After my first post about Why Indian Immigrants Should Move To Canada, I have been flooded with responses and questions about the move. Here are some things Beyond Grad readers shared: “I want to deal with the sword that hangs over our shoulders (referring to the H1B visa and the Green Card process).” “I have […]
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Impress Senior Leadership With An Executive Summary
Every professional has experience presenting to senior leadership. Most times, you are sharing the results of a recent project. You’ve worked your tail off to make it a great presentation. What you are hoping for is to communicate your project well and, in turn, impress the room with your work. The meeting starts. You are […]
Why Indian Immigrants In The US Should Move To Canada
This article became very popular among Beyond Grad readers so I have written an FAQ-style Part 2 – Why Indian Immigrants Should Move To Canada as well. Over 80,685 Indians were awarded a Canadian Permanent Residence (PR) in 2019. Among them, many were like us, moving from the US to Canada. Michigan had been home […]
3 Email Mistakes Noobs Make And How To Avoid Them
I am a gamer. In the gaming world, a noob is a player who’s been playing the game for a while but makes no progress in their skills. Being one impacts your reputation. The same thing can translate to writing emails as well. With emails being ubiquitous in the workplace, you want to avoid making […]
Negotiation Case Study: A $12,000 salary raise when initially offered just $3,000
How does it feel to hear those sweet words, “Congratulations, you have been promoted to Sr. Engineer!” What if the words you hear after that sentence is, “It comes with an — only — $3000/year hike!” Still proud of the bump in the title but won’t you also feel being wronged. How can the promotion […]
Beyond Grad Annual Letter 2018 – 2019
On February 20th, Beyond Grad completed one year. So, as our shareholder (reader), I want to share with you the behind-the-scenes numbers, hits, failures, and challenges. I also want to share my deepest gratitude to BG readers and subscribers. Thank you for your support and encouragement. Let’s start with the theme I had for the […]
Just Cruising At Work? Is That Okay!?
[Reading time: 2 minute 59 seconds] One white winter morning, we were hosting a couple for chai when the topic of careers came up. Husband friend: Main toh usse bol raha hoon ke kuch toh growth opportunities dekh at the company. (I’m telling her to look for growth opportunity at her workplace). Wife: Tu abhi […]
Power Lunch with Christopher Thomas
The first interview in the Power Lunch series is with Christopher Thomas. Chris is a global leader in strategy and innovation for Fortune 500 companies. He is a Chairman of the Governance Committee and part of the Board of Directors at US Venture Inc. He was the VP and CTO of a $9 billion company. […]
Introducing Power Lunch: Interviews With Corporate Leaders
What’s the #1 thing we want as we get more experienced at our workplace? An increase in responsibilities, title, or money — a.k.a. A promotion. In the past when you grew within your company, it only meant you were getting into management. That’s no longer true for all. Yes, some of us want […]
How to be righteous in an argument? Not just right.
A few weeks back, I shared how in an argument with my wife I will say something hurtful to end the discussion. If you love your partner I am sure you hate a having mental wall between each other. Or being weird around each other even though all you would like is to get back […]