non verbal communication, indianisms and resume writing tips

WE ARE LIKE THAT ONLY!

By – Ritesh M Nayak

Agenda

Non verbal communication Indianisms Tips in everyday life

Non Verbal Communication

Remember

It communicates feeling – the primary way of expressing our emotions or instinctive reactions

Sometimes intended and non intended It often complements oral/verbal

communication Influenced by culture Difficult to fake

Types of NVC

Body Language Space Para Language

Body Language

Face and eyes are the most important facets of body language

Gestures, movement of legs, hands, torso & head

Space

Understand the space language (cultural)

4 zones: Intimate, personal, social & public

Not everyone likes being touched!

Paralanguage

In Verbal: I didn’t SAY you were stupid I didn’t say YOU were stupid

In Text:You are late vs YOU ARE LATE! ;) or <3

Common mistakes Indians do while writing/talking

Indianisms

What ya!

I am here only! ( I am here) Myself Amit (my name is Amit/I am Amit) We are awaiting updation by manager I am taking rest / He is taking his lunch

now I would(will) be coming to the meeting Put on the switch/put this dress (switch it

on/ put on the dress) Don’t eat my head

Pass out!

Kindly revert (kindly reply) He died many years back (years ago) Let’s discuss about sports today (discuss sports) Let’s order for biryani (order biryani) Do one thing, restart it, he is out of station. Prepone Ring him up, he is gymming I have my goggles & slippers, what’s the

program? What is your good name?

RESUME WRITING

Maximum of 2 pages front and back (URLs)

Be original, at least with your objective Make a LinkedIn page, ask for

recommendations from professors, others in the industry

Write about specific skills

Some tips

This person has no clue about any of these

NO NO NO!

Hell no!

Use a spell checker!

Review, get feedback and ensure you submit your best work.

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