RE: [MTC Global] Fwd: Focused Discussion​-- Skill Gaps

I happened to ask the same question to a recruiter from a multinational Indian company. His answer was that in a short time of 5/10 minutes we only try to evaluate if the candidate can think, walk and talk like a professional for the purpose he is expected to be hired.

Regards

Virendra Goel

 

From: join_mtc@googlegroups.com [mailto:join_mtc@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Prof. Bholanath Dutta
Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2012 12:38 PM
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Subject: [MTC Global] Fwd: Focused Discussion​-- Skill Gaps

 

 

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From: Rajesh V - Office Use <vr.office@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 11:41 PM
Subject: Re: Focused Discussion​-- Skill Gaps
To: "Prof. Bholanath Dutta" <bnath.dutta@gmail.com>

Hi,

The whole space of skill gaps needs to include employability skills, life skills, soft skills, conceptual skills, organisational skills, etc. 

For example when one is discussing employability skills it includes simple things like whether a person knows how to operate the various office equipments. Do they know how to create a document with an auto generated content table? etc. This is one of the most glaring gaps today because no institute even ventures anywhere close to this topic.

As someone from the industry and having interviewed and recruited many young adults I have always followed the maxim "Hire for Attitude and Train for the job". Now, the challenge is to find out whether the person has the right attitude in the few minutes of interview especially when everyone is on their best behavior.

This is where the employability skill checking has been very relevant. When asked about certain very basic things like "Do you know filing" the response clearly shows the person's attitude in terms of willing to learn and dirty their hands.

My view is that this is what is crucial and needs to be taught at every institute starting from the 11th standard itself.

Bye
VR

 Retail Consultant, Trainer & Author,

 

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