Tag: Corporate Life
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What Corporate Life Taught Me About Imperfect Presentations
When I was in college, guest lectures always fascinated me. Senior leaders from well-known organizations would walk into our classrooms, stand in front of a projector, and begin presenting their slides. But there was one thing that consistently puzzled me. The presentations were often… bad. There were spelling mistakes, inconsistent formatting, awkward layouts, broken alignments,…
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Professionalism Is the Most Overrated Personality Trait
Professionalism Is the Most Overrated Personality Trait I don’t exactly have the most professional aura. Very honestly, I like it that way. Because somewhere along the way, “professionalism” stopped meaning competence and started meaning pretending to be someone you’re not. It became this strange performance where everyone smiles with exactly twelve teeth, replies with “Noted,…
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International HR Day: The Department Everyone Needs But Nobody Fully Understands
Every workplace has one department that somehow knows everything. Who is resigning.Who cried in the washroom.Who secretly wants a promotion.Who is overworked.Who is underperforming.And who sent an email that could have honestly just been a Teams message. That department is HR. On International HR Day, I think it’s important to acknowledge something people often forget:…
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Why Recruiters Reject Resumes: Honest HR Insights Nobody Tells You
What HR Actually Looks for in a Resume I work in HR, and over the years, I’ve gained a lot of insight into why a CV gets shortlisted, why it gets rejected, and why sometimes applicants never even hear back. A lot of these reasons go beyond the job description, and yes, sometimes they may…
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Things I Love to Discuss: Psychology, Crime, Beauty & Corporate Life
What topics do you like to discuss? Things I Love to Discuss There are people who can talk about anything. And then there are people who only want to talk about things that actually mean something. I fall into the second category. I don’t like conversations that exist just to fill silence. I like conversations…
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The Shreyalogy Dictionary: Honest Definitions of Office, Meetings, Deadlines and Corporate Life
The Shreyalogy Dictionary: Workplace Edition Workplaces have their own language. Words that sound professional, serious, and important. But if you look closely, most of them are just polite ways of describing ordinary human behavior inside a building with Wi-Fi. So here is the Shreyalogy Dictionary: Workplace Edition — where corporate vocabulary gets translated into something…
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The World Is Ugly—Until Someone Brings You Coffee: A Corporate Chaos Story
A chaotic workday of missed trains, broken printers, and CXO interviews turns unexpectedly human when small acts of kindness cut through the stress.
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HR: Human Resources or Really Resourceful Humans?
HR. Human Resources or Really Resourceful Humans? Maybe we are a mix of both. It’s similar to how lawyers operate. They exist to protect the law, but they also understand every loophole that exists within it. HR functions in much the same way — navigating organisational structures while working with people at their most human…
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The Recruitment Rant No One Asked For (But Everyone Needs)
Hello everyone. This is one of those reflective write-ups that stem from frustration, anger, and dangerously low patience. I work in the Human Resources Department. Specifically, Talent Acquisition. Now I know the universal belief — HR does nothing all day. And I’ll be honest — I’m not entirely against that statement. I see where it…