Wednesday, February 28, 2007

Resume Writing Tips

IMPROVE YOUR RESUME BY FOLLOWING THE TIPS GIVEN BELOW.

General

1. The name and mailing address including email ID, Tel No should be prominent.

2. Font style should be: [12-point size] [Use regular/ bold/ italics style]

1. The resume should not be too lengthy. The length should be 2/ 2.5 pages.

2. 'References'/ 'Salary Expected' should not be mentioned.

3. Location/s preferred: Metros/ India/ Abroad should be specified.

4. Preference for a particular industry/ company should be indicated.

5. Job objective should be included in the resume/ it should be focused.

6. If you have a varied background it is advisable to prioritise.

7. Your date of birth and not age should be mentioned.

8. Indicate professional qualifications. Mention specialisation, University/Institute, year of passing the exam

9. Check for spelling/ grammar mistakes.

10. Check the alignment before sending the resume, the margins should not exceed the printable area.


Professionals

1. 'Summary of Skills and Experience' should come just after 'Job Objective'. It should give total years of experience.

2. Under the heading 'Organisational Experience' you should begin with your current job.

3. The name of organisation/ tenure/ designation should be mentioned. Year should be also mentioned against positions held.

4. Provide company details like (a) name of the company, (b) products/ services, (c) area of operation, (d) turnover, (e) nature: MNC, ISO 9002 certified JV etc.

5. In case of promotions begin with the earliest position and move chronologically.

6. Show how your responsibilities grew with promotions.

7. Highlight your achievements/ expertise more than your responsibilities & Justify your achievements with figures/ percentages.

8. Separately mention responsibilities and achievements.

9. Furnish an account of projects undertaken.

10. Give a summary of training programmes attended (ignore if less than 4 weeks).


Freshers

1. Highlight your skills/ strengths like leadership qualities, communication skills.

2. Give an account of the Course including details of projects undertaken.

3. Give a summary of Projects undertaken and skills developed thereby.

4. Mention your qualification. Indicate elective papers.

5. Distinctions (if any)/ Scholarship/s should be properly highlighted.

6. Provide details of the training.

7. Give a detailed account of articleship in case of CAs.

8. In case of Software projects please specify language/ platform/ RDBMS/ Project description/ team size.

Anxious Moments-Poem


Ya Allah, protect me in the anxious moments

They are a sort of torments

First my fingers start to tremble

Then my whole body is atremble

My hands feel numb and cold

I feel like a dumb and old

The heart refuses to slow down

The food refuses to go down

I shiver and a cold chill runs down my spine

And am down to earth from cloud nine

Ya Allah, protect me in the anxious moments

An ode to Ash

If you can guess my friend

Then you too are my friend

If you are already my friend

Then our fr’ship is bound for an upward trend

I am gonna give you some clues

So, put your mind to use

She is a friend who is very dear to me

I wish she were always near to me

She was born on 23rd of January

I pray she live a century

She has a touch of glamour

She has good sense of humor

She is tall like Yukta Mookhey

She is cute like Chandramukhi

A hint about her smile

It is no less than a mile

Though we are miles apart

She is always somewhere near my heart

To get you closer to the answer

She is a very good dancer

By now, I hope, you have got the name right

If it is AK, congrats, you are very much right

................................................................(Akhi)

Shayeri-Aye Kalam zara ruk ruk ke chal

Ae kalam zara ruk-ruk ke chal,
Kya haseen mukam aaya hai.
Thodi der taherja,
teri nok ke niche mere dost ka naam aaya hai..

Sample Resignation Letter

Month/dd/yyyy

{Reporting Manager}

{Company Name}

{Address}

Dear Sir/madam,

I am writing to you today to officially tender my resignation from {company name} effective {Date}.

I never thought I would ever leave such a great company as {company name}, but when the opportunity arose to pursue a career in {fill in details}, which as you know has always been a lifelong dream for me, I simply had to take advantage of it.

I cannot say enough about all the people I’ve encountered in my years of service with the company, and especially about you and all the others in my team. Your leadership has taken us all to new levels. It’s my hope that we will stay in touch as I begin this new chapter in my life.

Sincerely,

{Your Name}

ELEVEN COMMANDMENTS OF ORKUT !!

ONE
If you’re ugly, stop acting like you don’t know it & stop using cute
nicknames. The captions under your picture that says “top model pose”,
“sexy”, “arnt i hot” doesn’t convince anyone.

TWO
To the people who have like over 1000 friends, are you serious? Nobody
in this universe can keep up with that many friends. You’re just
stupid. Go play in traffic.

THREE
If you’re real pretty, dont approve all friends request and bitching
later on how u hate getting stupid comments & messages. You’re the one
who approved them in the 1st place!! Be realistic on what u’re getting
into!!

FOUR
Don’t ever post pictures and say “OMG, I’m so ugly” “OMG,I’m so fat”
because if you were, you wouldn’t post them.

FIVE
Stop peeping others scrap book to see wot that guy or gal have
conversed. Also stop being a Tomboy looking for hot chicks in others
profiles.
(vice versa too)

SIX
Writing tons of scraps a day, begging people to send a testimonial,
etc.. ” IS PATHETIC & IMATURE. ” .PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY CARE ABOUT YOU
WILL
SEND YOU TESTIMONIALS.. Pls dont junk others scrap book so to get your
scrap figures multiply!

SEVEN
If all your pictures look the same, don’t post them all. Please put
some variety in your pics. Nobody wants to see your face 10 different
ways.

EIGHT
Who really cares if I/U don’t accept you/me as a friend? MOVE ON!!!
Don’t send me another request or message asking “what’s up with you not
adding me?” I don’t want you as a friend; that’s what’s up!

NINE
Little 6th graders, go somewhere else because nobody wants you here and
than Orkut, you have better things in dis world to get addicted!

TEN
Nobody cares about threats over the internet. Don’t try to act hardcore
with the keyboard. Fighting online is like racing in the special
olympics; even if you win, you’re still retarded.

ELEVEN
If you get a scrap message and it says something like “repost this
within 100 seconds or a ghost will rape your dog tonight!!,” IT’S NOT
REAL!!QUIT BEING AN IDIOT!!!!!!!!

Tuesday, February 27, 2007

193 Countries and Capital City or Cities

Afghanistan - Kabul
Albania - Tirane
Algeria - Algiers
Andorra - Andorra la Vella
Angola - Luanda
Antigua and Barbuda - Saint John's
Argentina - Buenos Aires
Armenia - Yerevan
Australia - Canberra
Austria - Vienna
Azerbaijan - Baku
The Bahamas - Nassau
Bahrain - Manama
Bangladesh - Dhaka
Barbados - Bridgetown
Belarus - Minsk
Belgium - Brussels
Belize - Belmopan
Benin - Porto-Novo
Bhutan - Thimphu
Bolivia - La Paz (administrative) Sucre (judicial)
Bosnia and Herzegovina - Sarajevo
Botswana - Gaborone
Brazil - Brasilia
Brunei - Bandar Seri Begawan
Bulgaria - Sofia
Burkina Faso - Ouagadougou
Burundi - Bujumbura
Cambodia - Phnom Penh
Cameroon - Yaounde
Canada - Ottawa
Cape Verde - Praia
Central African Republic - Bangui
Chad - N'Djamena
Chile - Santiago
China - Beijing
Colombia - Bogota
Comoros - Moroni
Congo, Republic of the - Brazzaville
Congo, Democratic Republic of the - Kinshasa
Costa Rica - San Jose
Cote d'Ivoire - Yamoussoukro (official) Abidjan (de facto)
Croatia - Zagreb
Cuba - Havana
Cyprus - Nicosia
Czech Republic - Prague
Denmark - Copenhagen
Djibouti - Djibouti
Dominica - Roseau
Dominican Republic - Santo Domingo
East Timor - Dili
Ecuador - Quito
Egypt - Cairo
El Salvador - San Salvador
Equatorial Guinea - Malabo
Eritrea - Asmara
Estonia - Tallinn
Ethiopia - Addis Ababa
Fiji - Suva
Finland - Helsinki
France - Paris
Gabon - Libreville
The Gambia - Banjul
Georgia - Tbilisi
Germany - Berlin
Ghana - Accra
Greece - Athens
Grenada - Saint George's
Guatemala - Guatemala City
Guinea - Conakry
Guinea-Bissau - Bissau
Guyana - Georgetown
Haiti - Port-au-Prince
Honduras - Tegucigalpa
Hungary - Budapest
Iceland - Reykjavik
India - New Delhi
Indonesia - Jakarta
Iran - Tehran
Iraq - Baghdad
Ireland - Dublin
Israel - Jerusalem
Italy - Rome
Jamaica - Kingston
Japan - Tokyo
Jordan - Amman
Kazakhstan - Astana
Kenya - Nairobi
Kiribati - Tarawa
Korea, North - Pyongyang
Korea, South - Seoul
Kuwait - Kuwait City
Kyrgyzstan - Bishkek
Laos - Vientiane
Latvia - Riga
Lebanon - Beirut
Lesotho - Maseru
Liberia - Monrovia
Libya - Tripoli
Liechtenstein - Vaduz
Lithuania - Vilnius
Luxembourg - Luxembourg
Macedonia - Skopje
Madagascar - Antananarivo
Malawi - Lilongwe
Malaysia - Kuala Lumpur
Maldives - Male
Mali - Bamako
Malta - Valletta
Marshall Islands - Majuro
Mauritania - Nouakchott
Mauritius - Port Louis
Mexico - Mexico City
Federated States of Micronesia - Palikir
Moldova - Chisinau
Monaco - Monaco
Mongolia - Ulaanbaatar
Montenegro - Podgorica
Morocco - Rabat
Mozambique - Maputo
Myanmar (Burma) - Rangoon but moving to Pyinmana
Namibia - Windhoek
Nauru - no official capital; government offices in Yaren District
Nepal - Kathmandu
Netherlands - Amsterdam
New Zealand - Wellington
Nicaragua - Managua
Niger - Niamey
Nigeria - Abuja
Norway - Oslo
Oman - Muscat
Pakistan - Islamabad
Palau - Koror
Panama - Panama City
Papua New Guinea - Port Moresby
Paraguay - Asuncion
Peru - Lima
Philippines - Manila
Poland - Warsaw
Portugal - Lisbon
Qatar - Doha
Romania - Bucharest
Russia - Moscow
Rwanda - Kigali
Saint Kitts and Nevis - Basseterre
Saint Lucia - Castries
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - Kingstown
Samoa - Apia
San Marino - San Marino
Sao Tome and Principe - Sao Tome
Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
Senegal - Dakar
Serbia - Belgrade
Seychelles - Victoria
Sierra Leone - Freetown
Singapore - Singapore
Slovakia - Bratislava
Slovenia - Ljubljana
Solomon Islands - Honiara
Somalia - Mogadishu
South Africa - Pretoria (administrative) Cape Town (legislative) Bloemfontein (judiciary)
Spain - Madrid
Sri Lanka - Colombo
Sudan - Khartoum
Suriname - Paramaribo
Swaziland - Mbabana
Sweden - Stockholm
Switzerland - Bern
Syria - Damascus
Tajikistan - Dushanbe
Tanzania - Dar es Salaam
Thailand - Bangkok
Togo - Lome
Tonga - Nuku'alofa
Trinidad and Tobago - Port-of-Spain
Tunisia - Tunis
Turkey - Ankara
Turkmenistan - Ashgabat
Tuvalu - Funafuti
Uganda - Kampala
Ukraine - Kyiv
United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
United Kingdom - London
United States - Washington D.C.
Uruguay - Montevideo
Uzbekistan - Tashkent
Vanuatu - Port-Vila
Vatican City (Holy See) - Vatican City
Venezuela - Caracas
Vietnam - Hanoi
Yemen - Sanaa
Zambia - Lusaka
Zimbabwe - Harare

O Miss I miss you the most

O Miss I miss you the most
with every slice of toast
this is true, not to boast
O miss I miss you the most

..................................... (Akhi)

Today's Wisdom

Today's Wisdom

O, friend! Nobody veils you, but yourself.

In your path there is no thorn or weed, but yourself.

You said: Shall I reach the Beloved or not?

Between you and the Beloved there is nobody, but yourself.

( Awhadoddin Kermani)

Adultery - A sin across religions

ADULTERY

The foremost of sinful actions is adultery or fornication. No other sin has such a baneful effect on the spiritual life. Because it is committed in secret, by mutual consent, and often without fear of the law, adultery is especially a sin against God and against the goal of life. Modern secular societies can do little to inhibit adultery and sexual promiscuity. Only the norms of morality which are founded on religion can effectively curb this sin.

Most of the passages collected here condemn adultery, fornication, and sexual promiscuity in general. A number of passages seek to demarcate limits of behavior that verge on fornication. At the conclusion are passages on related behaviors: divorce and homosexuality.


Approach not adultery: for it is a shameful deed and an evil, opening the road to other evils.

1. Islam. Qur'an 17.32


Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled; for God will judge the immoral and the adulterous.

2. Christianity. Hebrews 13.4


We find that to every sin God is long-suffering, except to the sin of unchastity. Rabbi Azariah said, "All things can God overlook save lewdness."

3. Judaism. Midrash, Leviticus Rabbah 23.9


Be sure of this, that no fornicator or impure man... has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.

4. Christianity. Bible, Ephesians 5.5


Neither fornicate, for whosoever does that shall meet the price of sin--doubled shall be the chastisement for him on the Resurrection Day.

5. Islam. Qur'an 25.68-69


Violating and misusing love is the gravest of all crimes. Abusing love is a greater crime than cutting the universal root of life [murder].

6. Unification Church. Sun Myung Moon, 3-20-77


Both learning and the practice of the Teaching are lost to him who is given to sexual intercourse. He employs himself wrongly. That is what is ignoble in him.

7. Buddhism. Sutta Nipata 815


A wise man has nothing to do with lust. Lust is nothing but death, and lack of it is serenity. How can one who perceives this indulge in wanton behavior?

8. Jainism. Acarangasutra 2.61


Four misfortunes befall a careless man who commits adultery: acquisition of demerit, disturbed sleep, third, blame; and fourth, a state of woe. There is acquisition of demerit as well as evil destiny. Brief is the joy of the frightened man and woman. The king imposes a heavy punishment. Hence no man should frequent another man's wife.

9. Buddhism. Dhammapada 309-10


When a family declines, ancient traditions are destroyed. With them are lost the spiritual foundations for life, and the family loses its sense of unity. Where there is no sense of unity, the women of the family become corrupt; and with the corruption of its women, society is plunged into chaos. Social chaos is hell for the family and for those who have destroyed the family as well.

10. Hinduism. Bhagavad Gita 1.40-42


Immorality in the house is like a worm in the vegetables.

11. Judaism. Talmud, Sota 3b


Do not approach thy neighbor's wife or maids.

12. Taoism. Tract of the Quiet Way


Let those who cannot find a match keep chaste till God give them independence by His grace.

13. Islam. Qur'an 24.33


Whoever has illicit affairs with the wives of his relatives or friends, either by force or through mutual consent, he is to be known as an outcast.

14. Buddhism. Sutta Nipata 123


The philanderer lusting after numerous women does not give up seeking in others' homes. What he does daily only brings regrets-- In sorrow and greed he is shriveled up.

15. Sikhism. Adi Granth, Dhanasari, M.5, p. 672


Sutta Nipata 815: Cf. Sutra of Forty-two Sections 25, p. 929.



A man should not think incontinently of another's wife, much less address her to that end; for such a man will be reborn in a future life as a creeping insect. He who commits adultery is punished both here and hereafter; for his days in this world are cut short, and when dead he falls into hell.

16. Hinduism. Vishnu Purana 3.11


The lips of a loose woman drip honey,
and her speech is smoother than oil;
but in the end she is bitter as wormwood,
sharp as a two-edged sword.
Her feet go down to death;
her steps follow the path to Sheol;
she does not take heed to the path of life;
her ways wander, and she does not know it....

Drink water from your own cistern,
flowing water from your own well.
Should your springs be scattered abroad,
streams of water in the streets?
Let them be for yourself alone,
and not for strangers with you.
Let your fountain be blessed,
and rejoice in the wife of your youth,
a lovely hind, a graceful doe.
Let her affection fill you at all times with delight,
be infatuated always by her love.
Why should you be infatuated, my son, with a loose woman
and embrace the bosom of an adventuress?
For a man's ways are before the eyes of the Lord,
and he watches all his paths.
The iniquities of the wicked ensnare him,
and he is caught in the toils of his sin.
He dies for lack of discipline,
and because of his great folly he is lost.

17. Judaism and Christianity. Proverbs 5.3-23


If you are handsome, do not go astray after lewdness, but honor your Creator, and fear Him, and praise Him with the beauty which He has given you.

18. Judaism. Pesikta Rabbati 127a


The body is not meant for immorality, but for the Lord... Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I therefore take the members of Christ and make them members of a prostitute? Never! Do you not know that he who joins himself a prostitute becomes one body with her? For, as it is written, "The two shall become one flesh." But he who is united to the Lord becomes one spirit with him. Shun immorality. Every other sin which a man commits is outside the body; but the immoral man sins against his own body. Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, which you have from God?

19. Christianity. 1 Corinthians 6.13-19


Offering presents to a woman, romping with her, touching her ornaments and dress, sitting with her on a bed, all these are considered adulterous acts.

20. Hinduism. Laws of Manu 8.357


A monk who, with sexual desire and a perverse intention, contacts a woman, holding her hand or holding a braid of her hair or rubbing against any part of her body, commits an offense, requiring formal meetings of the Order for its exoneration.

21. Buddhism. Vinaya Pitaka


Because the daughters of Zion are haughty
and walk with outstretched necks,
glancing wantonly with their eyes,
mincing along as they go,
tinkling with their feet;
the Lord will smite with a scab
the heads of the daughters of Zion,
and the Lord will lay bare their secret parts.

22. Judaism and Christianity. Isaiah 3.16-17


Tell the believing men to lower their gaze and be modest. That is purer for them. Lo! God is Aware of what they do.

And tell the believing women to lower their gaze and be modest, and to display of their adornment only that which is apparent, and to draw their veils over their bosoms, and not to reveal their adornment save to their own husbands or fathers... or children who know naught of women's nakedness. And let them not stamp their feet so as to reveal what they hide of their adornment. And turn unto God together, O believers, in order that ye may succeed.

23. Islam. Qur'an 24.30-32


1 Corinthians 6.13-19: Cf. 1 Corinthians 3.16-17, p. 211, on the sacredness of the human body as God's temple. Paul is quoting Genesis 2.24, p. 252. Vinaya Pitaka: The Vinaya Pitaka is the standard text of monastic discipline for Theravada monks. Qur'an 24.30-32: Wearing the veil by Muslim women was instituted in the Qur'an as a practical protection against the temptation to adultery.



A master has said, "He who beholds a beautiful woman should say, 'Blessed be He who hath created such in His universe.'" But is even mere looking permitted? The following can surely be raised as an objection: "Thou shalt keep from every evil thing" [Deuteronomy 23.10] implies that one should not look intently at a beautiful woman, even if she be unmarried, nor at a married woman, even if she be ugly, nor at a woman's gaudy garments, nor at male and female asses or at a pig and a sow or at fowls when they are mating.

24. Judaism. Talmud, Aboda Zara 20ab


The lawful thing which God hates most is divorce.

25. Islam. Hadith of Abu Dawud


The Lord was witness to the covenant between you and the wife of your youth, to whom you have been faithless, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant.... "For I hate divorce," says the Lord.

26. Judaism and Christianity. Malachi 2.14-16


The husband receives his wife from the gods; he does not wed her according to his own will; doing what is agreeable to the gods, he must always support her while she is faithful.

"Let mutual fidelity continue until death;" this may be considered as a summary of the highest law for husband and wife.

27. Hinduism. Laws of Manu 9.95, 101


And Pharisees came up and in order to test him [Jesus] asked, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?" He answered them, "What did Moses command you?" They said, "Moses allowed a man to write a certificate of divorce, and to put her away." But Jesus said to them, "For your hardness of heart he wrote you this commandment. But from the beginning of creation, 'God made them male and female.' 'For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.' So they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man put asunder."

And in the house the disciples asked him about this matter. And he said to them, "Whoever divorces his wife and marries another, commits adultery against her; and if she divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery."

28. Christianity. Mark 10.2-12


Aboda Zarah 20ab: Cf. Treatise on Response and Retribution, p. 932. Hadith of Abu Dawud: The Islamic law on divorce is found in Qur'an 2.226-32. There a waiting period of four months is prescribed, to allow the decision to be reconsidered. Malachi 2.14-16: Christian and Jewish marriage is not like a secular contract which can be annulled at will; it is a covenant to which God is witness and third partner. Laws of Manu 9.95, 101: Divorce is permitted, but it is not done by virtuous people. According to Narada Dharma Sutra 12.92-100 and Laws of Manu 9.76-81, a man may divorce his wife on the grounds of adultery, profligacy, procuring an abortion, drunkenness, malicious speech, or failure to produce a male heir. A woman may divorce her husband if he becomes a religious ascetic, is impotent, is expelled from his caste, or is long absent. A waiting period of one to eight years is normally required.



You shall not lie with a male as with a woman; it is an abomination.

29. Judaism and Christianity. Leviticus 18.22


The bodhisattva does not approach the five kinds of unmanly men in order to be friendly with or close to them.

30. Buddhism. Lotus Sutra 14


And Lot said to his people, "You commit lewdness, such as no people in creation ever committed before you. Do you indeed come in unto males?"

31. Islam. Qur'an 29.28-29


God gave them up to dishonorable passions. Their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural, and the men likewise gave up natural relations with women and were consumed with passion for one another, men committing shameless acts with men and receiving in their own persons the due penalty for their error.

32. Christianity. Romans 1.26-27


Mark 10.2-12: In the parallel attestation in Matthew 19.3-9, there is an exception for 'unchastity.' Current biblical scholarship does not see this exception as sanctioning divorce on the grounds of marital infidelity. 'Unchastity' is not the same word as adultery; it is thought to refer to the incestuous relations practiced by some pagans before their conversion to Christianity. Jesus is quoting Genesis 1.27, p. 282 and Genesis 2.24, p. 252. Lotus Sutra 14: The 'five kinds of unmanly men' includes homosexuals, hermaphrodites, eunuchs, and those suffering from various kinds of impotence. The Sangha did not want anyone to join the order as an escape; it likewise barred from membership debtors who wanted to renege on their debts and young novices who did not have their parents' permission. Qur'an 29.28-29: This passage refers to the story of Sodom and Gomorrah. According to the Bible (Genesis 19.4-11), when two angels came to Lot's home to warn him of the city's impending destruction, the mob demanded that Lot give the men over to them, that they might rape and sodomize them. Lot defended them and offered his daughters instead; at which point the mob sought to lay hands on Lot, but the angels rescued him. Romans 1.26-27: The 'due penalty' probably refers to venereal disease. In addition, there is the spiritual damage to the personality of one who engages in such behavior.