The realities of getting Job and

Working environment

Presented by – Vinod Upadhyay General Manager- Corporate HR Patel Group of Companies

Career Options for Engineers

Industrial Career

Academics

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Employment - India

India is a logical choice of outsourcing for the world with 65% of the world’s eminent companies and one of the world's largest pools of scientific and technical talent.

India has proved its mettle in IT And BPO industries to global community.

Indian IT/ BPO industries have witnessed phenomenal growth in recent years leading to tremendous increase in the demand of skilled manpower.

Manpower Employment Outlook Survey - India

Period

Increase Decrease No Change

Don’t Know

Net Employment Outlook

Seasonally Adjusted

  % % % % % %

3rd Quarter 2011

49 2 31 18 47 46

2nd Quarter 2011

57 8 16 19 49 51

1st Quarter 2011

48 7 30 15 41 42

4th Quarter 2010

47 5 36 12 42 39

3rd Quarter 2010

44 2 46 8 42 41

Sector ComparisonsSectorwise- Q3 2011

49

46

49

30

53

41

50

47

45

46

34

48

43

51

0 10 20 30 40 50 60

Finance, Insurance & Real Estate

Manufacturing

Mining & Construction

Public Administration & Education

Services

Transportation & Utilities

Wholesale & Retail Trade

Net Employment Outlook Seasonally Adjusted

“ India does not have problem of unemployment but unemployability. “

- Dr. Kalam

Engineering Students and Unemployability Unlike occupational or technical skills,

employability skills are generic in nature rather than job specific and cut across all industry types, business sizes, and job levels from the entry-level worker to the senior-most position.

The industry requires new graduates who understand the part they play in building their organisations, and have the practical skills to work effectively in their roles.

We need professionals who are responsive to economic, social, cultural, technical and environmental change and can work flexibly and intelligently across business contexts.

It means engaging with the organisation and its goals, understanding the dynamics of the workplace, and taking up a job role with an informed knowledge of its requirements.

Engineering Students and Unemployability

Industrial Career

Manufacturing ( Production ) R&D Design Planning Quality Assurance & Quality Control Maintenance Commercial ( Purchase/ Import-Export) Marketing and Customer service Projects

Get your desired job

Identify your competence

Evaluate the job potential

Job Vs. Skill Sets required

Identify the skill gap and improve

Learn how to win the interview

Sources for placements

Campus selection Job Portals (Naukri, Monster, Timesjob etc.) Placement consultants Applying against Advt. Unsolicited applications to the potential

employers Social sites/ Professional groups on Net.

Your first resume

Make it simple Highlight

Your Academic achievements Your Skill sets Elaborate your Project work – It is the only

practical implementation of the theories learnt Highlight your extra curricular activities – It

shows your personality traits

When you face an interview

Physical appearance Mannerism Be confident ( Or at least look so) Know your strengths and drag the interviewer to

the area of your comfort Employers don’t really look for your knowledge

but they do look for attitude & aptitude. Be sincere and honest

When you get a job The internal support systems for you

• Induction• Departmental SOPs• OJT by seniors• Mentor

Challenges• Conflict between personal aspiration Vs

Organisational objectives• Relationship management at Workplace• Skill gaps• Meeting the deadlines

What gets you Success? Success

Results

Actions

Ideas/ Thinking

Conditions

Who are the achievers?

• Everyone sets goals but an important

distinction is that the top achievers are very

intentional, focused and committed while the

rest of us are not.

• Persist! That’s the quality true champions are

made of.

Have you set your Goal?

Type of Goals

Personal/ Self Goals

Family Goals

Social Goals

Organizational Goals

Importance of Organizational Goals

High Pay-off Activities What are you being paid for?

What do you do that produces greatest results?

What do you do that adds to your company’s profitability?

Why did the company hire you?

What do you do that produces 80% of your results?

Low Pay-off Activities

80% of the activities that you spend your time on are producing only 20% of the results.

Learn to simplify, eliminate and (delegate) your LPA’s

Human Performance Layers

Attitudes & Values

Operational Ability

Interfacing Ability

Performance

Interfacing Ability

Communication Skills

Interpersonal skills

Team work

The rules for work are changing, and we’re all being judged, whether we know it or not, by a new yardstick—not just how smart we are and what technical skills we have, which employers see as givens, but increasingly by how well we handle ourselves and one another.

Daniel Goleman

Author, Working with Emotional Intelligence

Self Awareness Individual= ?

You The roles you play

Role Person

Mobilizing strengths …

Managing weaknesses …

Skills

Traits and identity

Passions

Skill gaps

Anxieties

Creating UR Right image

Perceived

Presented

Desired

Relationship

Three Magic Tools

There are three tools that will help you to make every relationship work:

Respect

Helpfulness

Understanding

Respect

• Respect the person you work with.

• If you don’t like him / her, and still need to work

together, make the effort to find at least one nice

thing about the person.

• Remember, that no one is totally wrong or bad.

• Even a clock that does not work tells the correct

time twice a day!

Helpfulness• Be genuinely helpful.

• Remember the objectives of a professional relationship – achieving the organizational objectives and goals, in a positive and proactive manner.

• So, there is no room for personal agendas and score settling. Pettiness like – “He didn’t help me when I needed it, so why should I do it now?” – needs to be left behind in the childhood.

Understanding

• Involves, first of all, listening.

• Listening with an open mind, and non-

judgmentally.

• Understanding also involves empathy.

What is Relationship Management?

It is all about being great at your interpersonal skills and relating effectively with others. People who efficiently use their interpersonal skills always:

Get the best out of a relationship. Handle difficult situations with ease and

enthusiasm. Behave in a situation centric way, and not a

people centric one. Separate problems from people. Focus on solutions rather than problems.

Why?

• “Others” are others…… you could have come across this attitude several times.

• But you begin to change when you realize that the relationship you have with them indeed affects your work life as well as your personal life.

• This prompts you to “understand others”.

• What does “understanding others” mean?

Understanding Others

The first step to understanding others is learning about them. In organization context, managing your relations with your colleague could mean 2 things:

Knowing what you need from him Knowing what he needs from you

We can learn more about others when we disclose our selves. Self-disclosure is seen as a useful strategy for sharing information with others. Also, we build trust and rapport.

Team work

A team is a group of people who are working

towards the same goal.

A good team works well together, has attributes

such as flexibility and synergy, and achieves more

than the sum of its' parts.

High Performance Teams

Common goal Constant monitoring and feedback Open communication Mutual trust Synergy Interdependence Problem solving Looking at the big picture Value contribution Good leader

Wheel of Life

Self

Career

Social

Spiritual

Family

Finance

Own enterprise

Family background – Entering the running business or starting afresh.

Manufacturing or Trading Challenges

Growth prospects Finance Market Competition Entrepreneurial Skills

Customers

Profitability

Products

Shareholder value

Market share

Alliances

Market capitalization

Customers - The Hub

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