Dr. Kaushik Sridhar

Career Coaching

Is it better to get a job via “who you know” or “what you know”? PART 2

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Reading Time: 3 minutes Which is more important to catch fish, the bait or the hook? May be “social capital” will help one to obtain a great opportunity, but it will be “human capital” that will determine the duration of the opportunity through continues deliverables. Human capital (what you know) and social capital (who knows) are two mutually complementary […]

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Is it better to get a job via “who you know” or “what you know”? PART 1

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Reading Time: 3 minutes A man dies and goes to heaven. As he walks around and introduces himself to everyone, he notices the devil standing off to the side. He walks over to the devil and says, “How did you get in here?” To which the devil replied, “I knew the right people.” It is perhaps an age-old question,

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How Values Differ from Ethics and Morals

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Values, ethics and morals are three clearly different concepts. Ethics are rule-based, externally imposed standards, like those stated in the compliance-oriented framework of business ethics, medical ethics, legal ethics or…professional ethics. Invoking ethics normally calls for examining a situation in light of known models that justify or punish whatever has happened. Studying ethics helps you

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