The Beautiful Lady Boss

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The Beautiful

Lady Boss

When I saw her

approaching me; I

felt a bit shy and

nervous. In my mind

there were zillions of

questions and the

answer to them isuntraceable. Every

step she took made

me weaker and I

could feel the

pressure with

sweating forehead

and palms. Although

this is a cold winter

morning and every

one is in their winterclothes; for me it

was like scorching

summer noon.

I am at a loss and

probably this is the

first time in my not

so old career of 6

months, I am facing

this situation. I am a

brilliant younggraduate from one

of the top B-schools

in the country. I was

ranked as one of the

top performers. I am

tall and handsome

with a good sense of

humour which

attracted many of

my young class

mates.

Everybody thought I

am brilliant with a

great attitude.

Towards the end of

my final year in the

B-school companies

were coming in

drove to recruit us.

Everyone thought I

will be among the

first few to get an

offer letter from the

top multinationals.

My parents were full

of expectations as

they had spent a lot

on my education and

now it is the time to

reap the rewards.

Everyone in my

family and friendsexpected me to get

selected in the first

campus interview

and bag a hefty

salary for me.

Although I was

feeling pressurised

and nervous but on

the front put up a

brave face to

reassure everyone of

my brilliance.

The day of the

interview; I came out

with flying colours in

my written test. This

is indeed an

achievement as only

30 out of 120

students were

selected for the nextinterview rounds.

The next two rounds

were scheduled for

tomorrow. I was very

confident that I will

get through both of

them; as I am no

doubt a master of

my topics and have

good English

speaking skills. I

went to bed early so

that I could look

fresh for tomorrow’s

interview.

The day of my big

ticket finally came; I

would be getting a

job with hefty pay

package. Finally I

would get to live life

my way; no longer

any dependency on

parents.

I could work hard

and party hard.

As everybody was

sitting down in the

interview hall; we

were introduced to

the patterns of





I went out of that

place and sat quietly

on the lawn waiting

for the results. I wasnot entirely hopeless

and thought my

strong academic

background and

written scores would

not get unnoticed.

And I will get a

chance. With each

passing moment;

however there are

doubts and negativethoughts that

started crippling into

my mind. Will I really

get the job? I have

not answered the

questions correctly;

am I the person they

are looking to hire?

Etc.

Finally at the stroke

dusk the results

were posted on the

notice board. All of

us rushed to the

notice board with a

lot of anticipation;

the list was not long

and comprised of only 8 names. So

naturally it took us

only a glance to

browse through it; a

few were overjoyed

and a lot more were

saddened. And I

belong to the later

category; who felt

deeply saddened.

I returned home that

evening and

everyone in my

family gathered

around me. I could

sense the huge

expectation running

through each of

them; as with every

passing moment

they were gettinganxious to hear the

news. I on my part

was rather feeling

guilty to have not

only let myself down

but also to have let

others down. This is

a strange feeling

and it is getting to

me.

Finally the long

silence broke and my

mom uttered the

first few words, “Did

you get the job?”

And my sister, “Of

course mom! Brother

is brilliant and the

company can not get

a better person than

him.”

These were words

that I less deserved

at that point in time.

I with my eyes

lowered very slowly

uttered the word

‘NO’. And I left the

drawing room andwent straight into

my room. That night

I could not sleep, I

felt restless. As I

was going through

the emotions; there

were zillions of

questions coming to

me: how come I was

not selected? I am

the best student and

still failed to

impress the

interviewers………

Will I ever get

selected in any

interview?....What it

really takes to get

selected in an

interview?

The next day I woke

up late and went

straight to the

college with a

determination to

find an answer to my

questions. But

within me I was

feeling hesitant as Iam the one everyone

looks for answers. I

could not face my

colleagues and

rather went straight

to the library. There



again the questions

did not leave me and

again I felt a sense

of urgency to find

out the answer.

After pondering for

hours and not

coming up with

anything, I went to

canteen to have my

lunch. On the

canteen table there

was this newspaper

and the title was“why most young

graduates are

unemployable?”

This caught me off

guard and no doubt

grabbed my total

attention.

I picked up the

newspaper and

started reading an

article by some

expert. He was

quoting a survey by

a leading education

consultant that only

5% of freshgraduates are

employable. The

main reason is lack

of ‘Soft Skills’. I was

asking myself what

the heck is this? Is

this a new computer

language or a

software jargon?

Later I came to know

that soft skills deal

with a person’s own

behaviour and

interpersonal

characteristics. This

is something like

personality,

attitude, social

interaction skills etc.

I came to know that

there are techniqueson how to appear in

a group discussion

and how to impress

an interviewer

during an interview.

The more I was

reading the more I

was getting

fascinated.

However after a few

minutes the article

abruptly ended, I

was not satisfied

and was very

anxious to know

more and learn

those skills. I then

got hold of the

person’s mail ID who

had written the

article and wrote to

me about my plight.

He obliged quickly

inviting me to visit

his institute (A soft

skills training

institute). And I

must say, “I was

highly impressed at

the first meeting”.

He explained mehow students are

spending lakhs in

improving their hard

skills but nothing in

soft skills. I came to

know that it is

essential to have

soft skills to not only

bag a good job but

also to progress

through the ranks.

I decided then and

there to enrol myself

in the training

program. To my

surprise I found it to

be quite interesting

and practical in

comparison to my

theory classes which

are rather very dull.

I learned many

things which no

body had taught me

in my 17 years of

education. I learned

how to build rapport

with others, how to

appear in GD & PI. Ilearned persuasive

communication, time

management,

leadership skills and

many more. The

course was nothing



sort of a pilgrimage

for me at the end of

which I had

developed my inner

potential.

I then applied for

various jobs and I

did not have to wait

long to get a call

letter for interview.

And guess what! I

dazzled every one

with my

performance andbagged the job. And

more than I got the

highest offer among

all the selected

candidates.

From that point

onwards my life has

been a journey

which is nothing

short of a miracle. I

am one of the top

performers in the

company and aftersix months got my

first performance

appraisal. And this is

the day of

performance

appraisal where my

beautiful lady boos

is coming up to me.

She congratulated

me on completing

successfully my first

six months. And not

only had that she

announced that I will

be heading a certain

key project owing to

the fact that I was

the person who

brought that same

contract back to the

company. This was

an old client of ours

who we had lost to

the rivals because of

miss communication.

But putting the skillsof persuasive

communication and

empathetic listening

I had managed to

wow the client back

to us.

Now I understand

how small thingscould lead to life

changing events.

Had I not came

across that article

on ‘soft skills

training’ in the

college canteen I

would have never

got this job or the

promotion.

Is this the end of the story, no this is the beginning for all of you who

wants a better job, career or life for themselves.

“Hard skills will get you the interview; Soft skills will get you the

job, career and life you have always wanted”

©Prof Raj D, CEO & Head Trainer YouSucceed



MA in Management Studies (Westminster University, UK); MA in Engineering

Management (Greenwich University, UK); BE in Electronics & Telecommunication

(Utkal University, India)

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