Do You Want the Perfect Job? Update Your Facebook Profile

Bosses, note — if you want to know how job candidates will perform after they are hired, checking out their Facebook page may be a good idea. A candidate's Facebook profile can predict whether they will be good at their job, according to a study. 

Researchers from Old Dominion University in Virginia found that Facebook profiles can be just as — if not more — accurate job performance indicators as self-reported personality tests. The study compared personality traits gleaned from Facebook profiles to job candidates' self-reported personality tests, to see which method was a better predictor of job performance. 

"You can also access a record of that person's past behaviour on their social media profile," said Katelyn Cavanaugh , a doctoral student at Old Dominion. Richard Landers , an Old Dominion assistant professor and a study coauthor , said information on social media is more authentic than what a personality test can reveal.

How To Get A Job in Google

Google's hiring boss Laszlo Bock has revealed the tricks of the trade that can help job applicants land any job in the world.

According to him, students shouldn't study just for the sake of it, because it doesn't mater where one went to college and what they studied, what maters is what they do with it, News.com.au reported.

Bock said that the first and most important thing is to be explicit and wilful in making the decisions about what one wants to get out of this investment in their education.

He said that the Google looks for in applicants is "general cognitive ability" to learn and solve new problems and in tech, this might mean understanding the basics of computer science, but in business it might mean statistics. The point is to understand the fundamentals.

The hiring boss added that the trick to a killer CV Frame is strengthening one's strengths properly by using the right content and one should always make their thought processes clear by stating the attribute, demonstrating it, and outlining what they have said while sitting for an interview.

How to Make Your Passwords More Secure?

If the Heartbleed security threat teaches us anything, it's that passwords don't offer total protection.

Browsers are supposed to keep passwords and other sensitive data safe, but a technical flaw in a widely used padlock security technology allows hackers to grab the information anyway. Even without this latest discovery, there have been countless disclosures of hackers breaking in to grab usernames and passwords, plus credit card numbers and more.

That's why many security experts recommend a second layer of authentication: typically in the form of a numeric code sent as a text message. If you're logging in to a website from your laptop, for example, you enter your password first. Then you type in the code you receive via text to verify that it's really you and not a hacker.

The idea behind these double-layer passwords is to make it harder to use a password that's compromised or guessed. You're asked for a second piece of information that only you are supposed to know.

To balance security and convenience, you can typically bypass this check the next time you use the same Web browser or device. It won't help if someone steals your laptop, but it'll prevent others from using your password on their machines. If you're logging in at a library or other public computer, remember to reject the option to bypass that check next time.

The second piece of authentication could be your fingerprint or retina scan, though such biometric IDs are rarely used for consumer services. Financial services typically ask for a security question, such as the name of your childhood pet, the first time you use a particular Web browser or device. That's better than nothing, though answers can sometimes be guessed or looked up. Some banks offer verification codes by text messaging, too.

The two-step requirement is fairly simple to turn on. With Google, for instance, it's under the Security tab in your account settings. On Facebook, look for Login Approvals under Security in the settings. With Apple IDs, visit appleid.apple.com rather than the account settings on iTunes.

After you enable it, you'll typically have to sign in to your account again on various Web browsers and devices. After entering your username and password, a code will get set to your phone. You'll have to enter that to finish signing in. This has occasionally meant getting off my couch to grab my phone from the charger, but that's a small price for security.

What if you're somewhere without cellular access and can't receive texts?

Most services have backup mechanisms. Google, Facebook and Microsoft have apps that will let you receive verification codes even when you're offline. Google and Facebook also let you generate 10 backup codes that you can download or print to keep in your wallet. Each can be used only once.

You can also turn off the two-step requirement temporarily if you'll be traveling without cellular access, though I don't recommend it. The reason I turned it on last year was because I was leaving the country and wouldn't be able to deal with further mysterious reset attempts.

Occasionally, you'll run into an app that won't accept the text code. Apple's Mail app on iPhones, iPads and Mac computers is one. Microsoft's Outlook software is another. If that happens, you'll have to go to your service's settings to generate a temporary password for that particular app. It's a pain, but I've rarely needed to do this.

There are several other challenges to making this work smoothly. For example, if you have a shared Twitter account, such as for your company or organization, two-step verification isn't very practical unless you also share your phone. There's a 12-character, hard-to-guess backup code you can use instead. But it's no security if you jot it down next to your main password.

The biggest problem, though, is losing your phone. Some services will let you provide a backup number, including a friend's cellphone or a landline phone. With Google, the code can be sent as a voice message instead of a text. Others offer a complex recovery code, which you'll have to jot down and keep in a safe place.

How To Get More Likes in Facebook

Disappointed at less number of 'likes' on your selfie or a photo from your latest vacation on Facebook or Twitter? Now, there is a formula that can win more 'likes' online. 

An Indian-American student at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, US, has devised a formula that tells how the contents of a photograph may predict its popularity online. 

Computer student Aditya Khosla and his team scanned through 2.3 million Flickr photos to see which got the most views. 

They then looked for correlations between the colour, composition and subject of an image and that picture's likelihood of missing 'likes'. 

They found that "brassieres", "revolvers", "miniskirts", "bikinis" and "cups" have a strong positive impact on a photo's popularity. 

"Some people have 10 friends, some have a thousand. Despite all these differences, it is interesting to see that the content of the image itself can be used to predict how popular an image is going to be," Khosla was quoted as saying in a Huffington Post report. 

While underwear and dinnerware get more 'likes', objects like laptops, golf carts and space heaters had no takers. 

Khosla suggested while posting a photo on social media, junk greenish and blue-gray hues as these colours "tend to be less popular". 

The researchers' algorithm suggests colours like aqua, bright red, navy and chartreuse. "Open scenes with little activity tend to be unpopular," he said. 

The new findings can help create software that would let users edit their photos to make them more appealing, the report added.

How to get quick promotions in IT / BPO Companies

Software Engineers மொத்தம் ரெண்டு வகை,
காலைல 8 மணிக்கு ஆபீஸ் வந்துட்டு switch போட்ட grinder மாதிரி, night வரைக்கும் உக்காந்து எல்லா வேலையும் இழுத்து போட்டு செஞ்சுட்டு ,work pressureனு வீட்ல போய் அம்மா,அப்பா,பொண்டாட்டி கூட சண்ட போட்டுட்டு படுத்து தூங்கறவங்க மொத கோஷ்டி.இவங்க, அவங்களா உழைச்சு , increment வாங்கி , onsite போய், சம்பாரிச்சு, மண்டைல முடி கொட்டி, கல்யாணம் பண்ணி செட்டில் ஆயிருவாங்க.... இவங்களுக்கு நம்ம அட்வைஸ் ஏதும் தேவை இல்ல....

ரெண்டாவது கோஷ்டி:
வேல செய்ய புடிக்காம, கடுப்புல வந்து, ஏனோ தானோன்னு வேல செஞ்சு, increment இல்லாம,onsite இல்லாம, வீட்ல, 'சாப்பாட்ல உப்பு இல்லன்னு' சொன்னா,' PCS/Cunfosys/GTS/JCLல தான வேல செய்யற??' ன்னு நக்கல் பேச்சுக்கு ஆள் ஆகி, தினமும் Managerகிட்ட 'You have to put some extra efforts man'ன்னு பேச்சு வாங்கிட்டு இருக்கற 73% பேரு....

இவங்கல்லாம் கஷ்டப்பட்டு வேல செய்யாமலே முன்னேறரதுக்கு எளிய வழிகள்:

*.காலைல மேனேஜர் office போறதுக்கு முன்னாடி நம்ம போயரனும்,Evening அவர் கெளம்புனதுக்கு அப்புறம் தான் நம்ம கெளம்பனும்(அந்த timeல வேல செய்யனும்கறது முக்கியம் இல்ல....).....

*. 5 mins வேலையா இருந்தாலும், பெருசா build up பண்ணனும்,
For example,
உங்க lead சின்னதா excel sheetla ஒரு fieldla ஏதாவது change பண்ண சொன்னாங்கன்னா, அந்த வேலைய செஞ்சு முடிச்சிட்டு,

Hi Ramesh,

As discussed with you yesterday evening over phone, I have successfully changed 3rd row, 4th column of the 'employee details' excel sheet.
Please find the updated excel sheet in the following folder path,

<<folder path/file name>>

Please reply back for any clarifications

Thank you,
XXXXXXXXXXXXXX,
Software Analyst,
YYYY Consultancy Solutions,
Chennai.

அப்படின்னு 5 நிமிஷ வேலைக்கு 15 நிமிஷம் செலவு பண்ணி மெயில் போடணும்....Team members, module lead, group lead, project manager எல்லார்த்தையும் CCல வெக்கணும்....

* .birthday celebrations, Team outingநா, மூஞ்சில cake பூசறது , photo எடுக்கும்போது கொம்பு வெக்கறது , அப்பப்ப ரெண்டு மூணு மொக்கைய போடறதுன்னு நல்லா 'performance' பண்ணனும்....

*Managera எதிர்த்து பேசவே கூடாது, manager சொன்னா ஒன்னும் ஒன்னும் மூணு....

* தெரியாம கூட , 'தெரியாது' ங்கற வார்த்தைய சொல்லிரவே கூடாது. சுத்தமா தெரியாத ஒரு tool, software அல்லது technology பத்தி manager/lead கேட்டா கூட ,
Its a kind of,Its a sort of, In the sense, usability, modularity, quality, technically speaking , cost cutting, probably, actually இந்த மாதிரி வார்த்தைகள போட்டு, ஒரு statement குடுத்தரனும்...

*.Client visit வந்தா, clientsஓட நல்லா interact பண்ணனும்.
What do you think about Indian culture?,
Which one u like most, Dosa or Chappathi?
What will be the future of Indian Software Engineers?(அங்க Eurozone crisis வந்து, கொஞ்ச நாள்ல அவன் futureருக்கே வழியில்லன்னு தெரிஞ்சிருந்தாலும் பரவால்ல....)
இந்த மாதிரி மொக்கத்தனமான கேள்வியெல்லாம் கேக்கணும்....

*. அப்பப்ப sweets எடுத்துட்டு வரணும்,

Hi All,
Sweets at my desk, Please help yourselves,

அப்டின்னு mail போட்டு எல்லார்த்துக்கும் குடுக்கணும்....இப்படி டகில்பாஸ் வேல செஞ்சாதான் நம்மளோட managerஉக்கு நம்மளோட teamwork தெரியும்.

இது போக அப்பப்ப யாருக்காவது ஏதாவது சொல்லிக்குடுக்கனும் (எல்லார்த்துக்கும் தெரியுற மாதிரி சத்தமா ), Juniorsக்கு அட்வைஸ் பண்ணனும் ,Team movie போனா ticket book பண்ணனும் ,cab book பண்ணனும், Clean shave, formalsனு Raymonds model மாதிரி சுத்தனும்.

இப்படி மேல சொன்ன வேலையெல்லாம் செஞ்சா , Software fieldல முன்னேறி, onsite போயி, சம்பாரிச்சு கல்யாணம் பண்ணி, ஊற தாண்டி ஊரப்பாக்கத்துல ஒரு இடம் வாங்கி settle ஆயிறலாம்....

7 must read books for every entrepreneur

1. Purple Cow: Transform Your Business by Being Remarkable by Seth Godin

2. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change by Stephen R Covey

3. Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert B Cialdini, PhD

4. How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie

5. Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell 

6. Rework by Jason Fried and David Hansson

7. The Start-Up Playbook by David S Kidder