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I always dream of getting into Google ! ..Maybe after my M.S i shall put all my efforts to get in ! Someday i know my dream will come true >…Because "Only those who dream can achieve the impossible"…..

Anyway here are the openings @ Google India as given in their job site !

Software Engineering
Engineering
Operations and IT
Partner Solutions Organization
QA Engineering
More Bangalore Job Opportunities
More Hyderabad Job Opportunities
More Delhi Job Opportunities
 

We believe you don’t have to work in Silicon Valley to create great software. In fact, a number of our most innovative products have been developed at our engineering centers right here in India. That’s why we’re looking for world-class engineers for our software development teams in Bangalore, Hyderabad and Delhi.

[ Google India Jobs ] 

All the Best !

Dodgeball founder Dennis Crowley posted on his blog that he and co-founder Alex Rainert have dumped their Google-owned mobile networking company. Google had acquired Dodgeball in 2005. This was a unique way of quitting ..their decision to resign from Google was on Flickr with a thumbs-down.

"It's no real secret that Google wasn't supporting dodgeball the way we expected. The whole experience was incredibly frustrating for us - especially as we couldn't convince them that dodgeball was worth engineering resources, leaving us to watch as other startups got to innovate in the mobile + social space. And while it was a tough decision (and really disappointing) to walk away from dodgeball, I'm actually looking forward to getting to work on other projects again."

He is probably referring to Twitter ( a product by Ex-Googler) a Dodgeball rival that's been getting quite lot of hype over the past few months.

Dodgeball, the text-message based social networking service, seems to have been left for dead. But it seems that biographies of Crowley and Rainert still appear on the "about us" page on Dodgeball.com.

Whats Nexxt with Dennis & Alex ? 

Crowley will move on to "big gaming" company area/code, and Rainert has taken a job as a creative strategist at Icon Nicholson.

All that apart… Alex & Dennis are going to celebrate their escape.( as seen on Flickr page)

I am in now probably by a telephonic interview from RIT ( may get ..so ).  I am getting ready for it from all angles . As its my first official interview and that too on telephone . This interview is for the graduate assitantship that i have applied for. So i thought why not "google" some (found this useful link..) and get to know some tips for making this interview a successful one.

So here are some tips by Penelope who is a is a columnist at the Boston Globe and Yahoo! Finance.

1. Attend to your surroundings

2. Dress for the part

3. Stand up ( i felt this weird ..but its a must)

4. Prepare for the most obvious questions

5. Don’t forget to close

Special Note : Don’t forget a key component of a successful interview — even for a phone interview: A thank you note.

I felt something's weird about these tips , but you will be convinced when you go through the whole article.

via [ Brazen Careerist ]

Fact : Every 4th word in UK and US is either " Thank You " , " Please " or " Sorry ".

So the first thing in a mail is "be courteous" . A nice request will obviously please any person.And learn the art of courtesy by " Thanking " him/her for the work the help they have given.Use the three jewels " Thank You " , " Please " , " Sorry " more often .

Email Subjects lines always describe what the mail is about.Write detailed subject lines which should atleast describe what the mail is about .Don't use short letter words like " Hi " , " Hello ". Nobody can make out what the mail is about. And now such short titled mails go straight away to the junk/spam folder.So be careful and don't use such short titles.

Don't send large attachments , some might be on a slower connection or some companies might trash your mail as they might have a limitation on the size of attachments.Upload at sites like Yousendit and paste the link in the mail.

Do not request a Read Notification Receipt.

Keep you email message short and to the point.

Never send a mail without doing a proper spell check , it shows your negligence.

Always think before hitting the send button.Is the mail message useful ,relevant , helpful ..etc.. Don't just forward or send any email without knowing what is really in it.

And also here are some real nice tips by Laura Stack president of The Productivity Pro® .

Don't you wish that every person who received a new e-mail account had to agree to follow certain rules to use it? There are certain professional standards expected for e-mail use. Here are some things to keep in mind regarding professional e-mail conduct:

• Be informal, not sloppy.
• Keep messages brief and to the point.Use sentence case.
• Use the blind copy and courtesy copy appropriately.Don't use e-mail as an excuse to avoid personal contact.
• Remember that e-mail isn't private.Be sparing with group e-mail.
• Use the subject field to indicate content and purpose.Don't send chain letters, virus warnings, or junk mail.
• Remember that your tone can't be heard in e-mail.Use a signature that includes contact information.
• Summarize long discussions.

Many of my seniors who are now working in large firms always complain of people not able
to write a mail properly.One of my friends(is in Sun Microsystems) said he had got a mail from a junior in college to refer him for an interview( @ Satyam) where my friend had worked before.

The mail was so horribly written - it was almost like a set of chat messages put together.There was no sign of request or courtesy in the mail.It was almost like a command or order to refer him for the interview. " Is this how a professional works ? "

Later my senior asked me "Don't they teach students in college how to write a mail " In most of the colleges emphasis is given on written communication but rarely people give ears to it.