According to a recent research around 18% of people never negotiate their salary & 44% negotiate only occasionally. This is totally surprising considering studies to have shown that an individual who fails to negotiate their salary stands to miss out on more than $500k during their lifetime. There are different reasons for such a behavior, …
“Surround yourself with people that reflect who you want to be and how you want to feel, energies are very contagious” is a very apt quote which Adithya read recently on Instagram. And the immediate next post on his Instagram feed was about “Path 2 PhD” from Shivalee. What a coincidence!! Adithya immediately reached out …
“What are your salary expectations?” is a typical question asked in any interview or “Please include your salary expectations in the Cover letter” is another statement which can be seen quite often in many job advertisements in Germany. You cannot blindly answer these questions without researching about them. WHY do you need to research? Recruiters …
What are your salary expectations? SMART answer required for a TRICKY question!! Read More »
Reflections community has been growing and we recently crossed 800+ members organically in 10 months. For the people who are new to Reflections: What is Reflections? REFLECTIONS aims at mentoring & empowering an individual’s career based on the combined international experience & learnings of 15+ years of the three founders. (Hanoc, Loukik & Adithya) We would like to share our failures and successes with every individual since “Giving Back” is the vision …
Imagine you received your first employment contract in Germany (for internship, master thesis, full-time job or any other part time job). But during our personal sessions, we got to know that most of you are unaware of the things to be cross-checked and negotiated. The same exact problem that we faced when we received our …
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Why did you decide to move & study abroad? What were your priorities or goals? Can you take a minute to reflect & answer these questions before reading further? World is constantly changing with time but not the mentality of students who are coming abroad for their studies!! While doing my master studies in 2013, …
We at Reflections have conducted around 10+ personal sessions so far. The main purpose of these sessions is to give detailed feedback for job seekers on their CV & Cover Letter based on our experiences. The most common mistake that we found across all the CVs was that the tasks/achievements mentioned were very general(no focus …
One of the most frequently asked questions in our general job search strategy webinars is “Where to look for jobs in Germany?” There are multiple portals in Germany which are either focussed on specialised fields or general fields. We have done our best to list down all the portals which we personally find to be …