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Besides technical know-how, you need good business English and communication skills to be hired. Don’t you?
Thanks to Google, we have a nice and ‘easy to describe’ Picture/Logo on India’s republic day. Transformation of their own LOGO to include the popular theme of the Day is a wonderful demonstration of creativity!… How much do you agree with me? and How many times do we get this pleasant surprise from Google?
Learn English Activities for the Day:
Students of BASIC/Word-Play: Describe any Picture or the Republic Day Parade as you see today. Stick to Simple Sentences, write/speak 10 sentences describing what happens on the Day (usually, sometimes and Simple Present tense).
Students of Intermediate/Get-Selected: Give live commentary of the Republic Day Parade for 10-15 min. -you can run it up in your Mind and learn to use some new verbs/adjectives associated with a national event. Speak for 2 Min. in the class (as much you can even 5 min. for people who have done over 30 classes).
Students of Go-global/Advanced: Write/speak on What special you saw this year? and what do you feel about the day? What did you do ‘on this day’ when you were a child? (Tips: use all your tenses well – switch between past and present; include Phrasal Verbs and Modals as required)
Have a Good day and all the best for your Practice of English as a Language…
T.r.i.c.k.s NOIDA Center wishes you a Happy Republic Day!
The Organised work is going to grow and more professionalism is required to join the Industry today, be it any field of work. Take for example: Madhuri Dikshit after a long phase of silence comes back to ‘filmdom’ and maybe she can kill the career of some new-heroine with her re-polished professionalism . As we have seen, like many other industries, the Hindi cinema or Bollywood has organised itself more in the past 10 years. Even the starts of yesterday who enjoyed mass-appeal just for their smile or body are turning to be more professional … Professionalism the trend that started with Amir Khan is going to live on and grow!
At the same time India has a large pool of people still working in the unorganized sector: look at this article in Hindu- Business Line to look at the numbers and trends. An Interesting question i was asked a few days earlier: “What are the sectors- that are most likely to become more organised soon enough that ‘you may have a join a course on professionalism’ in the short-run of say next 5 years?”
What are the skills needed to join your profession? and what is the knowledge you will need to have?
Read the post to answer the simple question above so that you can grow in your profession… what is the profession you want to enter or which industry you want to work in?
Management, Hospitality Industry or Travel & Tourism, Accountant, BPO, Apparel, IT, consulting are highly organised sectors so talented professionals are required. India although has surplus manpower but at the same time there is an acute shortage of skilled professionals. Professional bodies (like The Institute of Chartered Accounts of India) and National Skill Development Corporation are doing their job but many private institutions like T.r.i.c.k.s are needed to Train masses on basic communication skills.
As we do my job as a professionally certified trainer ; are you getting ready to acquire the ‘skills for the new world’ and join an organised sector?
Any job or profession that has maximum value creation or risk of human life is likely to be organised sooner. How much do you agree with me?
I repeat (for emphasis) : Knowledge is Power; But it is the Skill – that gets things done!
How much you understand the above statement defines how sale-able your resume is and apply ‘the above’ at the time of writing your CV. You demonstrate it more with some real-life examples at the time of face-to-face interview. A Senior Industry professional stated yesterday evening “It’s the Skills that Sell” another comment made by a very senior professional who is known in the industry for his timing the statements right “they call you for the interview as they want to see your confidence”.
Clearly state in your CV you knowledge and skills:
1) the Knowledge you have that is required as per Job Description: this includes market understanding, domains, subjects that you can write an essay on just on the strength of your understanding. Cramming something or remembering some names, terms is Not the kind of Knowledge anyone will pay for.
-Would you (as CEO of T.r.i.c.k.s) pay me Rs. 2 lac/month just because I have read 2000 books. 2) the Skills that you have acquired and are relevant to the job: these include social and professional skills. The things that you ‘can do’. There is very little argument that ‘communication skill’ is the most important of the skills as it is vital but do not make ‘not having enough of any skill’ as your limitation. Just state what you ‘can do’ without much need for preparation:
-I was given to make my public presentation to the clients of SQL Star -right on the day of my joining the Delhi office as an Area Manager for eLearning a new product. – The ink on my ‘business cards’ was still wet when I handed them over very proudly that evening to my delighted audience.
Have a look at the knowledge and skills that come from Learning English- a global language of Business.
Why would anyone learn English and what is the skill gain?
Remember Degrees/Diplomas is not knowledge – they are qualifications (sometimes essential with %age of marks stated) can get your resume to be shortlisted by the HR. If you are sitting in an Interview meeting – your Degree has done what it could do i.e. get you a meeting with the hiring personnel (HR and hiring manager) there can be more depending on the level. I at my level would definitely meet all the CxOs before meeting the business owner. This is not to attach any ego with it but only a business-owner understands the ‘business language’ and sometimes it is more Mathematics than English.
Bio-data is a term that comes from the days of the physical-labor so as a knowledge worker don’t state that term and write the best Curriculum Vite’ or Profile/Resume’ for people with some experience.
Conversation is English is a Sale-able skill.. How many more do you need to do the Job well?
People who say I have zero experience or I am a fresher so I have “no knowledge or skills” to state in my CV. I am afraid to, “the people without any sale-able skills will continue to sit at home OR they should join a practical skill-oriented program that imparts ‘sale-able’ skills”. Govt. of India knows well enough with data to substantiate: when it says that the country needs skilled people. There is actually ‘skill shortage’ not ‘people shortage’. Fortunately for India there is enough Knowledge or gyan people have. While ability to talk in a professional or Business language is still not counted as a skill as that is the bed-rock of any skilled person. How many times have you heard sales-men of traders say ‘main baato ki khaata hun’ (I eat my bread from what I talk). In my view – it the conversations that count the most. All the deals and business happens after conversations and so much ‘on the phone’
Knowledge when gained right must translate to Skills. As a Communication skills trainer I like to work more and more on your skills while we impart all the knowledge of the Language that is needed. In the garb of our Word-Play program we actually give you English for everyday conversations (a skill) and In the ‘Get Selected’ program the focus is on ‘Discussion, Debating and Presentation skills’ plus there is a bonus of some personality development topics like: Grooming, Asking and Answering questions, Handling difficult questions. All these are vital skills for success in any Interview.
One of my students (I believe it was Chandan – a Telecom Engineer) wrote on the ‘Thought of the Day’ white board some good words:
“Life is a Series of Interviews!”
Thanks Savita for writing the Knowledge-Skill quote on the white broad.. really appreciated!
Its much important that you speak your mind to give a good impression.
Fill the above contact form to give your suggestion for the Topic. The mail will go to Gaurav Goyal of Go Global for evening batch and Avinash Tripathi of Get Selected for the morning Batch….
Choose a topic in which everyone can participate and come prepared… All the best for a good discussions and learning!
The Notes on ‘How to make a good impression in a group discussion are in a separate post’
Even if you are 90% prepared to face the board; I suggest to all my students to take at least one mock interview- which is as tough as the real one. The tougher the mock interview the better it is for your preparation for the Real one.
Some tips when you appear for the MOCK at T.r.i.c.k.s Personality Development Center:
Prepare as good as you would prepare for the Real interview.
Wear a tie, full sleeve shirt for men and formal clothes or business attire for women
Have a look at the Job-description (suggest it to the interviewer that close to real JD for your kind of roles is used even for Mock)
Carry your updated CV
Do read the newspaper of that day and be up to date on current affairs
Have Latest information on your hobbies and interests (e.g. you can’t say I like to watch cricket and not be updated with what’s happening in IPL or T-20)
Reach on time so that you don’t have the need to give excuses right in the beginning, respect the time of the interviewer. Even with smartness to be able to give excuses in fluent English, regularity counts. (call the interviewer if you are getting late!)
Be confident with your English and speak it with ease and smile on your face.
Who is best positioned to take your Mock interview?
Anyone who is senior than you in terms of experience – so that you will respect his/her feedback. It is good if he/she understands your industry and can ask you really tough questions. Knows what kind of questions are being asked by the people in HR. Is updated with the terms used by the Interviewers in communication rounds. Has the ability to give candid and constructive feedback on all the aspects of your communication. Can give you minimum of 20 minutes of focused one-to-one time for the with no interference or distractions. Getting 10 minutes of time for feedback would be just fine. You can also request for a written feedback as well (if your mentor has this time)
Real Feedback and telling you where you lack and can improve is the real worth of a Mock Interview. Its best to note down the feedback that you get. Switch-on the recorder on your mobile or make written notes.
All the best for your MOCKs and the REAL ones that follow!
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