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How can I calculate my take home salary in India?

  In any official set up, an employer pays the employees a pre determined amount towards their services , at the end of the month. This payment is known as salary or pay. This amount is generally stated in the appointment letter or contract and mentioned in the payslips of the employee accordingly. The pay or salary has various components and each of these can vary across different employers. Salary or pay forms part of an employee’s annual income and therefore they are liable to pay taxes towards it. Hence, the amount which an employer pays to the employee in gross is different from what the employee actually gets in hand or takes home at the end of the month. Here, we are going discuss about the take-home salary and how a take home salary calculator can help the employees in determining the salary which the employee will actually get in hand. For that first of all we need to understand the different components of the salary. Understanding the various components of the salary Foll...

Candidate Feedback on the interview process

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  Let’s face it. You want to hire a candidate who will excel at your company, but you need to know that they’re the right fit before making a decision. That’s where interviewing comes in. Interviewing is a powerful tool for identifying the best candidates and assessing their skills, experience, and personality traits to ensure they’ll be successful in the role. It’s also one of the best ways to find out whether they’d be happy working at your company as well as assess whether they’ll mesh with other team members and culture. The recruiter is the first person who introduced the position to you. The recruiter is the first person who introduced the position to you, so it’s helpful to put them on a pedestal when you’re wondering why your interview process has gotten off track. Recruiters are expert salespeople: they can make or break an interview process and they have a much more direct impact on whether or not someone gets hired than anyone else involved in hiring decisions (except ma...

Why is candidate experience important?

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  In an age of endless job opportunities and abundant technology, it’s easy to think that hiring a candidate is simply a matter of finding the right person for the job. But even with all that information at your fingertips and tools like LinkedIn and Glassdoor at the ready, there’s one factor that remains essential to any successful hiring process: quality  candidate experience . Your candidates are your customers. Candidates are people, and people have needs. Some of those needs are obvious: a job, the skills and experience to do that job well. Others might be more subtle, such as feeling like they’re part of a community or feeling appreciated for their contributions. As employers, we’re continually working to meet these needs as best we can — and rightly so, because if candidates don’t feel like they’re being treated well, then they won’t want to work for your company. But when candidates treat you poorly in return? Well…we don’t want that either! The candidate is the brand ...

How to improve candidate experience?

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  At any point in time, a company can have hundreds of open positions to be filled. This can be a challenge to even the most experienced recruiters. But how do you make sure your hiring process is going smoothly? What areas should you focus on? Well, that’s where we come in. We’ll guide you through how to improve candidate experience, which will lead to more efficient hiring and better candidates — plus it’ll make everyone happier! 1. Provide timely and personalized communication As a candidate, the best way to ensure that your experience is a positive one is to have timely and personalized communication from the company. You should always be able to get in touch with someone at your potential place of employment, and they should be responsive when you do. The key here is to provide clear updates on their application status, as well as any other information they might need during their time on the job hunt (e.g., interview tips). It’s also important that this communication comes fr...

What contributes to a positive candidate experience?

  There are many companies which still think that the interaction with the candidates who don't get hired finally, carry much of a weight. But, the fact is that the candidates who interact with the company as job seekers are much likely to share their experiences and share the company’s practices with other prospective candidates. So, it's absolutely important to create a unique experience for the candidate in order to market the company to the future potential employees, even if the candidate doesn't get the job at the end. If an organization wants to get the best of the talent, they need to invest in building a positive experience for the candidates. Lets’ have a look at some of the ways by which a business can generate a very positive candidate experience. 1. Understand clearly and empathize with the candidate’s entire journey In reality, the  candidate experience  is a journey which is a sum of all the experiences which they go through from the beginning till the end ...

Employer Review Service

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  Introduction If you’re looking for a new job, there are tons of sites that can help. Some are specific to your field, while others provide more general information about employers and the job market. Here are some of my favorite resources: Reviewia employer review Reviewia is a website that allows you to read reviews written by employees of employers. It also allows you to write reviews about employers, or about yourself if you are an  employer review . Glassdoor Glassdoor is a website that allows you to research your company from the perspective of employees who have worked there. It offers a variety of information, including: Employer review Company reviews Interview questions and answers Salaries and compensation Vault Vault is a career site that reviews companies and their employers. It provides an extensive database of companies and employers, along with detailed information about them. Vault also has a review system for employees to rate their employers, as well as ano...

What are some tricky interview questions?

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  Introduction You may not have control over the questions that you’re asked, but you have complete control over how you answer them. Here are some of the toughest interview questions that interviewers use to test your ability to think on your feet and deliver an impressive answer in front of others: Why should we hire you? When it comes to the interview, there are always a few questions that have a bit of a trick behind them. One of those tricky questions is “why should we hire you?” It’s important to think through this question and answer it as best you can. This is because it’s one of those situations where you need to show them why having someone like you on their team would be beneficial for everyone involved. You’ll want to highlight your skills and talents in order for them to see how they would benefit from having someone like yourself working with them at all times, which should make the rest of your answers easier. If you had a superpower, which one would it be? Super spe...