Government of Karnataka
Department of Collegiate Education
Government Science College, Hassan. JOB INFORMATION & PLACEMENT CELL [JIPC] NEWSLETTER June 15, 2010
Issue:1
Member’s Copy
Volume:20
Soft Skills - Mr.Ashish Mittal., Senior member, Education & Research, Project Anchor, IAAP, Infosys, Bengaluru
An IIT& MBA from IIM, but he still could not get the job of his choice during campus recruitment. Reason: Blame it on his soft skills, rather, the lack of them. These include communication, listening, negotiation, etiquette, language skills etc. Hence, he could not compete with his fellow students who got better jobs. Soft skills play a vital role for professional success; they help one to excel in the workplace and their importance cannot be denied in this age of information and knowledge. Good soft skills, which are in fact scarce - in the highly competitive corporate world, will help you stand out in a milieu of routine job seekers with mediocre skills and talent. Across-the-board unanimous profile of skills and characteristics needed to make a good employee. The people most likely to be hired for available jobs have what employers call "soft skills". The most common traits, mentioned by virtually every employer, are:
• Positive work ethic. • Good attitude. • Desire to learn and be trained Good Attitude: "It is a behavioral skill, which cannot be taught. However it can be developed through continuous training. It represents the reactive nature of the individual and is about looking at things with the right perspective. You must be ready to solve problems pro actively and create win-win situations. And you must be able to take ownership i.e responsibility for your actions and lead from the front without calling it quits at the most critical moment." Most of the business leaders observed that they could find workers who have "hard skills" i.e. the capability to operate machinery or fulfill other tasks, but many potential hires lack the "soft skills" that a company needs. (to be continued…)
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The final year students of our college who passed out the final round of Infosys BPO Campus Selection held on 14th April 2010.
Purushotham Prabhu, PCM
Savitha B A, PMCs
Nadeemulla Sherief, PCM
Final year Students from various colleges of Hassan District writing the Aptitude test of Infosys-BPO Campus Selection held on 14th April, 2010 in our College.
Chief Editor: Prof.H.V.Lakshminarayan, Editor : Prof.A.Narayana Prasad., narayanprasad_a@yahoo.com, Student Editor : Arun.D.C, Final PMCs Wait for our next issue