Thursday 26 May 2011

How to Start a Cybercafe Business


Cyber, or Internet, cafes are a gathering place for those who want to check email, chat online, play online and offline games or for those who just want to meet friends in a casual atmosphere. Cybercafes typically offer food and drinks to increase profits and to create a meeting place that customers want to return to. Providing a safe place for people to use the computer may lead to a profitable business.

Step 1

Create a business plan for your cybercafe. In the first section, outline the types of computer services and food and drink items to offer customers. Next, linventory equipment and startup costs, business insurance and permits needed. In the third section, record ways to market your cybercafe and catalog all managerial and employee duties in the fourth section.

Step 2

Register the business with your secretary of state's office. You may need to register the business with the county clerk's office in your county. Apply for a business license through the county clerk's office or by contacting your local small business administration office. Apply for an employer identification number (EIN) provided by the IRS. Include this number on all state and federal tax return forms. Apply for a sales tax license from your state's department of revenue to accept sale tax from services and food and drink provided at your cybercafe.

Step 3

Purchase business insurance. Business insurance may include property, product and general liability to help cover the costs of damage to property, computer equipment or costs associated with a lawsuit or settlement. If you intend to hire employees, purchase worker's compensation insurance.

Step 4

Lease commercial real space large enough to accommodate computer stations, lounge areas, inventory storage and counter space for cash registers. Local commercial real estate agents can help you find available locations.

Step 5

Determine how many computer stations to create. Purchase equipment such as computers, keyboards, mouse and mouse pads, computer tables and chairs and comfy furniture for lounge areas. Purchase additional computer equipment, such as routers, a main computer to use as a server, computer virus software, computer product licenses (if offering online games to customers), electrical wires and computer cables. Sign up for web-hosting services from a reputable web host provider.

Step 6

Determine what to charge customers for computer use. You may charge by the minute, by the hour or by gaming session. Factor in web hosting and equipment maintenance costs when deciding how much to charge.

Step 7

Create a food and drink menu. Display menu items and prices in an area visible to customers. Determine how much to charge for food and drinks based on ingredients used and preparation time


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Tuesday 24 May 2011

Career in Media, Films, Mass Communication


Medical аnd engineering аrе passé. Today’s youth аrе looking fοr nеw аnd exciting careers. One such field thаt іѕ rising thеѕе days іѕ media аnd mass communication. Although, journalism hаѕ always bееn around bυt wіth a sudden spurt іn thе number οf news channels аnd newspapers, thе demand fοr mass communication experts hаѕ increased manifold. A lot οf students аrе looking tο pursue courses іn mass communication аnd асqυіrе skill sets thаt wіll hеlр thеm mаkе a career іn thіѕ field. Apart frοm journalism, advertising, modeling, acting, jockeying etc аlѕο fall under thе same category аnd аrе gaining popularity. Thе education scenario іѕ аlѕο brіght аѕ many gοοd institutes аrе offering full-time аnd раrt-time courses іn media, films аnd mass communication. Thе courses саn bе pursued both аt degree аnd diploma level.
Mass communication clearly implies thаt іt involves communicating tο thе masses through different modes. According tο thе target audience аnd thе message tο bе broadcast, thе media іѕ selected. Thе information thаt hаѕ tο transferred сουld bе news οr entertainment οr both. Print, Television аnd radio аrе thе mοѕt рοрυlаr mediums through whісh one саn communicate wіth thе masses. Apart frοm thеѕе three, Internet іѕ a fаѕt upcoming medium gaining popularity іn recent years, though іt mainly caters tο thе young аnd educated audience.

Thе top institutes іn mass communication аrе spread over various cities іn India. Of thе mοѕt renowned, Mudra Institute οf Communications іn Ahmedabad, Gujarat іѕ a gοοd option. It offers PG Diploma іn Management іn Communications (PGDMC), PG Programme іn Communication Management аnd Entrepreneurship (PGPCME), PG Certificate Programme іn Integrated Marketing Management (PGCPIMM), Career Development Programme іn Design Communications Management (CDP-DCM) аnd PG Certificate іn Advertising Management (PGCAM). It іѕ a renowned institute аnd conducts admission tests fοr intakes.
Thе Indian Institute οf Mass Communication based іn Nеw Delhi іѕ another gοοd institute. Established, over thirty years ago, thе IIMC hаѕ gained recognition frοm UNESCO аѕ a centre οf excellence іn thе field οf communication teaching, training аnd research. It provides a variety οf courses including print journalism, photo journalism, radio journalism, television journalism, development communication, communication research, advertising аnd public relations.
Thе Asian College οf Journalism based іn Chennai, Tamil Nadu, іѕ a postgraduate college thаt provides students wіth journalism education adapted tο thе specific needs οf India аnd οthеr developing countries іn Asia. Thе curriculum іѕ based οn thе trend аnd thrust οf convergence іn thе media, аnd thе consequent demands fοr multiple skills mаdе οn thе contemporary journalist.
St. Xavier Institute οf Communications (XIC) based іn Mumbai, Maharashtra, offers a variety οf services іn training аnd production. XIC wаѕ initiated іn 1969 bу Thе Catholic Bishops’ Conference οf India tο develop scholarship аnd professionalism іn thе field οf media. It іѕ currently managed bу thе Society οf Jesus (Jesuits) οf thе Bombay Province.
Thе Indian Institute οf Journalism & Nеw Media (IIJNM) based іn Bangalore, Karnataka, іѕ a leading post-graduate school οf journalism аnd media. Thе curriculum combines both theory аnd practice tο prepare іtѕ graduates fοr positions іn thе media industry. Thе centre ѕtаrtеd іn January 2001.
Times School οf Journalism, based іn Nеw Delhi, offers Post Graduate Diploma іn Journalism including six weeks internship wіth thе Times οf India аnd Thе Economic Times. Thе eligibility criteria іѕ graduation іn аnу discipline wіth 50% mаrkѕ. Hοwеνеr, a PG degree аnd a background іn Economics, Management, Finance, Law οr Science аnd Technology preferred.
Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) аlѕο offers courses іn mass communication. It provides basic knowledge tο students οn Journalism аnd Mass Communication bу sharpening thе basic skills needed tο function effectively іn a media organization.
Fοr those interested іn acting аnd modeling, Film аnd Television Institute οf India – Pune іѕ a gοοd option. It іѕ аn οld аnd renowned institute аnd hаѕ produced wеll-knοwn actors working іn thе film аnd television industry today.
Thеrе аrе various branches οf mass communication. In journalism, thе main purpose іѕ tο inform, educate аnd enlighten thе masses οn current issues аnd various οthеr social issues thаt аrе relevant tο thеm. Thеѕе days, reporters, news casters, video journalists, cameramen аrе іn grеаt demand. Advertising involves brand-building through effective аnd innovative communication. Thе market fοr advertising іѕ аlѕο very competitive
Thеn, film-mаkіng іѕ another іntеrеѕtіng option. It involves study οf skills used іn acting, directing, producing, script writing, cinematography, sound recording, visual mixing аnd editing etc. Thеѕе days, lots οf youngsters аrе taking tο film-mаkіng аnd аrе interested іn assignments behind thе camera аѕ well. It requires a lot οf creativity аnd thinking іn a broader perspective. Next comes publishing & printing. A course іn publishing involves study οf scientific methods used іn thіѕ industry. It аlѕο requires editorial understanding.
Public Relations аѕ a stream іѕ аlѕο раrt οf mass communication. PR executives аrе аlѕο іn demand аѕ thеу аrе responsible fοr building thе public image οf аn organization.
A report bу thе Federation οf Indian Chambers οf Commerce аnd Industry (Ficci), ѕауѕ thаt India’s print аnd broadcast industries аrе expected tο grow аt a compounded annual rate οf 14% аnd 22%, respectively, until 2012. Whіlе print іѕ estimated tο become a Rs.28,100 crore industry bу 2012, television wіll bе a Rs.60,000 crore sector. Thus, thеrе іѕ nο dearth οf opportunities іn аll thеѕе fields bυt youngsters hаνе tο understand thаt іt іѕ nοt јυѕt glamour bυt аlѕο a lot οf hard work thаt goes іn thеѕе professions.
 



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Monday 23 May 2011

How to join Bank as a Clerk ?

Its not that hard that you have to complete a degree to study for bank clerk exam..if its so all the bank must have changed the criteria to complete a degree and then to attend the exam....but a completing a degree gives the first preference for the candidate... so its your choice... but you can very well clear the bank clerk exam if you spend some valuable time for preparation...

The eligibility criteria for various bank clerk exam are as follows....

Eligibility Criteria for Central Bank of India CBI Clerk Exams

Educational Qualifications (Eligibility):

Degree in any discipline or any equivalent qualification from Recognized University as such by the Central Government.

(or) A pass with 50% marks (Pass in case of SC/ST/PC/Ex-Servicemen) in HSC examination of 10+2 (10+2+3 pattern) /11th Std. of (11+1+3) pattern or Intermediate/Pre-University or any equivalent examination/Diploma in Banking recognized by Central/State Government or U.T. administration. (or)

A pass with 60% marks (50% in case of SC/ST/PC/Ex-Servicemen) in the aggregate in Matriculation/SSC (old pattern)/SSLC/10th std. Examination of 10+2+3 pattern or equivalent.

Central Bank of India CBI Clerks Age Limit:

Minimum Age Limit: 18 years

Maximum Age Limit: 28 years



Allahabad Bank Clerks Eligibility Criteria


Allahabad Bank Clerk Educational Qualifications: Pass with 55% aggregate marks (60% for Gen/OBC) in HSE/10+2 or its equivalent from Recognized Board.

(or) Degree in any discipline or its equivalent from a Recognized University.

Knowledge of Computers is essential for all Category candidates

1. Proficiency in Windows/MS Office 2. Certificate or Diploma in Computer Operations from NIIT,SSI,APTECH,MICE,STQC,CMC etc. or O/A/B/C level certificate of DOEACC or BCA or Computer Science as one of the subjects covering MS Word, Excel,Acess etc. in Degree level.

Candidates should be knowing to read,write and speak the language of state/UT for which vacancies are advertised and for which he/she desires to apply.

Allahabad Bank Clerk Age Limits:

Minimum Age Limit: 18 years Maximum Age Limit: 28 years


Clerk Eligibility Criteria for OBC Oriental Bank of Commerce

Educational Qualification:

For General/ OBC Candidates: Degree in any discipline or its equivalent with any class/division from a recognized University in India (or)

10+2 examination or its equivalent with minimum 50%

Relaxation For SC/ST/XS/PWD Candidates: Pass in 10+2.

Candidates should know to read, write and speak the language of the State for which they are applying.

Basic Knowledge of Computer is required. Candidates should posses Certificate at the time of appointment.

OBC Clerks Age Limit
: 18-28 Years

Eligibility Criteria for Indian Bank Clerks

Education Qualifications:

A pass with 50% or more marks in Higher Secondary examination of 10+2 of the 10+2+3 pattern / Intermediate / Pre University or any equivalent examination / Diploma in Banking recognized by Central / State Government or UT Administration.(a pass in the examination for SC/ST / Ex-serviceman / Person With Disability)
or
A Degree in any discipline from a recognized university or any equivalent qualification recognized as such by the Central Government.
Indian Bank Clerks Age Limit:

Min Age Limit : 18 Years
Max Age Limit : 28 Years

State Bank of India SBI Clerks Eligibility Criteria

Educational Qualifications:

a. i) Minimum 12th Standard (10 + 2) or equivalent qualification thereof with a minimum of 60% marks (55% SC/ ST/ PWD/ XS)
OR
ii) Diploma Course passed after 10th Standard with a minimum of 60% marks (55% SC/ ST/PWD/ XS), provided;
(a) Diploma course passed must be a full time course (Diploma course through correspondence are not eligible) with a minimum of two years duration
(b) The Diploma course should be recognized / approved by the State Board of Technical Education of the concerned State.
OR
iii) A degree (Graduation level) from recognized university with a minimum of 40% marks (35% for SC/ ST/ PWD/ XS)

Eligibility Criteria for UCO Bank Clerk Exams

Educational Eligibility: 

10+2 or its equivalent or Degree in any discipline with 60% pass marks (50% for SC/ST/PC/EX-Servicemen) from recognized University.

Age Limits:


Minimum Age Limit: 18 Years


hope the info. helps.... All the best for the exam...
Maximum Age Limit: 28 Years




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Sunday 22 May 2011

How to Start a DJ Business


If you have a love for music and you have a considerable experience as a DJ, you might want to make more earnings out of your interest by starting a DJ business. Starting a DJ business is easy especially if you have basic entrepreneurial skills. The best thing about starting a DJ business is that you can get more out of your gigs than when you work as a talent for other agencies.

Here are some of the things that you may be interested to know so you can evaluate whether you can start and manage a DJ music business:


Requirements to get started

There are a number of requirements that you will need for you to get started on your DJ music business. Majority of these requirements are tools and equipment that you need to use for your DJ business operation. This includes sound and lighting equipment. You should also ensure that you have a wide array of music collection which includes most in demand songs for different events. You will also find it very helpful if you have a vehicle to transport you and your DJ business equipment during your events and gigs. While not entirely necessary in your DJ music business operation, marketing materials are important for your DJ business. Marketing materials such as business cards will allow you to advertise your DJ business and help you get clients who will avail of your DJ mixes business services.

Marketing your DJ business

You will find that the most challenging part of starting and managing a DJ music business is getting clients to get your DJ services. It is therefore extremely important that you have basic marketing skills. One of the best ways to market your DJ business is choosing a target market. Choosing the types of events that you want your DJ business to specialize in will allow you to understand your target market and know the marketing strategies that you need. If you want to specialize in weddings gigs, for example, you might want to establish business partnership with wedding planners who can refer you to their clients. You must also take advantage of advertising so people will know about the services that your DJ business offers. You can pay for ad spaces in event magazines and distribute calling cards to your DJ business’ prospective clients. Additionally, you can ask friends and colleagues to spread the word about your DJ business.


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Friday 20 May 2011

How to Become a Psychiatrist


Psychiatrists are licensed medical professionals who diagnose and treat mental illness. Along with prescribing medication, they may use a variety of psychiatric techniques, including psychotherapy and psychoanalysis. A career in psychiatry entails four years of undergraduate school, four years of medical school and four years of residency training.

Step 1: Attend Undergraduate School

Training for a career in psychiatry begins in undergraduate school. While bachelor's degrees don't qualify graduates to practice psychiatry, they are typically required for admittance into medical school. Undergraduate students pursuing a career in psychiatry may consider majoring in psychology, but a specific major is not required. Premedical degrees should include courses in the natural sciences, such as physics, chemistry and biology, as well as English, math and the humanities.

Step 2: Earn a Medical Degree

Aspiring psychiatrists must complete the same medical school training as doctors, surgeons and other physicians. Medical degree programs typically take four years to complete. These programs are divided into two years of classroom and laboratory instruction and two years of supervised clinical experience. Courses may include pharmacology, anatomy, physiology and pathology. Students also learn to conduct medical exams and diagnose patients.

Step 3: Gain Residency Training

After medical school, psychiatrists must gain at least four years of postdoctoral training in residency programs. Residencies provide beginning psychiatrists with paid, clinical practice in hospitals. Along with 36 hours of required psychiatric training, residents may complete rotations in internal medicine, family medicine, pediatrics, neurology and emergency care. Some programs allow residents to train in another clinical specialty before transitioning into psychiatry.

Step 4: Become Licensed

To serve in the occupation, psychiatrists must become state-licensed physicians by passing the United States Medical Licensing Examination. Licensing requirements and maintenance procedures vary according to state, and some licensing boards may allow reciprocity between states. To prescribe medication, psychiatrists must also acquire a federal narcotics license and register with the Drug Enforcement Administration.

Step 5: Consider a Subspecialty

After completing residencies, psychiatrists may choose to specialize in a particular field of psychiatry. They may become experts in subspecialties, such as geriatric psychiatry, psychosomatic medicine and addiction psychiatry. Psychiatrists typically must complete one year of fellowship training in their subspecialties. They are then eligible to apply for subspecialty certification through the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.


A psychiatrist is a licensed medical doctor certified to treat emotional and mental disorders with the authority to prescribe medication. Several subspecialities of psychiatrists can include geriatric, industrial or occupational, adolescent, and forensic.

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Thursday 19 May 2011

How to Start Your Own Highly Profitable Catering Business


The catering business is one of the most lucrative and profitable home businesses with a high potential for expansion and growth. It is both financially rewarding and fun. Each catered event - whether birthday parties for children, breakfast in bed and intimate candlelight dinners for two, company dinner parties for 50 and wedding receptions involving a hundred or more guests -- is a new experience and challenge with a new group of people.

Whether you cater events on a full-time or part-time basis, the opportunities are excellent. However, catering is a demanding work, requiring stamina, ability to work under pressure, and excellent interpersonal skills. Your success will greatly depend on your reputation. To build a good reputation in the business, you should be willing to work hard and the ability to work under pressure. This kind of entrepreneurial business is definitely growing and becoming more popular with people of all income levels.


Demand for Catering


The demand for catering has increased tremendously through the years. According to the National Restaurant Association's2008 Restaurant Industry Forecast reveals that social caterers are one of the fastest-growing segments of the restaurant industry, with sales expected to reach $6.4 billion in sales. As impressive as the figure may be, there is great likelihood that it still underestimates the industry, as many home-based caterers are not even listed in the phone book.


The increased demand for catering business is driven by the rising number of higher-income households, number of weddings and increased corporate events with companies, corporations, charities, civic groups, event organizers and individuals calling on caterers to host on- and off-premises events. Businesses of all sizes are using catered lunches, cocktail parties and dinner meetings to build their images and increase company sales. It is a matter of keeping up with the competition in promoting a company and/or product. 


Present lifestyles have also given way to increased demand for catered food service. Instead of laboring for hours, even days, in the kitchen preparing for parties or events, many homemakers now call on a caterer to provide sumptuous and unforgettable feasts for their guests. An increasing number of working mothers are paying to have catered birthday and graduation parties, as well as wedding receptions handled by caterers. The reasons are simple: if she is working outside the home, today's mother just does not have the time or the energy to do all the planning and staging of a memorable party.

Even the concept of eating out is slowly being changed by the business of catering: instead of going out to a restaurant to partake of a good meal, families can call on a caterer for that same great food.

Start-Up Costs

Catering offers an opportunity for starting a food service business with a lower initial investment than opening a traditional restaurant.
In the catering business, you can start as small or as big as your wallet will allow. The start-up costs for a catering business will depend on what you put in your kitchen and can range from $1,000 (if you work from your own kitchen) to $80,000 (if you outfit a professional kitchen). Most caterers do the cooking on-site, either using their own facilities or equipment provided by the clients. However, you would still need to do some prep-work in your own kitchen facilities (e.g. pre-cutting vegetables, etc.)
To keep your initial costs down, you can opt to start your catering business by renting items. You may rent the use of kitchen facilities, china, utensils, tables, tablecloths and linens, serving equipment and other staples. There are plenty of vendors exist to help you pull together the perfect event — decorators, designers, event planners, florists, bakers, and rental companies for portable toilets, cooking equipment, tents, chairs, linens, tableware, glassware, and silverware.  You can start buying your own equipment only when you have steady revenues. By renting equipment, facilities and supplies, you can use your first few months to build your reputation, develop some capital for investment and expansion and evaluate how much time and money you want to invest.
There is also the question of staffing, as it is nearly impossible to start a catering business solo. Check the costs and viability of hiring temp workers through the staffing agency vis-a-vis keeping employees in a payroll. Word of caution: when hiring temporary workers from the staffing agency, give ample time prior to the event to meet the people to see what they look like and whether they can complete the tasks you need them to do.
You can also take the start-up period as the time to determine the impact that this business will have on your family.

Income Potential

The income potential of catering depends on the size of the events you cater. Like any other business, however, catering requires excellent management and organizational skills for the business to succeed. Your ability to keep your operating costs down while maintaining a high quality service is also essential.
A quick survey of successful caterers across the nation shows that began with zero capital by working out of their homes. The basic starting up investment would appear to be around $500, with some big spenders capitalizing their idea with as much as $15,000 in order to get off to a fast start.
Many claim that profits in the catering business are the best in the food and beverage industry. An in-demand caterer in a large metropolitan area can easily gross upwards of $200,000 per year, while a small part-time caterer in a small town can count on at least $50,000 per year.
To cut down costs, you can employ several strategies to help keep your bottom line richer. You can use your house as your office, hiring employees and renting a kitchen in a nearby restaurant only on days you have catering events. With its seasonal nature, catering usually does not require a large number of year-round employees.

What You Need

The catering business is tough, with the details of preparing food off-premises and on-site for hundreds of people often times mind-boggling. It is not easy to cater to an event of 400 people, much more if you start to do thousands, some 60 miles from your home (what if you forget the sauce?). Successfully running a small catering business takes much more than a passion for cooking and a knack for preparing tasty dishes. You have to be a superb planner and manager as well. You need to be extremely organized, yet flexible enough to be able to deal with last minute changes. You also need a strong affinity for people and a kind of intuition as to what people enjoy in different environmental settings.
As the culinary sophistication and desire to be entertained of many people have grown, customers today are looking for the catered experience to be more restaurant-like. Many caterers are now offering signature dishes and house specialties as customers broaden their culinary experience. Others are offering family-style menu, especially for large informal functions and even corporate meetings..
Caterers today have to be adept not only in satisfying the taste buds but also excel in food preparation.  With the goal of wowing the socks off the clients, many caterers give ample focus on plate presentations, venue selection, and table decoration, among others. Some even hire artists to improve the presentation of the food, while some go to such lengths as indoor pyrotechnics, confetti guns and laser-light shows. Others employ in-house artists to customize each catered event from passing platters to plate presentations. Given the intense competition, caterers nowadays are prepared to do anything to keep the customer happy (and coming back for more).
You do not need special education or training to become a successful caterer. Although taking some courses at culinary institutes or vocational schools can help. Some start out by working for one or more catering businesses to get an inside look at how the business goes.
As with any business, your success will be directly related to the soundness of planning and the working of that plan. Start small and keep it simple. Understand exactly what your client wants, and give him what he wants in the way of service that reflects upon the client in a complimentary manner





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