India Against Corruption Movement - Victory

When Anna Hazare broke his fast after 12 long days by accepting juice from a Dalit and a Muslim girl, there was a sigh of relief for all, though it did not carry the reasons alike.  The PM was relieved that he would not have to make another speech in the Parliament to prove that he existed, the council of ministers were relieved that they will not be forced to eat their own words further on an hourly basis, the MPs were relieved that they escaped further humiliations from the dais of Ramlila ground, people concerned about Anna’s health were relieved for the right reason, people who had lost hope on the right consciousness of the Govt. were relieved that the consciousness finally prevailed, the first timer middle class revolutionary was relieved because they couldn’t have continued to overlook their busy day to day life any further.

The increasing menace of Unemployable Graduates - II (Education System)

90% of Graduates, 75% of Engineering Graduates and 77% of MBAs in India are unemployable.

The above figures are official and have been arrived through certain surveys. The question is that how have the officials arrived at these specific figures?

This is the average percentage of candidates that are rejected from the number of applicants. The final figure has been arrived after collating the facts and figures from various employers across the industry.

I would like to question this approach to arrive at such disheartening numbers. I had cited an incident from my personal experience in my last post, giving an insight about the recruitment & selection process followed in the industry for you to understand the shortcomings.

Through my questions I will discuss all the problems that actually looms over the future of our youth and in turn our country.

Should our school and colleges train the students for our industry over and above the basic education that they provide?

The increasing menace of Unemployable Graduates - I

“What made you go for Engineering in Computer Science?” I asked stretching back in my chair expecting an interesting answer from the fresh engineering graduate sitting in front of me in the conference room.

He was at ease by then due to my unconventional way of conversation during an interview. He smiled and I smiled back tweaking my eyebrow encouraging him to answer.

“Because I like computers.” was his answer. He was aware that it was not enough.

A Day in a Fresher's Life - Inference

Read: A Day in a Fresher's Life - III

You must have inferred so many things on reading the emotional narrative of a Fresher in search for a job. I received so many feedbacks on the narrative and everybody identified with the protagonist in some way or the other.  That reveals that at some point in our life most of us have gone through a similar phase in life. So what did we learn from that? Can we ask this question from ourselves?

A Day in a Fresher's Life - III

.....contd. from A Day in a Fresher's Life - II 

“Best of Luck” Priya handed me the tiffin box. I was riding my bicycle to the examination hall when I saw the girl in the reception coming.

“We are late for the exam, let’s go.” She said.

As soon as she sat pillion on my scooter, I rode very fast but somehow it was not going as fast. I was paddling it furiously but still it was not going fast.

When I parked my motorbike, the girl was not there and Rahul was coming out.

“The exam has already started long back. You are very late.” He said.

I went inside and saw Nidhi on the door. As soon as she saw me she crossed her hand and said, “Why are you so late? The exam is already over. And where is your pant?”

I looked down. I was shocked. I forgot to wear my pants.

A Day in a Fresher's Life - II

.....contd. from A Day in a Fresher's Life - I

“What do you want Sir?” the pawn shopkeeper startled me.

“Two Gold Flake, small one.” that was an effort.

He took out two cigarettes from the pack expertly and kept them along with the lighter on top of the jar full of green mint. I gave him a ten rupee note, took the cigarettes and the lighter, put one between the lips while dropped other in my chest pocket.  The lighter also lighted only after 4-5 attempts.

I am not even able to light a lighter. What is my worth?

A Day in a Fresher's Life - I

“You can have a seat while I inform Priya. By the way what was the time given to you?” My eyes were following her lips movement while she was talking. I think she had applied the full stick today on her lips.

“11 am” I replied looking at my mobile which was showing 10.30 am. The receptionist smiled and said “You will have to wait for some time. Have a seat. I will inform her.”

Why do we fail?

What type of feelings effervesced when this question first flashed on your screen? Did it not take you to a different world, a secret world where you live with your failures, your fears, your weaknesses, your sorrow, your grief and where only a few closed ones are allowed to peep into?

Do not worry as I am not going to trespass into your territory because we all have our own separate one to deal with. No matter how successful we are now, we all have suffered failure, have lived through the grief, have silently cried in the night, and have felt like the feeblest known.

How to ask for a Raise?

You always wanted to ask this. It is one of those questions that fall into that special category that makes your hand greasy and whose answers are always been sought for but none actually convince. Volumes have been written on these questions and more are sure to come. Hey! can you think of a few of them. Lemme guess

Decision Making Process

You make decisions everyday irrespective of your position, type of work, experience and intellect. The end result is directly impacted by the quality of your decision. Hence it can be said that decision making is one of the important competence that you posses and would like to improve upon. 

Some decisions are of great importance and some are not so important but the underlying skills are the same so where is the difference? Difference is in the intensity and range of the decision making process that leads to the decision.