‘Real estate industry pays higher than any other industry’

The Indian real estate industry is growing at a notable speed, but still struggling to get an ‘industry’ tag. The reason for which many believe is the fact that most real estate companies are family-run businesses and lack corporate professionalism. Thus making it difficult for people to survive and excel in such a set-up.  So, what are the skills that can help you to make a successful career in the real estate industry?

“Keeping  in mind the rapid developments in the industry, skills such as good construction knowledge in terms of faster constructions, best practices, method and technologies, space management technologies, human and material optimisation technologies are required for people in construction. Good communication skill will be an added advantage, especially for sales & marketing professionals,” said Ashok Kumar Jaiswal, vice chairman, GCJ Group during a “High-Tea” session, a dedicated chat platform on TimesJobs.com for candidates to ask career related queries from experts.

Jaiswal advised senior professionals, in the real estate industry, to get ready to take on more challenges and responsibilities, learn man and team management and continuously upgrade their knowledge to move up the ladder.

According to him, finance, sales and marketing and technical functions will be the most in-demand profiles in the real estate industry in 2013.

Highlighting the salary trends in real estate industry, he mentioned that compensation is directly proportional to micro skills required in the industry and the real estate industry actually pay at par or higher than any other industry in India. “And, the work pressure is also less compared to IT, Telecom and the FMCG industry.”

During the session, Jaiswal affirmed that there are opportunities available for freshers in the industry. And, it is advisable for freshers to start their innings with a basic job, understand the industry and stick with a company for longer duration to learn the tricks of the trade.

In his view, the success and survival mantra of the real estate industry is continuous skill development and awareness about new technologies, a good knowledge of target audience, good communication and a sound knowledge of human behavior.

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‘10 per cent of the workforce will be flexible workers by 2025’

Interview of the Day: ‘10 per cent of the workforce will be flexible workers by 2025’

Rituparna Chakraborty, Vice President, Indian Staffing Federation 

What is the scenario of flexible jobs in India? What is the global trend? 

Flexi staffing is evolving in India. India now boasts of one of the largest flexi staffing workforce across the world, just behind China and USA. However, the labor laws of India have failed to keep pace with the fast expansion of this particular segment of the workforce, which is creating a number of problems for the employment service providers in this industry.

Owing to the economic uncertainty in more developed country flexi-staffing has slowed down in these parts of the world. However, four of the BRICS nations – China, India, South Africa and Brazil come in the top 5 positions in flexi staffing market size in terms of number of workers and is growing at a rapid pace. In India the industry currently employs as many as 1.3 million organised flexi-workers, and in term of employment size is already one of the largest across the world. This is projected to touch 10% of the organised workforce in the country by 2025. On the other hand if we consider international trends, the ratio of total flexi staff to total workforce in 2010 was highest in China (11.9%), South Africa (7.1%) and Australia and Cambodia (2.7% each).

How critical is educational qualification for flexi jobs? 

Educational qualification is important depending upon the nature of work especially in sectors like IT, Pharma or engineering. Given the present scenario where decent employment opportunity for people with limited education is scarce, flexi staffing industry becomes an important employment avenue across the world for such people by enabling them to enter the job market, gain valuable experience and have career growth. The general graduates had the largest share (54%) holding flexi jobs, followed by higher secondary certificate (17%), secondary certificate (9%) and diploma holders (3%). Flexi staffing industry in India has high potential to create significant job opportunities for those with average or low academic background.

How can flexi jobs help to boost career opportunities of job-seekers? 

Worldwide flexi staffing is viewed, and is acting as a spring-board for first-time job seekers. The freshers are hugely benefited as they get an opportunity to work for major brands on short-term projects and gain experience, which is difficult to crack otherwise. Flexi jobs can help them to shape and mould their careers in a way they want. This industry is an important avenue of employment for job seekers with graduate degree in general streams (Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Commerce), lower qualifications, youth who are just out of college, with minimal work experience or even college drop outs. Utilising the work experience gained while working in flexi jobs to their advantage, they enhance their skill profile and increase their chances of being absorbed into the regular workforce.

What are the key challenges for the employer and also for the job-seeker who is exploring the area of flexible staffing? 

The biggest challenge is that this sector is over-regulated and under-supervised. Apart from this, there is a huge shortage of skill prevailing in the industry. To be successful, staffing firms need to attract and retain external talent who possess the skills and the experience to meet clients’ staffing needs. Arranging for a suitably qualified candidate in the face of a talent crunch and intensive competition over limited talent poses significant challenges and risks to its business model.  On the other hand candidates who are seeking for flexi jobs need to be extra careful as there are large numbers of unorganised players who often tend to operate beyond the ambit of labour laws which can pose a threat to their career.

How do you foresee the future of flexible staffing in India? Which industries are most active in this area today and who all will be the future leaders? 

Flexi staffing definitely has a future in India, and staffing agencies are likely to be the ‘transition agencies’. One of the areas which require immediate consideration is reforming the existing labour law system in India to bring it more in tune with the unique ‘tripartite’ feature of the flexi staffing industry. Considering that deploying flexi staff increases flexibility enabling allocation of staff as per changing requirements, companies across traditional sectors such as Retail, Telecom, Hospitality, Pharma, Manufacturing, and Agriculture are increasingly shifting to the flexi staffing model. The size of India’s Retail sector, one of the major sources of demand for flexi staff in India, is currently estimated at around US$ 450 billion and is expected to grow at 10-12% per annum. Given this positive future outlook, the sector is expected to witness a strong demand for flexi staff.

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Yahoo buys image search startup IQ Engines

Yahoo has confirmed that it has bought image search specialty startup IQ Engines to add the company's technology to its Flickr photo service.

SAN FRANCISCO: Yahoo has confirmed that it has bought image search specialty startup IQ Engines to add the company's technology to itsFlickr photo service.

"IQ Engines is joining the Flickr team at Yahoo," the startup said in a message at its website.

"As longtime Flickr fans and fellow photography enthusiasts, we look forward to working on improving photo organization and search for the community."

IQ Engines is known for software that analyzes, sorts, and categorizes images using techniques including facial recognition.

In May, Yahoo unveiled a dusted-off design of its Flickr photo platform with chief executive Marissa Mayer saying her goal was to make the online service "awesome again."

Sunnyvale, California-based Yahoo has been on a buying spree since Mayer became chief last year with a mission to revive the withering Internet pioneer.

The list of more than 20 acquisitions includes Qwiki, a New York operation behind an application that converts video and pictures on iPhones into sharable movie clips complete with music soundtracks.

Yahoo in June completed a billion-dollar deal taking over the popular blogging platform Tumblr, a move aimed at bringing more youthful users into the company's orbit.

Mayer's plan for reviving Yahoo's fortunes includes making priorities of mobile devices, video, personalized digital content, and elevating the company's popularity outside the United States.

Yahoo shares were boosted last week by a survey showed the struggling Internet giant topped a survey for US Web visitors for the first time since 2011.

In late afternoon trading Monday, Yahoo was trading down fractionally at $27.97.

The comScore survey showed Yahoo edged past Google with 195.6 million unique US Web visitors. It was the first time Yahoo was on top since May 2011. The figures exclude Yahoo's newly acquired Tumblr blog sites. gc/r
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Facebook launches Shared Albums feature

Facebook has begun letting members collaborate on shared online photo albums at the leading social network.

SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook on Monday began letting members collaborate on shared online photo albums at the leading social network. The Shared Album feature was to be introduced slowly, first becoming available to a small group of English-language users before gradually spreading across the social network. 

"A shared album is an album that multiple people can upload photos to," Facebook said in an online post explaining the new feature. 

"When you make an album shared, you can add your friends as contributors," the post continued. "This allows them to add, view and edit photos in the album." 

Previously, Facebook members could only add photos to their own online albums at the social network. 

The new feature, inspired by feedback from Facebook users, is intended to let friends or family members collaborate on photo albums memorializing shared events or occasions. 

Facebook members can invite as many as 50 friends to contribute digital photos to online albums.

Privacy settings allow sharing of albums to be limited to those who contribute or opened to friends of contributors or the public, according to Facebook.

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I've never been a numbers man, says Ashwin

In an exclusive chat, off-spinner R Ashwin spoke about his plans and his expectations from the coming season. 

CHENNAI: There's a gruelling season ahead andR Ashwin has started preparing for it. He is leading the Tamil Nadu XI in the Buchi Babu invitational tournament. When congratulated for another five-wicket haul in the quarterfinals, the tall off-spinner laughed: "Not bad, what do you say?"

But Ashwin knows this is nothing more than an appetizer before the real action begins with theChampions League in September. It will be followed by the home ODI series against Australia and then the big one, the South Africa series away.

In an exclusive chat, Ashwin spoke about his plans and his expectations from the coming season. Excerpts:

How was the month-long break after the tri-series in West Indies? Were you completely away from cricket?

It was a much-needed break and I spent some quality time with the family. It's been just a couple of weeks that I am back on the field, trying to get some playing time before the real action starts. But yes, in this break, I did watch a bit of Ashes. Jimmy Anderson was quitefantastic, and so was Graeme Swann.

Do you try to pick up any aspect of Swann's bowling?

I have a lot of respect for Swann. He is a great bowler and he has been for a while and has done a great job for his country. But we are different bowlers and I prefer working on my strengths.

You have 92 wickets from 16 Tests and can break Erapalli Prasanna's record of being the quickest to reach the 100-mark (in 20 Tests) among Indians. Your thoughts on that record...

I have never been a numbers man. It's not my aim for the season to break that record, my aim is to bowl to the best of my potential. If in the process, the record happens, yes, I will be happy.

You bowled the last over in the Champions Trophy final and defended 15 runs. Is that the most important over that you have bowled so far in your career?

Maybe, but I know that it wouldn't be my last. Yes, it was a great challenge and I am happy that we got over the line. But I would relish such a challenge if it comes my way in the future.

In the series against Australia Down Under in 2011-12, the returns weren't exactly great for you. Do you think South Africa will be different. How important is it for you to prove to people that you're as good a bowler abroad as you are in India?

Yes, 10 wickets from three Tests that I played in Australia didn't meet my expectations. But as you know, cricket is more about the situation, how the match is placed at that point of time...And if you ask me about South Africa now, I would say it's a little too early, there are three months still to go. Right now, I would like to do well in the Champions League T20 for CSK and then look ahead.

Your expectations from the Champions League?

We have been a wonderful bunch at CSK. With the auctions this year, I don't know how many more games we will be playing together. So the Champions League is a great platform for all of us to celebrate what we have been doing so well for a while and win the tournament.

In your absence in Zimbabwe, Ravindra Jadeja and Amit Mishra did a good job. Being the No. 1 spinner of the team, what are your thoughts?

They are quality cricketers and it's good to see that they are all performing. Jadeja has done well in the recent past and I have a lot of respect for Mishy. He is a good leg-spinner, has been around for a while, and I hope we all do well together.

You have also become a specialist in the slips.

Nothing of that sort, I field where I am asked to. Yes, I have stood in the slips of late and the catches are coming my way. It doesn't mean I am uncomfortable fielding anywhere else.

You have always been serious about your batting?

I am. Right now, I am working on hitting the ball a fair distance. It's important for a lower middle-order batsman to do so in tight situations in limited-overs cricket and it's an area that I am looking to improve
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Rupee breaches 66-mark; sensex plunges over 500 points

The rupee hit a new record low of 65.94 against the dollar on Tuesday
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MUMBAI: The rupee tumbled further on Tuesday to breach the 66-mark and was trading at 66.06 against the US dollar at 1.55pm.

The BSE benchmark sensex also nosedived over 524 points in mid-session trade on increased capital outflow as the rupee hit new record low amid concerns the food bill would raise subsidy burden.

After a lower start, the sensex plunged by 524.09 points to 18,034.04 at 1pm as the rupee hit a new record low of 65.94 (intra-day) against the dollar.

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Windows 8.1 is ready, gets released to manufacturers

Word is Microsoft has released Windows 8.1 to manufacturing. There's still no indication that developers or users are going to get the gold bits before October 18.

 

The Windows 8.1 Preview.

They said they'd do it by the end of August. And as we head into the last stretch, it seems Microsoft has released to manufacturing (RTMed) Windows 8.1, its next release of Windows.

Windows SuperSite editor Paul Thurrott tweeted on August 23 that Windows 8.1 had RTM'd. Thurrott said the final RTM build number is 9600.16384.130821-1623.

I talked to another contact of mine who said the internal RTM e-mail made the rounds inside the Windows division on August 23. A third source close to the company confirmed Microsoft RTM'd Windows 8.1 on August 23, and announced internally that the quality metrics for Windows 8.1 were back in line with those of Windows 7. (The vast amount of changes in the Windows 8 code base resulted in an increased number of crashes and hangs for Windows 8, one of my contacts explained.)

Microsoft may have opted against announcing Windows 8.1's  RTM on Friday so that the news wouldn't be overshadowed by the announcement that CEO Steve Ballmer is retiring some time within the next 12 months. As I blogged previously, my sources saidMicrosoft was targeting Monday August 26 as the day it would RTM Windows 8.1.I asked a Microsoft spokesperson if Windows 8.1 RTM'd on August 23 and was told the company had no comment.

In June, officials said that Microsoft would be providing the final RTM bits to OEMs before the end of August.

The real question on some developers', IT pros', and other users' minds is whether Microsoft will make the RTM bits available to anyone early. In other words, will TechNet and MSDN subscribers get the Windows 8.1 gold bits in the next couple weeks or so, as Microsoft has done traditionally?

As I've noted previously, my sources said that Microsoft's game plan is to withhold the Windows 8.1 RTM bits until launch this year, which means almost no one outside (other than OEMs) would get officially released Windows 8.1 bits until October 18.

Microsoft may reverse that decision, but on the server side of the house, officials admitted that the Windows Server 2012 R2, System Center 2012 R2 and Windows Intune Wave E offeringswon't go to anyone in final form before October 18.

Windows 8.1, codenamed "Blue," is introducing a number of changes designed to make the new operating system more palatable to current Windows users. Windows 8.1 is adding a Start Button, a boot-straight-to-desktop option; the ability to unpin all Metro apps; built-in tutorials; an improved Windows Store and a host of other consumer- and business-focused features. Microsoft launched its one and only Windows 8.1 consumer preview test build in late June.

This story originally appeared as "Microsoft releases to manufacturing Windows 8.1: Sources" on ZDNet.

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Is this the worst ad Samsung's ever made?

An ad for its 840 EVO Series Solid State Drive gets Reddit posters in an enormous tizzy, after one of the actors allegedly explains his role.

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Why did I agree to be in this?

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Some ads, like some movies, can be so bad that they become a peculiar sort of good.

Then there are ads that maintain a deep worthlessness and cause only pain to the senses.

You must decide how you feel about this opus, created by Samsung.

Released a couple of weeks ago, it sat in the Internet's ether, hiding in plain sight. Then the critics at Reddit got hold of it and mused whether the world had ended early.

The ad, for Samsung's 840 EVO Series Solid State Drive, seems to have enjoyed a very strict casting brief: please only audition those with a dependency on Xanax.

The actors seem to speak with the diction of an American who is trying to explain himself to a Chechen rebel.

"After a few months of owning my computer," says one young man, "it doesn't work as fast."

Some might think: "Perhaps it's trying to maintain the same pace as your thinking process, sir."

Yet it is this very actor who is said to have participated in the Reddit discussion, behind the handle DamienF1.

He wrote: "So I'm an actor/model living in Seoul, and im playing the 'businessman' in this promo. now, admittedly its not my best work lol, but most people arent aware of just how many factors go into making it this bad."

One factor would be actors who slowly offer: "Wow! That Amazing!", as if someone was pulling on the hairs beneath their shoulder blades to keep them awake.

To hear the lady actor offer: "I did it! Did you see that?!" is to witness some of the finest sincerity since your last girlfriend said she was ditching you to join a nunnery.

The allegedly participating actor explained on Reddit: "They force us to speak slowly since this will be dubbed over in Korean, and even when it isnt, most people viewing it will be Korean. They ask us to exaggerate since many Korean people feel thats how we 'naturally' act (most people here are not very expressive)."

You must admit that there's more than a suspicion of truth in this. The American, in the eyes of many foreigners, is an unsubtle beast, prone to noisy outbursts and facial expressions of large white teeth and insincerity.

He explained further that this was meant only for promotional and in-house purposes, not to be seen on TV.

He also revealed that the comatose nature of the woman's performance is remarkably real: "By the time they shot the scenes with the girl, she was literally falling asleep in her chair, hence the stoned expression and tone :)"

For me, this is by no means the worst piece of communication I've ever seen.

As a Reddit poster called girkwood confirmed: "I work in the conference industry. I have seen literally hundreds of such videos. They all look like this, regardless of who they are for or what they deliver."

Many of such things are commissioned not even by marketing people, but by engineers who believe that people always talk like this.

In this case, Samsung wasn't too pleased with the actors comments. According to PCWorld, it called his agent and asked for his revelations to be put to sleep.

This video is surely no worse than concepts such as "Dog With A Blog" or "Robocop: Prime Detectives" or so many other ads and movies that have briefly assaulted us.

If I were Samsung, I'd capitalize on this notoriety for a product that isn't exactly in too many eyes.

I'd make a parody of my own bad ad with actors who really are semi-comatose.

I'd explain that some of them had been forced to watch 12 hours of "Jersey Shore," while others had been made to listen to the collected speeches of Kim Jong-Il.

They'd be doubling the production of these SSDs in no time.

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Too much time on Facebook? Give yourself an electric shock

The Pavlov Poke is an invention that shocks you into getting off the Web. It may be the only way.

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We are but dogs.

You're weak. And your biggest weakness is yourself.

You indulge obsessive habits. You spend a dozen hours a day on the Web, searching for what you're missing out on while you're spending a dozen hours a day on the Web.

You tell yourself that you can't help yourself. I am telling you that now you can.

For here is a device that will jolt you away from Facebook by giving you an electric shock. Yes, this is jolt by the volt.

Called the Pavlov Poke, this device was invented by Robert Morris and Dan McDuff. They claimed to waste a combined 50 hours a week on Facebook and determined to do something about it.

Fortunately, they are two PhD students at MIT, so they were in a position to use the strengths of their skills to combat the weakness in their gills.

In the promotional video I've embedded, their acting skills might use a little nuancing. However, they insist their tale is real.

The Pavlov Poke is, quite simply, a little accessory for your keyboard that pokes you into withdrawing from it, if you've been Web bound too long.

It is less a poke and more of an electric shock.

"It monitors application usage, and if you spend too much time on a particular Web site or application, it will give you a shock," explained McDuff.

Sadly, there appear to be no plans to launch the Pavlov Poke commercially. Morris admits the invention is something of a joke.He describes the shock as "unpleasant," but not dangerous.

Some might wonder whether our habits are no so ingrained that even a shock won't work on us.

Morris told TechCrunch: "To be truly effective, many shock exposures are probably needed. Proper conditioning procedures should be followed. Sadly, we found the shocks so aversive, we removed the device pretty quickly after installing it. Anecdotally, however, I did notice a significant, though temporary, reduction in my Facebook usage."

If this doesn't work, what will? Can one imagine Apple creating computers that only work eight hours a day? Can one imagine Microsoft creating software that automatically shuts down with a certain number of hours of usage?

Right now, it seems that we are mere animals, open to a better form of conditioning, if only we can find it.

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