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Personality Development Expert, Career Coach - Answered on Feb 06, 2024

Ashwini Dasgupta is a personality development coach and a neuro-linguistic programming trainer.
She has 15 years of experience training corporate professionals and has worked at Amazon, JP Morgan, Nomura and Satyam among others.
As a career coach, Ashwini specialises in helping growth-minded IT corporate managers develop their self-worth and create the right mindset so that they can achieve their career goals.
Besides corporate training, she offers personal consultations as well.
Ashwini holds a master’s degree in human resources from the Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai, and is a certified NLP trainer from the National Federation of NeuroLinguistic Programming, USA.
She has completed her soft skills training and image consultancy course from the Image Consulting Business Institute, Mumbai
Ashwini is also a PoSH trainer, certified by the Society for Human Resource Management.... more
Asked by Anonymous - Dec 12, 2023Hindi
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Hey ashwiki , i 25 year old with total 1 yr of experience. I did btech got job but as salary wasn't much , family suggested to go for mba . Did mba from tier-3 college now all i getting a sales job of 10-15k. Took one year gap to learn data analysis developed few real time peojects still not getting shortlisted. What to do i am damn confused and depressed please reply fast

Ans: Dear Sir/ Madam,

Sorry for the delay in reply

Few aspects you may look at -

Self Reflection-do a swot analysis on your skills. This will help you identify your strengths and what you are passionate about and if it aligns to your career goals
Networking
Optimize Linkedin platform. Join groups, connect with people.
Mention on your linkedin profile- open for jobs
Visit websites like glassdoor which will help you give insights on various organizations salary bands and culture. This can be a reference point to start your job hunt.
Mean time keep enhancing your skills
Take up freelancing work/ contract work
Shortlist companies you want to work with. Rework on your job search strategy
Seek help of recruitment agencies they are connected with almost every organization
Prepare on interviews so you can give your best
Attend job fair and events
Reach to HR's on linkedin

Hope this helps

Thanks
Ashwini Dasgupta
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You did invest too much of yourself in him; but who can stop the way feelings move, right?
As hard as it maybe to accept this reality, move on...initially, it will be painful, but it's not worth losing yourself to anyone. Protect your identity and know that it does not stem from anyone or anything BUT it's YOU who defines it.
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Ans: Dear Work,
Overthinking and over processing never helped anyone. Focus on your self-talk and change that.
- Journaling
- Sports
- Art work
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These are a few ways in which you can attempt to slow down the mind from racing thoughts. Once that happens, work on your self-talk to make it more useful where you start to direct yourself towards what you want to do.

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Drop in: www.unfear.io
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