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Proud and pleased to inform that today my firm Manhunt Consultants is celebrating its #SilverJubilee
Exactly today 25 years ago in 1996 I became self-employed.
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Proud and pleased to inform that today my firm Manhunt Consultants is celebrating its #SilverJubilee
Exactly today 25 years ago in 1996 I became self-employed.
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Truth is when I successfully failed to get a job for myself when I needed it, I got into the business of getting jobs for others and was quite successful in that, obviously!
Many memories in this long journey - pleasant, proud, happy and frustrating.
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Many memories in this long journey - pleasant, proud, happy and frustrating.
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Recruitment consultancy is like a marathon race or motor rally; completing is the goal
Not many survive in this business. I know of many who got into this business after me and got out too all in quick time! I’m definitely proudly of myself for completing 25 years
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Not many survive in this business. I know of many who got into this business after me and got out too all in quick time! I’m definitely proudly of myself for completing 25 years
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If anyone can survive and succeed in this business they can succeed almost in any other because there’s more frustration and disappointments, many a slip between the cup and the lip and these make one mentally stronger by the day.
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To know what failure is and how it feels become a recruiter!
To experience heights of frustration work as a recruiter!
To enjoy the high of closing a difficult position be a recruiter
And for that satisfaction of being instrumental in changing one’s life be a recruiter
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To experience heights of frustration work as a recruiter!
To enjoy the high of closing a difficult position be a recruiter
And for that satisfaction of being instrumental in changing one’s life be a recruiter
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I started very humbly like in all big success stories!
Sharing office with a lawyer friend just for the sake of a telephone which in those days used to take years after applying!
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Sharing office with a lawyer friend just for the sake of a telephone which in those days used to take years after applying!
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Borrowed an old table from my last employer and its drawers don’t close fully. I didn’t worry about it because I had nothing valuable to keep safe!
Invested just Rs.500 in printing of visiting cards & letter heads. And I was in business & still in the same line!
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Invested just Rs.500 in printing of visiting cards & letter heads. And I was in business & still in the same line!
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Once more its proven that to survive and succeed in business money is secondary. What’s required first and foremost is the guts, grit and the never say die attitude
The day I started the only resume I had was my own, so to say! No job portals those days!
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The day I started the only resume I had was my own, so to say! No job portals those days!
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Helped many MNCs, even 1 Fortune100 company, and many reputed national companies as well as many MSMEs across industries in finding the right talent.
Helped 1000’s to get (better) jobs!
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Helped 1000’s to get (better) jobs!
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Met literally thousands of people from all walks of life which enriched me in ways I can’t describe.
Will have to thank my wife Sharada Bhagavatula
for the 24/7 support she gave me all these years.
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Will have to thank my wife Sharada Bhagavatula
for the 24/7 support she gave me all these years.
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She helped me in the business for more than a decade and when I had more recruiters she took voluntary retirement without a golden handshake!
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She never even asked me to reconsider my decision of quitting job and going into business. Not even once.
Totally supported me in ways I can't put in words.
Many people helped me through this long journey. And I thank them all.
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Totally supported me in ways I can't put in words.
Many people helped me through this long journey. And I thank them all.
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Would like to thank @achyutmenon who is my sounding board all these years. Probably the number of hours we chat might add up to few months!
I blame and thank him because he failed to get me a job when I needed one and had to endure me all these years!
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I blame and thank him because he failed to get me a job when I needed one and had to endure me all these years!
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Special thanks to my mentor and Guru @S_Sivakumar who was always there to guide me, mentor me.
He sees the big picture without forgetting the God in the details and all of it in just 68.4 seconds!
I thank him for all his guidance.
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He sees the big picture without forgetting the God in the details and all of it in just 68.4 seconds!
I thank him for all his guidance.
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Final thanks are for my son @bshravan15 and my daughter @thedoodlery for giving me good company through this long journey.
And they never even once gave me any trouble.
Life is good!
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And they never even once gave me any trouble.
Life is good!
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Would be tweeting tidbits of my long journey randomly in the coming days/weeks!
Declaring 3 days of festivity meaning I won't be doing any business work
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Declaring 3 days of festivity meaning I won't be doing any business work
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