Job

Job is an activity through which

an individual can earn money. It

is a regular activity in exchange

of payment.

Career

a person's progress or general

course of action through life or

through a phase of life, as in

some profession or undertakingof payment.

a post of employment; full-time

or part-time position.

Education or Special training

may or may not be required.

Short term

some profession or undertaking

One’s life work

Usually requires special training

Long term

Security

Self confidence

Predictability

A path to look forward

Growth - A future

“According to the survey, carried out by a number of agencies,

more than 70 percent of our engineering graduates are not

employable.”.

“The graduates lack other skills beside the academic or technical

skills. The top three most important general skills identified

were integrity, reliability and teamwork, while the top three

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were integrity, reliability and teamwork, while the top three

most important specific skills are entrepreneurship,

communication in English and use of modern tools and

technologies.”

writes Dr. G.R. Sinha, Professor and Head (IT), Shri Shankaracharya

College of Engineering and Technology, Bhilai, India, in Need to Focus

on Developing Employability Skills in our Engineering Graduates

on indiaeducationreview.com

Around 6 lakh engineers come out of colleges in India each

year.

Corporations report that it’s challenging, sometimes

impossible, to recruit qualified applicants for an expanding

workforce.

Engineering colleges in India now have seats for 1.5 million

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Engineering colleges in India now have seats for 1.5 million

students according to the National Association of Software and

Services Companies (NASSCOM), a trade group.

But 75% of technical graduates and more than 85% of

general graduates are unemployable by India's high-growth

global industries, including information technology and call

centers, according to results from assessment tests

administered by the group.

A senior vice president in human resources at Wipro

Technologies says it has struggled to find skilled workers.

Trying to bridge the gap between job requirements and the

skills of graduates, Tata has extended its internal training

program (72 days of training for fresh graduates).

Wipro runs an even longer, 90-day training program.

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Wipro runs an even longer, 90-day training program.

Both companies sent teams of employees to India's

approximately 3,000 engineering colleges to assess the

quality of each before they decided where to focus their campus

recruiting efforts. Tata says 300 of the schools made the cut; for

Wipro, only 100 did.

Only a few students of Engineering Courses are able to get a job

in the first year after completing the course.

Most of these students get jobs that are unrelated to their

knowledge and qualifications.

Those who are not able to find jobs start enrolling in different

job oriented courses or for higher education.

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job oriented courses or for higher education.

Some students enroll into Personality Development Courses

to improve their confidence, interviewing skills and spoken

English after they fail to get jobs.

Call-center company 24/7 Customer Pvt. Ltd. wants to hire

3,000 people in 2011 in India. But it is finding it difficult to do

so. Its increasing difficulty finding competent employees in India

has forced the company to expand its search to other countries.

Most of its 8,000 employees are now based outside of India.

Demand for skilled labor continues to grow. Tata Consultancy

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Demand for skilled labor continues to grow. Tata Consultancy

Services, part of the Tata Group, expects to hire 65,000 people

in 2011.

Likewise, many Technology companies have set high goals

for recruitment but are finding it difficult to get good candidates.

Mere technical knowledge does not take people too far.

The technical knowledge gives way to managerial and

customer handling skills requirements after a few years.

If the person is not prepared for those functions, the company

has an easy choice to bring someone better.

It is very easy to get people who work for wages at par with that

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It is very easy to get people who work for wages at par with that

of experienced technical personnel and have managerial and

customer handling skills as well.

Tighter budgets for expenses and greater targets for sales.

Lack of resources (capital, equipments, etc.) in the country.

Level of Research & Development (R&D) happening in the

country is very low.

Owing to such a scenario in India, the demand for purely

technical people is very low.

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technical people is very low.

And very common things to see in today’s India are like the

following:

Mechanical, Civil, Electrical, Electronics engineering student working

in IT companies as developers, programmers, product managers,

sales executives

BCA, MCA, BE (Computers), BE (IT) students working in call centers

The scene is simple: There are very few core jobs available.

For a past few years now, countries in Europe and America have

woken up to the fact that they are losing their jobs to Asians,

particularly Indians and Chinese.

So, the days are gone when we had enough job offers from nations

in Europe and Americas.

The only thing happening now is that companies are sending

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The only thing happening now is that companies are sending

their resources to the project site to European and American

Counties for short durations.

Although there are still offers coming our way but they are for

countries in Middle East and Africa.

“Multi-tasker” - One who is able to do many things like

Technical Work

Client Interaction

Product Demos

Team Handling

Marketing

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Marketing

Which one will you buy?

Good technical knowledge

Design capabilities

Domain Knowledge after a few years

Some hands-on experience

Right attitude

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Command over English (International Language)

Good communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Ability to identify focus areas and analyze client requirements

Presentation skills

Leadership skills

Till the end

of career

Engineer /

Team Lead / Project

Lead / Business

Analyst / Pre/post

sales Analyst

(Domain Knowledge

Required)

Project Manager /

Program Manger

(Domain

Knowledge

Essential)

General

Manager /

Head R & D /

CEO

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Part ManagerialManagerial Leadership

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3 years

6 years

10 years

JOB ROLES

Course Duration

Engineer /

Sr. Engineer