A World Bank study, released about a fortnight ago, estimated that there will be 850,000 new entrants a month in India&rsquo;s job market for the next two decades.

Shyamal Majumdar: Quality, not quantity

Business Standard

How many times have you been reminded of the need to stay on the &ldquo;critical path&rdquo; during company meetings? Hundreds of times, maybe even more. Now, answer this question: what does the expression critical path mean to you? There&rsquo;s no need to worry even if you don&rsquo;t know the answer. Chances are that your teammates in those meetings or even the person who has been reminding you about it are as clueless.

Shyamal Majumdar: Beating about the boardroom

As soon as the tea arrives, Harish Manwani volunteers to add milk to it, but only a few drops in each of our cups and says the reason is simple: he doesn&rsquo;t want us to corrupt the taste of the fantastic tea with too much milk.

Tea with BS: Harish Manwani

ICICI Bank &amp; Infosys Chairman K V Kamath says he expects things to improve vastly this year, with inflation peaking and interest rates set for a reversal. In an interview with Shyamal Majumdar and Somasroy Chakraborty, Kamath says he is surprised by the sharp correction in the stock markets and the rupee in an economy growing at seven per cent.

Q&A: K V Kamath, ICICI Bank & Infosys

As the slowdown clouds get darker in the new year, there is an interesting divide among the country&rsquo;s business schools. Even as the mood is gloomy in the top schools (Indian Institutes of Management, International Business School and so on) that are set to start with their placement season, the not-so-marquee names are having a reasonably good run.

Shyamal Majumdar: The B-school divide

Gunit Chadha on why har ek friend is indeed zaroori in one&rsquo;s personal and professional life.

Lunch with BS: Gunit Chadha

Flip through the recruitment ad pages of leading newspapers or websites and chances are you would be bored to death unless you are a desperate job-seeker. The desperate are going to read anything, even if it is one more boring job description in a sea of boring job descriptions. But the best you are presumably targeting would be happy to skip the pages.

Shyamal Majumdar