand these are two sides of a same coin, your weakness should not be contradictory to your strengths. For Eg. if you say your weakness is a bad handwriting, and when you talk about your achievements you say you won prize at a handwriting competition, then you are getting yourself into trouble.

In other words, your weakness should be looked down slightly that with less or little focus that would eventually fall into the strength bucket. So now we understand that it requires a through planning. Come, now let's do the planning.

Read between lines: 

Share your skills that can support you in this job. 

What do you think as your strengths that you can contribute to this company and to the team?

What have done in the past that do you think can help you in this job?
What are the factors that motivate you?
Things that let you focus more on your tasks?

TRAPS: This question seems like a softball lob, but be prepared. You don't want to come across as egotistical or arrogant. Neither is this a time to be humble.

BEST ANSWER: Our key strategy is to first uncover the interviewer's greatest wants and needs before responding to his questions and from Question #1, we know how to do this.

Prior to any interview, you should have a list mentally prepared of your greatest strengths. You should also have, a specific example or two, which illustrates each strength, an example chosen from your most recent and most impressive achievements.

You should, have this list of your greatest strengths and corresponding examples from your achievements so well committed to memory that you can recite them cold after being shaken awake at 2:30AM.

Then, once you uncover your interviewer's greatest wants and needs, you can choose those achievements from your list that best match up. 

As a general guideline, the 10 most desirable traits that all employers love to see in their employees are:

AN-ATTITUDE to make it easy we will learn it through an acronym.

1. A-Attitude, Behaviour skills, Interpersonal relations, a positive attitude
2. N-Negotiator, Communication skills, ability to interpret verbal and non-verbal communication.
3. A-Achiever, Past achievements
4. T-Team Player & Leader, ability to mingle and contribute as a member and lead the team whenever required.
5. T-Trustworthy, able to uphold the team and the task.
6. I-Intelligence, presence of mind and able to make the best use of the available resources
7. T-Target Driven - Strategic planner and effective monitor of progress plan.
8. U-Unbiased - Ethics & Moral values, resolving any conflict of interest
9. D-Dedicated, meeting deadlines and stays focussed.
10. E-Enthusiastic - Motivating, self and other. keep the spirit up and going always.

Prepare well to tackle any question. It's important to view the introduction to this interview preparation-Intro

Click here to go to the #3 question on how to handle your weaknesses.

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How to Answer The # 1 Toughest Interview Question

Question 1 Tell me about yourself!

Read between lines: Why are you here? What have you come to sell me? Let me know what you got to offer me?

TRAPS: Beware, about 80% of all interviews begin with this “innocent” question. The interviewer needs some space / time to scan through your resume and documents and he uses this opportunity to make you talk about yourself, and this is also an icebreaker question. Many candidates, unprepared for the question, skewer themselves by rambling, recapping their life story, delving into ancient work history or personal matters. 

BEST ANSWER: Start with the present and tell why you are well qualified for the position. Remember that the key to all successful interviewing is to match your qualifications to what the interviewer is looking for. In other words you must sell what the buyer is buying. This is the single most important strategy in job hunting. 

So, before you answer this or any question it's imperative that you try to uncover your interviewer's greatest need, want, problem or goal. 

To do so, make you take these two steps: 

1. Do all the homework you can before the interview to uncover this person's wants and needs (not the generalized needs of the industry or company) 
2. As early as you can in the interview, ask for a more complete description of what the position entails. You might say: “I have a number of accomplishments I'd like to tell you about, but I want to make the best use of our time together and talk directly to your needs. To help me do, that, could you tell me more about the most important priorities of this position? All I know is what I (heard from the recruiter, read in the classified ad, etc.)” 

Then, ALWAYS follow-up with a second and possibly, third question, to draw out his needs even more. Surprisingly, it's usually this second or third question that unearths what the interviewer is most looking for. 

You might ask simply, "And in addition to that?..." or, "Is there anything else you see as essential to success in this position?: 

This process will not feel easy or natural at first, because it is easier simply to answer questions, but only if you uncover the employer's wants and needs will your answers make the most sense. Practice asking these key questions before giving your answers, the process will feel more natural and you will be light years ahead of the other job candidates you're competing with. 

After uncovering what the employer is looking for, describe why the needs of this job bear striking parallels to tasks you've succeeded at before. Be sure to illustrate with specific examples of your responsibilities and especially your achievements, all of which are geared to present yourself as a perfect match for the needs he has just described. 

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How to Answer The 64 Toughest Interview Questions

Plan your trip and enjoy the journey

If we know what is ahead to come then we can be well prepared to face it. Courage and knowledge, the two qualities most needed to succeed in any human challenge, especially a job search. This information will help you with the required knowledge and thereby give you the required courage to face it when you need to, you'll be prepared for it.

General Guidelines in Answering Interview Questions 

No matter how experienced one would be, he will still feel a slight sense of nervous during interviews. Relax, its a global phenomenon, let the body do its task, its normal to feel nervous, let the Adrenaline secrete to give a good push.  If you simply allow yourself to feel nervous, you'll do much better. Remember  it's also a difficult task for the interviewer as well.

In general,

• Be upbeat and positive. Never be negative. Create positive vibes, smile at everyone whom you meet on the day of the interview.
• Rehearse your answers frequently, and they will come to you naturally in interviews and time them. (Practise makes a man perfect)
• Never talk for more than 2 minutes straight. (answer to the point and a short example if it can add value to it)
• Don't try to memorize answers word for word. (Show that you are not Chitti the robot and behave a natural human)
• Use the answers shown here as a guide only, and don't be afraid to include your own thoughts and words. (let our thoughts and emotions flow)
• To help you remember key concepts, jot down and review a few key words for each answer. (prompts helps anyone anytime)

The single most important strategy in interviewing, as in all phases of your job search, is what we call: "The Greatest Executive Job Finding Secret." And that is...

Find out what people want, than show them how you can help them get it.

Find out what an employer wants most in his or her ideal candidate, then show how you meet those qualifications.

In other words, you must match your abilities, with the needs of the employer. You must sell what the buyer is buying. To do that, before you know what to emphasize in your answers, you must find out what the buyer is buying...
what he is looking for. And the best way to do that is to ask a few questions yourself. You will see how to bring this off skillfully as you read the first two questions of this article but regardless of how you accomplish it, you must remember this strategy above all: before blurting out your qualifications, you must get some idea of what the employer wants most.

Once you know what he wants, you can then present your qualifications as the perfect “key” that fits the “lock” of that position.

Other important interview strategies:

• Turn weaknesses into strengths (You'll see how to do this in another article.) 
• Think before you answer. A pause to collect your thoughts is a hallmark of a thoughtful person. 

As a daily exercise, practice being more optimistic. For example, follow the law of attraction; try putting a positive spin on events and situations you would normally regard as negative. This is not meant to turn you into a Pollyanna or rather become overconfident, but to sharpen your selling skills. The best salespeople, as well as the best liked interview candidates, come off as being naturally optimistic, "can do" people. You will dramatically raise your level of attractiveness by daily practicing to be more optimistic.

Be honest...never lie.

Keep an interview diary. Right after each interview list out the questions and make a note on what you did right, what could have gone better, and what steps you should take next with this contact. Then take those steps.

Don't be like the 95% of humanity who say they will follow up on something, but never do.

About the 64 questions... 

You might feel that the answers to the following discussed here are “canned”, and that they will seldom match up with the exact way you are asked the questions in actual interviews.

The questions and answers are designed to be as specific and realistic as possible however it might vary based on the interviewer and no preparation can anticipate thousands of possible variations on these questions.

What's more important is that you thoroughly familiarize yourself with the main strategies behind each answer and it will be invaluable to you if you commit to memorize a few keywords that let you instantly recall your mind for the best answer to the various questions. If you do this, and follow the principles of successful interviewing presented here, you're going to do very well.

Please leave a comment if this helped you or write if you need anymore support on any particular questions that you felt as bouncers...

Follow the blog for the sequel of this topic, everyday a question will be discussed.


Good luck...and good job-hunting!

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