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32. The value of Mentorship

We have teachers to guide us through school & professors to guide us through university. But when we enter the corporate world, do we seek out similar guides and mentors?


We discuss the role of mentorship in career building and talk through practical aspects of identifying mentors with Deepa Vijayakumar, who has been both a mentor and a mentee. Deepa is a Technical Product Manager at GE Healthcare and has over 15 years of industry experience.


Episode length: 21 min | Listen on: Spotify | Google | Apple | More options




31. Developer Hiring - Going beyond the resume

Are you approaching hiring correctly? Is a focus on resumes over practical skills costing you in this hot market for talent? And why is it so hard for us to let go of our existing approaches to hiring?

We discuss all this - and more - with Krishnan Nair, CEO and Co-founder of GeekTrust. a job platform designed for software developers. Over the last six years, GeekTrust has placed more than 500 developers. Prior to starting GeekTrust, Krishnan worked as a Delivery Manager at ThoughtWorks for almost a decade.


Krishnan's LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nairkrishnan/

Episode length: 27 min | Listen on: Spotify | Google | Apple | More options


Mentioned in this episode

  1. GeekTrust - https://www.geektrust.in

  2. Funding received by Indian startups in H1 2021 - https://yourstory.com/2021/07/yourstory-h1-2021-funding-report-indian-startups/amp

  3. Gartner Report on IT Services growth - https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/markets/expert-view/2021-a-golden-year-for-it-services-companies-gartner/articleshow/83635069.cms

  4. An article about attrition - https://analyticsindiamag.com/attrition-rate-in-indian-it-industry-is-at-an-all-time-high-why/

  5. GeekTrust coding problem - https://www.geektrust.in/coding-problem/backend/mymoney



30. Breaking into Employer Branding

Have you ever wondered if there are roles at the intersection of business functions? Can you bring a unique value proposition, carve a niche for yourself and in the process define an entirely new role?


To talk about how she achieved all this in the context of her role in employer branding, we have with us Melissa Sheehan. Melissa is currently a Principal Program Manager for Employer Branding at Nutanix and has over 10 years of experience in the field of marketing.


Episode length: 16 min | Listen on: Spotify | Google | Apple | More options


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