Employment Opportunities: May 2012

Friday 25 May 2012

NCRA TIFR Recruitment of Engineers in various disciplines

Engineer-D (1), Engineer-C (3)

The National Centre for Radio Astrophysics, Pune [NCRA] of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research [TIFR] (an autonomous institute under the umbrella of the Department of Atomic Energy of the Government of India) is an internationally reputed research institute. NCRA-TIFR has set up two radio telescopes, viz., the Ooty Radio Telescope (ORT) and the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT). Located about 80 KM north of Pune, GMRT is the world's largest radio telescope at metre wavelengths. NCRA is on the lookout for suitably qualified candidates for its GMRT Observatory:

1. Engineer-D (Digital) [1 UR; HQ: Khodad]
[TME: 48,878; PB-3: 15600-39100, GP: 6600]
Essential Qualifications: (i) BE / BTech (electronics, communication, instrumentation, computers) with more than 60% marks in aggregate. (ii) Familiarity with digital design at an advanced level with good knowledge of PFGAs Matlab / Simulink, VHDL/ VeriLog programming, computers and applications.

Experience: Minimum 7 years in digital system development including hardware design, FPGA programming and supervision of digital system work in a reputed organisation.

Age: Below 35 years.

Apply online.

2. Engineer-C (Analog/ Digital/ OF) [3 posts: 1 OBC, 2 UR, HQ: Khodad]

[TME: 41,265; PB-3: 15600-39100, GP: 5400]

Essential Qualifications: (i) BE/ BTech (electronics, communication, instrumentation, computers) with 60% marks. (ii) Familiarity with analog, digital electronics, signal processing and communication.

Experience: Minimum 2 years in design, development and testing in Analog, Digital or Optical Fibre division of a reputed organisation.

Age: Below 31 years for OBC/ below 28 for UR.

Apply online.

3. Engineer-C (Servo)

[1 posts: 1 OBC, HQ: Khodad]

[TME: 41,265; PB-3: 15600-39100, GP: 5400]

Essential Qualifications: BE/ BTech (Electronics / Instrumentation / Electrical / E&TC) with 60% marks.

Experience: Minimum 2 years in design, development, testing and maintenance of control systems and familiarity with motors and drives. A good knowledge of embedded systems or programming in C on RTOS platform is required. Experience in modelling and simulation of servo-mechanism is desirable.

Age: Below 31 years.

Apply online.

Recruitment for the post of GETs/MTs & DETs

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Monday 21 May 2012

How to Answer "Tell Me About Yourself" in a Job Interview

"Tell me about yourself" is one of the most common openers to a job interview, yet job-seekers are often unsure what employers really want to hear in response. Should your answe r include personal information? Should it focus on selling yourself, or just give the facts? What is the employer really asking?

Let's translate it: "Tell me about yourself" in a job interview means "give me an overview of who you are, professionally speaking." There's a reason this is asked at the very beginning of an interview; it's a way of saying, "Give me some broad background before we dive into specifics."

You should be ready with a one-minute answer that summarizes where you are in your career, generally with an emphasis on your most recent job and the strengths of your approach.

For instance, here's an example of a good response:

"I got into technical writing because I found that I have an unusual mixture of technical aptitude with writing skills. I'd worked as a programmer for the first few years of my career, but when I saw how rare it was to find people with that kind of background who could also write, I started moving into technical writing. I've found that I love translating complicated technical information into language that non-technical people can easily understand, and the fact that I come from a programming background means that I can communicate well both with the tech folks and non-tech people. My last boss told me that I was the only employee she'd ever had who was so comfortable with both audiences. Being able to bridge those two worlds is the reason I was especially interested in the position here."

If you're more entry-level and don't really have a career to describe yet, a good answer would be more forward-looking. For instance:

"I've always been a news junkie and I spent my last two years in school preparing myself to work in communications when I graduated. I looked for internships and extracurricular opportunities that would expose me to media relations, and I'm excited to continue on that path. I've been told that I'm particularly good at coming up with creative story angles, and I love pitching those stories, but I really want to learn every aspect of this business from the ground up. I'd like to work in-house rather than in an agency, and I'm especially interested in political work, so I'm particularly excited about this opportunity."

As these two examples show, you want to keep the focus on your professional persona. Don't bring your kids into it, or your spouse, or where you grew up. That isn't to say that you can't say anything personal, but make sure there's a relevant reason for raising it. For instance, you could add something like, "I grew up in this area and still have family here, so I'm really excited about the prospect of moving back." (This is relevant because it signals to the interviewer that you're not going to be flighty about relocation.)

Whatever your answer is, practice it out loud over and over so it flows right out of your mouth in the interview. Don't try to wing it, since that's how people end up stumbling and making mistakes. Figure out your answer ahead of time and practice it, and you'll have no problem fielding this question.