Forensics as your career in India

Forensics as your career in India Home career Forensics as your career in IndiacareerForensics as your career in IndiaBy Neha Rawat - July 4, 201726721Facebook Forensics as your career in IndiaI doubt if we can find an Indian who has not seen or heard about “CID”. We all have been a fan of this show. Although I love that show I blame it for creating all the myths about forensics for Indians. Here, by forensics people understand CID, by a career in forensics they imagine you as Dr. Saduke, dealing with corpses and assisted by a charming lady. Today Forensics courses are blooming all over the country. We have courses in universities like BHU, DU as well as in the private ones.  Innumerous diploma, graduate and postgraduate courses have been developed. Usually, students enter the forensics field by fate or due to the exaggerated coolness of the job shown by CID. I find students considering other career choices once they are hit by the reality of the Forensics. I guess the kids who grew up watching CID just can’ t accept that their favorite show misled them. Jokes apart, so what actually are the chances of making a great career in forensics in India? I’m going to try to make things clear for future aspirants. There are two kinds of ideologies regarding Forensics in India. Either people overestimate the career scope in Forensics or they think you’re not going to get anywhere in your life with forensics as a career.So what is the truth? Scope? Contents hide 1 Scope? 2 What will you work with? 3 Government or Private Sector? 4 Experience? 5 Salary? 6 Job Satisfaction? 7 Teaching? There are 7 Central Forensic Labs. A state level Lab in each state. And then there are Regional labs. Forensic Labs are to be constructed in each district. There are private labs. You are always free to join the teaching line. Future prospects are great in the field of Forensics. Anyone can think about the scope now. If Crime ends somewhere in future then forensic might end too. Forensics is going t o be everywhere until then.What will you work with?The work in the lab might be disturbing for many. You have to deal with viscera, Visit crime scenes, See dead people and maybe witness postmortems too, you’ll have to work with evidence you would never want to touch. Along with all this, you’ll have to deal with the emotional aspects of the cases, chopping someone’s stomach or testing those blood stains when you know how the person died, it might get too much for people. So if you can’t deal with all this don’t dare to think about forensics. But if you think that you’ll do well after a few hiccups then read ahead.Government or Private Sector?Forensics mainly includes the government sector. You are going to work under the “Ministry of Home Affairs” when you work in a lab. You’ll be a part of the police. In private sector, there are many labs. You can join the private labs till you wait for government vacancies.Experience?Now, this is an issue here. In forensics, th e only post you get recruited without any experience is LAB Assistant. You are going to need an experience of lab work for each higher post. If you think that you’ll get placed right after BSc. Or MSc.  Then you’d be over expecting.The recruitment rules vary with states but mostly you are going to need experience for applying for higher posts such as Scientific Assistant or Scientific Officer. Highest post for direct recruitment is the “Scientific Officer”. You are going to need at least 3 years’ experience to be eligible for that. So the Private Forensic labs might be of great help here.Salary?If you work in private sector, you will need pocket money from your parents. Simple!But if you work in the Government Sector, Well, you’re in for treats then. You’ll be paid according to the seventh pay commission. Salaries are nice for all posts but they are the best for “scientific officer” and higher posts. You’ll be a Gazetted officer earning a handsome salary and you can boast the title of a “FORENSIC SCIENTIST”Job Satisfaction?Forensics helps the law. Neither police nor law can help people if there is no evidence. This is the reason more than 70% cases end up being closed. If you join forensics your work will affect the lives of so many people. You’ll be an important factor in giving justice to the victims. That’s pretty satisfactory.Teaching?Perks of being a lecturer or professor in Forensics are same as they are in any other subject. Private universities offer a handsome salary too. There are numerous universities coming up with the forensics courses. Two of them being especially for forensics, the Gujrat Forensic Science University, and another one is to be constructed in Banaras. I hope I have provided an overview to help you guys decide if you want to plunge in this field.If you don’t mind working with dead nasty stuff and don’t faint on seeing blood you might want to consider it a career for you. TAGSForensics

5 of the Funniest Workplace Commercials of All Time Marla Gottschalk

5 of the Funniest Workplace Commercials of All Time Marla Gottschalk Ill admit it â€" I watch the Super Bowl just for the great commercials. (Super Bowl ads should be considered an art form in their own right.) Personally, I really appreciate a clever commercial. But, when you set a great ad in the context of work, the magic can really happen!   Somehow, other people poking fun at universal workplace issues (such as annoying co-workers and the ever-present issue of competition) â€" really allows us to take a break, laugh, and gain a new perspective. So in deference to all of the great commercials out there â€" here are 5 of the all-time funniest commercials set in the workplace. Which one is your favorite? 5. Working with Monkeys: Business Trip â€"   CareerBuilder Ever wished for better co-workers? This poor guy sure does. (Check out the entire series.) ______ 4. I Dont Have Any Friends Like That   â€" IBM You might think that that social media makes you a better employee. Well think again. ______ 3. Running with the Squirrels â€" EDS Never under-estimate your competition. Ever. ______ 2. Hump Day   â€" Geico Some of us dont hate Wednesdays. ______ 1. Fast Talker â€" FedEx Is faster really better? Hmmmm. _____ Please add your favorites in the comments section below. (Ill be sure to draft a Part 2). Dr. Marla Gottschalk is a Workplace Psychologist. She also writes for Linkedin and US News World Report.

Your Complete Guide to Domain Name Branding - Personal Branding Blog - Stand Out In Your Career

Your Complete Guide to Domain Name Branding - Personal Branding Blog - Stand Out In Your Career Ive received countless emails and questions during my speaking presentations about selecting the right domain name. I want to address all of these questions in this post and give you a few strategies you can use with domain names to brand yourself, your business, your content or all three. Ive spoken about the importance of protecting your personal brand in the digital age, but now its time to give you real strategies. Step 1: Choose your strategy Many people skip this step because they get excited and/or hear one of my talks and immediately want to protect their personal brand by securing this domain name. These individuals might have the right idea, but have forgotten one keyword: marketing. Corporate branding: Your strategy for registering a corporate brand is simple, just use the company name. Before you name your company, you should already have the domain name. If its taken, then move on or try to purchase it from someone else immediately. Otherwise, when your brand becomes more successful (your business is worth more) a third party might charge you 10x more for that same domain name. Its much better to pay the ~$7 upfront. Personal branding: The first thing you want to do is Google your name. Depending on the results, your strategy will be different. If you have a common name, your strategy will be different than having a unique name. Unique: You wont run into any problems owning your Google results (you will be the master of your domain). Common: You will have to brainstorm different name options. Asset branding: A content-driven website, such as a blog or podcast, that is branded under a single domain name, and possibly sub domain names (subdomain.domain.com). An example is advertising.ducttapemarketing.com. Of course this asset brand could become a corporate brand if one of the objectives is to monetize it. Redirect branding: I think one of the most innovative approaches to domain name branding is to redirect a domain to a single source. For instance, purchasing joemaddenvideoresume.com and redirecting that to a video resume on YouTube. This way, its short and logical enough to include on a resume or another website for promotional purposes. Step 2: Purchase the domain names Corporate branding: If youre looking to brand your business, then register yourbusiness.com, yourbusiness.net and yourbusiness.org. The reason you need all three is because someone else could purchase one or both of the other two and build a business around it. Also, your competition might be tempted to purchase the other two to piss you off or confuse your customers. Personal branding: Unique: Use fullname.com. Common: You can use firstmiddlelastname.com, nickname.com, or showname.com. A nick name could be shwibbs.com (my nickname from college). A show name could be iJustine.com. If all else fails, register a set of keywords that you want associated with your name and in between the title /title HTML tags, put those keywords followed by your full name, such that Personal Branding Blog Dan Schawbel. Asset Branding: If you are branding a blog or podcast series, then purchase either namepodcast.com or nameblog.com, where name equals the name of your show or topic. I see no problem with using just name.com for an asset branding strategy, as long as you find some way to call attention to the media people will be exposed to when viewing your site. Redirect Branding: You should purchase the title of your promotional item, such as yournameresume.com or yournameportfolio.com. Step 3: Point domain names at hosts Aside from redirect branding, you will have to purchase hosting space in order to fire up your website, which will be connect with your domain. Services such as GoDaddy, Host Monster, Bluehost and 11 provide you with packages, where you can purchase a domain name and a host for a single price (domain names are usually free with hosts). Here are some strategies for you: Corporate Branding: Connect yourbusiness.com with an associated web host and redirect/forward your other domain names to it (.net and .org). Personal Branding: Take yourname.com and pair it with a host. You should decide if you want your brands homepage to be a blog (install WordPress.org) or a static webpage. Asset Branding: This is very similar to the other two options, depending on the type of asset and goals behind it. Why do branded domain names matter? One of the mistakes I made early in my personal branding career is that I used wordpress.com to host my blog for free (the blog you are reading). Dont worry because in 2009, there will be a complete overhaul! Branded domains are important because they are credible, rank high in Google and give you branded email addresses that you can use for business purposes. If you have any domain name questions please leave them in the comments or email me.

Looking into Womens Rights in The Workplace

Looking into Womens Rights in The Workplace Ive had a thought. Women tend to cry for equality without understanding their entitlements. There truly is a lot of stereotype and injustice that happens in many circumstances, I agree. However, unless women themselves understand their rights, theres only going to be passive action, or worse senseless noise. We girls need to stop and think for a bit  and ask  Do I really understand my rights?  Will I stand up and step forward if it was ever violated?   Consider this. It is often very difficult to change widely held time-worn opinions, even in the face of a mountain of counter-factual evidence. Growing up under the influence of the widely held perception that women are weak and frail and must at all times be protected, even coddled, menâ€"and some women tooâ€"find it very difficult to let go of this primitive stereotypical belief. This is especially the case in the more rough and tumble careers where injuries and death in the line of duty are more common. We are all guilty of this to some degree. Stop for a moment and picture a rodeo. There’s a wild rodeo bull, complete with a full set of horns, ring through the nose and little jets of fire snorting from his nostrils. A figure in boots, jeans, cowboy hat and a leather belt with a big silver and turquoise buckle that glitters blindingly in the sun, calmly walks toward the platform at the side of the bull pen. Helpers carefully lower her on top of the bull. The crowd holds their breath. They’re used to seeing men risk their lives every day. This is something else, something visceral and otherworldly. This idea of a woman risking her life riding a bull hits us in the gut. If she was hurt we’d be outraged and if she was killed there would be a riot and perhaps worse. Even though these strongly held false assumptions about the frailty of women are ubiquitous, they must be challenged and re-challenged until the day hopefully comes when that bull-riding cowgirl will just be one of the guys. The common belief that women are too physically weak to be firefighters must be challenged both through proof in the field and, if necessary, in the courtroom. You may have heard this argument: A woman can’t pick up a three-hundred pound man and carry him down five flights of stairs through flames and smoke and who knows what pandemonium she might encounter on such a hellish journey. Fair enough, but then again, most guys couldn’t either. It’s a straw man argument. We have modern fire trucks and smart firefighters. Smart well-trained fire-fighters wouldn’t try to carry a 300 pound man down five flights of stairs. Instead, they’d break out a window and lower the victim on a stretcher using the proper equipment that does all the heavy lifting for them. People can’t run as fast as a cheetah, but we still go faster in a car. People aren’t as strong as elephants, but we can lift even heavier loads with a crane. When it comes to a dangerous job, with time being of the essence, it’s clear thinking that is paramount, not bulging muscles. Sometimes it’s not sound logic and plain old common sense that wins the argument, but sometimes an employer just won’t listen. At that point you simply point out that the law is the law. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 states that employers may not discriminate against people on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin. Title VII makes it illegal for employers to exclude qualified women from any available position. Employers would often hire less qualified men for positions to which women had applied. This law empowers women to sue if they feel a potential employer has excluded them from a position based on gender. President John F. Kennedy signed the Equal Pay Act in 1963, which states that employers must pay women the same amount they would pay a man in the same position. In the past, companies paid women far less than their male counterparts for the same position. Women can sue their employers if they can prove that a male in the same position earns higher wages. Both of these laws significantly increase the status of women in the workforce. If they won’t obey the law of their own volition, you may have to take them to court. Useful resources like Legal Vision  will give you a leg up when your rights in the workplace have been violated. There are many other laws that we have to be aware of, in order to truly feel secure of our jobs. Many women tend to forget, it is up to them to defend their selves, and with awareness they will be able to approach this rationally and in a fair manner. Quite a reflection on a Tuesday morning, but theres no perfect time for it. Encourage your girls to sit and talk about this, you wouldnt know if any of them actually needs the discussion. Have you had this talk with your girls? Share your thoughts in the comments below or tweet us @mscareergirl now!

How to use university as a tool to decide your career pathway - Debut

How to use university as a tool to decide your career pathway - Debut This post was written by an external contributor.  Megan Ritchie reveals how you can plan for your future career at university.   There’s no denying that university can be rather overwhelming at times. You’re studying on the degree programme you applied for, you accepted your place, and off you went. But where do you go from there? How are you expected to know what you want to do for the rest of your life? Whilst going to university is the starting point for many that know what they want to do, many arrive â€" having selected their degree based on their interest and academic strengths â€" and still have no idea. But guess what? That’s totally fine. We need to change the way we look at university. Yes, you’ve made the first step in studying for a degree, but that doesn’t mean you should have the rest of your career pathway mapped out. It’s about time we saw university as an opportunity for experimenting with our interests and talents to develop our potential career pathways. You just need to know how to do it effectively. Get all the experience you can University is the ideal time to try out some different roles in various areas before you commit to a career. Not only is work experience a great addition to your CV, but it can give you an insight into different industries. Events like these can give you a better idea of what you would like to do in the future. Whether it’s a voluntary role, an internship, or a placement as a part of your degree, all these opportunities can help you to make a fully-informed decision. Vacancies can be found through your university careers service, and through online resources such as our job search page. If you need some further inspiration, check out our guides to all things careers and information here on internships you can get with any degree. Attend events and make contacts Attending careers events is an ideal way to get a broad overview of several different industries. From here, you can tailor your work experience searches to sectors you have taken an interest in. Events are also a great way to network and make contacts for the future. Networking can seem a daunting prospect if you haven’t done it before, so be sure to check out our top tips. Another great way to make contacts is by creating a LinkedIn profile. With this, you can network with employees and employers, search for vacancies, and reach out to individuals that work in your sector of interest to ask for advice and tips on making it in the industry. Try something new and get involved University is a great place to immerse yourself in new opportunities and try something new. You have nothing to lose and so much to gain. It’s ideal to do this as soon as you start university. By the time you’re in your final year, you might have even made it to the top. For instance, you could be on a committee or have an important role within your Student Union. Remember, it’s never too late to try something new at university. Get behind a cause you support, write for your student media, join a society â€" get involved in any way that takes your interest. Not only will it build your confidence and give you something to enjoy outside of your studies, but it might help you figure out where you want your career pathway to take you. Stay calm It’s a crucial time for figuring out what you want to do, and you’ll feel pressure from all sides â€" from yourself, from your university, and maybe even from your family. But remember, the only person that can shape your future is you. Take every opportunity you can to put yourself in the best position possible for when you leave university. You aren’t expected to know what you want to do when you start your degree. Use your time wisely during university to stand yourself in good stead for when it comes to finding a job. Enjoy discovering new interests, experimenting with your strengths, and breathe! If you need any further inspiration or information, check out other articles here on Debut, including what to do when career options get overwhelming, and how to decide what industry to work in. Download Debut  and  connect with us on  Facebook,  Twitter  and  LinkedIn  for more careers insights.

The Bitter and the Sweet of 50 - Kathy Caprino

The Bitter and the Sweet of 50 Today, I’m 50. While I certainly saw it coming â€" for months and years, of course â€" there’s nothing quite like waking up to the fact.   (Those of you who are 50 know what I mean â€" those who aren’t, you’ll see!).   50 may be the new 30, but there is no denying that there are 50 years of experience â€" joys, pain, disappointments, triumphs and hard-earned living behind these eyeballs, ya know? For my private celebration, I went to the beach (my favorite place on earth) and plunked down on the freshly-combed sand to spend a little “me-time.”   I pulled out my shiny new iPhone (thanks, honey!) to listen to some tunes, and this is what I heard delicately wafting through my ear buds: “I tasted, tasted love so sweet… I kept falling over I kept looking backward I went broke believing That the simple should be hard All we are we are All we are we are And every day’s the start of something beautiful And in the end words won’t matter ‘cause in the end nothing stays the same And in the end dreams just scatter and fall like rain…” (from All We Are, Matt Nathanson) I really like that.   Sums it up well, don’t you think?   I’ve found that the dreams of our lives do scatter â€" blowing in the wind like the gossamer seeds of fading dandelions.   But that doesn’t mean we should stop having our dreams.   Never.   (Why? Because our dreams catapult us forward to where the stretching is â€" so we can truly become all we long to be.)   For me, 50 is bittersweet.   It’s brought with it:   A deep, soul-felt gratitude for the blessings that are my family and friends An acceptance that where I am is exactly right, even though it’s certainly not where I thought I’d be   A multitude of dreams born and dashed, then born again. A feeling of being comforted, loved and seen, even when I’m all alone   A continual opportunity to forgive and accept myself in the face of my gigantic blunders and missteps   Knowing that treasuring the very small things in life makes the very big difference between joy and suffering   Recognizing that life is perfect imperfection â€" a cleverly-designed journey that inspires, pushes, stretches, dash hopes, build dreams, and dangles the Carrot â€" only to offer a shiny new one to tempt, the minute the previous one is snatched And â€" finally, 50 has unlocked in me a readiness to be who I really am. So, Happy Birthday to me â€" and to you.   Bring on the bitterness and the sweet!   I’m already noticing that 50 brings with it new visions and startling revelations.   I’m ready.   And may there be many, many happy returns for all of us.

Tips on Writing a Resume For Case Management Job Without Experience

Tips on Writing a Resume For Case Management Job Without ExperienceYou can learn tips on writing a resume for case management job without experience. Many times, case managers need to know about the job candidate, how the candidate has handled his or her own situation and why he or she should be hired. Learning these basic information about the applicant may not seem important or practical, but in the world of hiring fast, being able to write a well-formatted resume is extremely important.If you have had experience in the field, it would be a good idea to put this down on your resume. However, it is recommended that you put down what your previous employer did with respect to case management positions. This will give your potential employer an idea of your skills and abilities as far as case management jobs are concerned. In addition, it will also give the interviewer or recruiter some idea of how you can handle a case job.It may seem that there is no point putting a lot of detail on your case management position if you already have some relevant experience. That could not be further from the truth. In fact, putting together the perfect case management resume only takes a few minutes of your time and can save you from the stress of being turned down for a job.One of the best tips on writing a resume for case management job without experience is to make sure your resume is short and sweet. If you want to highlight your skills, you need to let your recruiter know what those skills are. Also, you want to be clear about any unusual working experiences or educational activities that you may have that show that you are a skilled candidate.The most important tip on writing a resume for case management job without experience is to make sure your resume looks professional. Remember, you will be going through many copies of this document before someone else ever sees it. Take the time to ensure it looks professional and meets all of the requirements of your specific posi tion. You never know who might see your resume at a later date.After learning tips on writing a resume for case management job without experience, you may wonder how you will get the information you need to create the right document. You may have to meet with a case manager who can provide you with ideas and guidance. There are many websites that offer case management training and education for people interested in applying for this type of position. Some of these sites even provide guides and templates for people who wish to create their own case management resume.The Internet is a very good resource for learning all about this type of career. There are a number of sites dedicated to helping people get a case management job. Learning about the job requirements and guidelines may be the first step towards making a great resume.So if you have been applying for a job without much luck, take a second look at your resume. It could just be a matter of knowing more about the field and a l ittle bit of extra effort. Having the right resume will help you land the case management job that you are looking for.