Running out of Ideas

We might be having positions after 2/3 months, we will get in touch then.

This has been the constant refrain of all my prospective clients over the past six months. And still continues to be so. When will we see some real recruitment.

Over the last quarter and half my role of recruiter has transmogrified to that of a Business Developer or mostly a Sales man. Without much success :(.

the political scene has seen a sea change. From the Sabre Rattlings of a Fourth Front to a thumping victory to the incumbent.What more could businesses have asked for.

The markets seem to have settled again on a Bull track. But, whats happening with Recruiting.

The poor souls in recruitment seem to be living on a Prayer. And Good God they'll sure settle for Merci-drops - showers seem to be so far away.

Public Speaking

Spent 10 evenings- not all of them fun filled - in learning to speak in Public.

The course was being organized by a Redemptionist Preacher. He spoke with a booming voice when he came to the lectern after the Sunday mass , to talk about the course and well I was taken in by his confidence and decided to join.

To a large extent Fr Frankie( the Redemptorist) followed the learning by doing method. In which we were made to talk on different incidents that touched our lives.

The feedback was critical and immediate and it was upto us to imbibe what ever we could and to incorporate the improvements to our Public speaking.

Some who were more mature or just plain scared gave their best shot. while others just had some fun. Overall got to meet some entirely off beat crowd. Generally I would not have been able to interact with them in the course of my job. Hence a really worthwhile experience.

Made some good friends , and not the least of all a Good contact in Fr Frankie whom we can sound out for any clarifications / doubts on Public speaking.

Fr is extremely knowledgeable , great temperament and fantastic voice and diction.But, more than a trifle quirky.

First he was very particular about alloting everyone roll Numbers. On the very First day He kept asking us to remember these numbers.

Then during every class we used to undertake the exercise of getting new numbers for the sequence in which to speak. And this was not as simple as it sounds. First the numbers were alloted based on seating arrangement, then on any given day he would decide to go only with odd numbers or even numbers. Then either the odd or the even numbered students were asked to speak out their sequence -first odd , 2nd odd , 3rd odd and so on.... And it didnt stop here. Now he used counters - similar to the on es used in Housy to pick a random number - That number becomes the speaker. Then another random number becomes the next speaker. Then another random number - becomes the evaluator.

Confusing ? Well you bet it was. We used to get so confused - that sometimes this counting used to restart.

No wonder our last class went on right upto the dinner bell.

On top of the counting were the Prayers. On a couple of days we got all that was to know about praying Techniques.Later on we came to know that Father was taking aseries of Classes for the seminarians a week after ours got over - so apparently he got it mixed. I guess we could excuse him - he was touching 80..

So, overall a different and very useful experience

Watching TIME drip by....

Came across this fantastic picture on Flickr.Yet to check any of the other snaps from the same photographer.

But this one was way too good.

IPL Frenzy

THE IPL is on and is in Full swing. Like last year this year too all other schedules are in disarray. Sleeping at 12:00 AM is now the norm - I am an early sleeper otherwise - in bed by 10:00 ( latest).

We are half way thru and last years winners are again finding their. My team - CSK are back in the top 4 while Royals dont seem to be far behind. These are the teams to watch no doubt. While Delhi and Deccan might be the other favourites.

Why didnt Knight Riders click again? As a friend mentioned - Who is the Clot in KKR - is it SRK or Buchanan?

RCB had an upsurge - with Kumble providing good leadership. But, if your entire Batting lineup fails - one cant do much.Why Bring Wasim Jaffer? ( Just my thoughts)

The Less said about Mumbai Indians the Better. There are too high expectations riding on a few shoulders in MI. Lets see how they fare in the remaining matches.

Someone needs to pull up Warne for his negative tactics. He seems to have a discussion with his bowler after every ball. A fall back to the older Australian - mind games.

Whichever way it goes - You cant help getting sucked in