Soft skills intro.ppt
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1) Many engineering graduates in India, around 20-33% of the 1.5 million who graduate each year, have difficulty finding jobs due to a lack of professional skills. 2) Soft skills like communication, critical thinking, and teamwork are in high demand but technical skills alone are insufficient for many roles. 3) Continuous learning of new skills is important for career success and longevity as many professions now require ongoing training and recertification.
![What are skills?
Encarta® World English Dictionary:
skill [ skil ] (plural skills)
Definition:
1. ability to do something well: the ability to do
something well, usually gained through training or
experience
2. something requiring training to do well: something
that requires training and experience to do well, e.g. an
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Soft skills intro.ppt
- 1. Professional Skills to a Successful Career
- 2. Economics Times points out that 20-33% out of the 1.5 million jobless engineers in India are passing out every year to run the risk of not getting a job at all.
- 3. Most IITs today have counseling centres where students can seek professional help. ... There is also a dire need to train students in communication and other soft skills. The absence of these skills is a key reason why many IITians leave the campus, unemployed.23-Jul-2019
- 4. Demand supply: There are nearly 4000 colleges across India. All producing 15 lakh engineers per year but for every single job 300 members are competing. The ratio increases every year due to the previous year unemployed.
- 5. Prestige issue: Some of them feel that the B.Tech degree is prestigious than a normal degree and parents are also forcing them to think that way. In some states some people study engineering for extra dowry in marriages.
- 6. Ready to do any sort of work: You can find engineering graduates working as private teachers, bank employees, lecturers at the same college which he studied in. In an ugliest scenario you can find them as a peon.
- 7. What are skills? Encarta® World English Dictionary: skill [ skil ] (plural skills) Definition: 1. ability to do something well: the ability to do something well, usually gained through training or experience 2. something requiring training to do well: something that requires training and experience to do well, e.g. an art or trade
- 8. How do we acquire professional skills? On-the-job training Education (formal & informal) Life experiences (good and bad)
- 9. So here are some……
- 11. Communicating…. • Every job will require you to communicate with other people, in speaking and in writing. • Professionals need to express themselves clearly in their dealings with supervisors, underlings, co-workers, clients, etc.
- 12. Oral Presentation Audience Awareness Critical Listening Written Professional-level Writing Critical Reading Presentation of Data Communication skills…. No Verbal Personal Presentation Body Language
- 13. Example written communication… The wrong way……
- 14. Example written communication… The correct way……
- 15. Information overload in our everyday professional life…. Emails Phone calls SMS Reports BB Message Facebook/Twitter messages Letters Seminar invitations Client requests Checks to sign Calendar appointments Newsletters, magazines, etc. Tasks deadlines Etc, etc. Etc, etc.
- 17. “Don’t bring me problems, bring me solutions…..”
- 20. Through teamwork we will…
- 21. Through teamwork we may also…. …Save lives!
- 22. #7 Continuous learning skills
- 23. A growing number of professions require continuous education credits (CEC) or periodic recertification: • Accountants • Physicians/surgeons • Architects • Engineers • ICT professionals • Etc.
- 24. Life is no longer warm and fuzzy. Lifelong learning is a precondition for further career success. “If you stop learning, you will become unemployed and unemployable very quickly.” ~ Paul Saffo, Silicon Valley technology forecaster
- 26. Choosing the right career….
- 27. Choosing the right career…. What am I good at? What will I enjoy? What kind of salary would I be happy with? Do I want to work with people, with animals or alone? Would I rather be indoors or outdoors? Which Career? Is variety important to me? What experience do currently have that may help? Would I like to lead and manage others? want a creative job? What am I interested in? Do joy negotiating or persuading?