Being JOB READY..
By: Saurabh Jaiswal
Tags: Employee Engagement, Job Ready, Corporate, Corporate Culture, Employment

For a newly graduated student, the one of the main impediment is to search for a job.

And this journey i.e., from being a student to a fervid and diligent employee is very monotonous and full of various zealous interviews that sometimes also turn out be unfertile. In todays world every company recruiters not only searching for a degree holder employee , but need someone who is having technical knowledge and can turn out to very truly compatible for that job.



With the changing scenario in recruitment process, impacts of technology and a very regulatory labor market , job readiness is somewhat a stage between job search results and job search stagnation.



Job Readiness varies from job to job. Usually, Job Readiness is based on what employers are looking for — are you ready for the kind of job you are looking for, and would an employer be willing with this decision? This however forms a minute component of being work ready.



To be more precise job readiness is different things to different employers. For many hiring managers and job recruiters it is skills and capabilities that an employer seeks so as to step out in a job with little or no support. Professionally job readiness needs to include:-



STAY UPDATED WITH YOUR INDUSTRY:-

The one of the main important factor for being called as job ready is to be very much updated with the preferred industry. With the arrival of new technologies, vast and numerous changes are occurring in most of the industries. There are various simple strategies with which you can keep yourself updated with industry like enlist a mentor, get yourself in loop or network and all this will help you to identify a comfortable job positions.



EXPAND YOUR WORK EXPERIENCE THROUGH INTERNSHHIP:-

Internship is a suitable way to gain some work experience while studying and are designed in such a way that it is flexible for both the student and the employer. It will be very easy for a student who had done an intern to adapt in the full time job as compared to a student without any work experience. Also recruiters looks for those students who have done their internships because it also assures them that the chosen employee can easily fit with the working conditions. Therefore it is very much necessary to do an intern before applying for a job. This why intern is called as training wheel for students to be work ready.

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FOCUS ON DEVELOPING SOFT SKILLS:-

It is very crucial for an employee to develop various soft skills. There are various soft skills like communication , team work, problem solving, time and stress management. Soft skills empower employees to team up and work together in order to collectively meet company objectives and goals. In turn, this leads to improved efficiency and heightened productivity. Soft skills are also a right way to differentiate among an adequate candidate and an ideal candidate.

A person can easily develop soft skills through actively participating in personality development courses and taking part in various extra curricular activities like research projects and debates.



EXPAND YOUR SKILL SET THROUGH PART TIME COURSES:-

With the evolution of the industries, there is need of new skill for the working employees with regard to their work. For example like with the expanding trend of digital marketing in last 10 years, a student who is not accomplished with the form of marketing will be valued less over a candidate who is well versed with digital marketing. Thus its very crucial to learn new skills and course for a student along with the changes in industry. And being in school it take very long to evolve for a particular subject that is needed in industry, so its better that the student take some part time course to learn new skill from well renowned institution.

NETWORK YOUR WAY TO YOUR IDEAL JOB:-

Networking strengthens a student in collecting insights about their work place and preferred industry, thus in turn make them aware of taking very right decision about where to apply. Network also help you to reach out to consumers, suppliers and professionals who work in related fields to get a broader understanding of the industry. Networking and events can also help you keep up to date with your competitors’ thinking. And also recommendation from someone who is already working in the industry is very amazing way to establish your capabilities and show your work readiness to job recruiters.



UNDERSTANDING THE LABOUR MARKET:-

This is one of the other main space that people need to be truly job ready. Becoming familiar with the labor market trends you will easily identify the demand on your role in industry and what also what is expected to be in future. It will help you clear in responding to questions like “where would you like to be in 5 years time” by understanding your expected roles in 5 years time.

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PRESENTATION AND COMMUNICATION:-

To communicate effectively in the workplace, you need to be able to present information vividly and simply. Presentation skills doesn’t just mean knowing how to put a good set of PowerPoint slides together, it means engaging and connecting with an audience to get your message across and is one of the main factor for good job interview. Working efficiently on this skill make you able to communicate confidently and with clarity and thus in turn make you job ready.

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DIGITAL LITERACY:-

For getting a job in todays world, your familiarity with the digital literacy is very well important. Digital literacy refers to an individual’s ability to find, evaluate, and clearly communicate information through typing and other media on various digital platforms. The rate of digital literacy in India is increasing very rapidly. And amid of this covid-19 pandemic every industry has now opted for work from home. And also looking at the future it becomes very important to get ourselves accomplished with the technical world. It is very important for a working employee to be familiar with MS word, creating content online, managing social media accounts and easily editing video, image, text.

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TIME MANAGEMENT:-

Time management is the process of planning and controlling how much time to spend on specific activities. Good time management enables an employee to complete more in a shorter period of time thus also lowers stress, and leads to career success.