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Training

In Indian market, 50% of the training company’s revenue comes from the retail training and rest from other segments. On the other hand, in many organizations training is regarded as non-essential or a need based activity. Some organizations start a training department in order to look modern. In fact, some organizations are headed by unwanted employees rather than employees of outstanding merit. While some organizations do not have a separate budget to hire highly qualified trainers for training and development. Training is an investment rather than a wasteful expenditure. The production increases with every session of skill development particularly in Time Management, Leadership skills, Effective Presentation skill, Public Speaking skill and Communication skills. Moreover, for the undergraduates, a soft skill program help them to be industry ready.

Soft Skills are important for Career Development

Soft skills are variously viewed as Communication skills, interpersonal skills, ability to work with others, and so on. A more complex definition is "a range of abilities including work ethic, courtesy, teamwork, self-discipline and self-confidence, professional presence, language proficiency, cultural sensitivity, communication skills, ability to accept and learn from criticism, ability to handle client relationships, networking, creativity, ability to motivate yourself and lead others, time management, leadership and interpersonal skills. The relative importance of each skill varies by profession. In the IT service industry, communication skills (particularly listening skills), business communication skill, problem solving skills and team skills are perceived as crucial. The KPO sector demands many of these same skill sets. In organized retail, the key skills are communication skills, selling skills and customer service skills. This holds true for financial services sector ...

The key to Professionalism

If we agree Professionalism is a Habit and a continuous process, where exactly does the journey to Professionalism begin? While there are several aspects and facets to Professionalism, there are a few behaviours considered core – the bedrock, so to speak. People who work are so used to these that often the ‘First timers’ at work stick out because they are lacking. Let’s take a closer look at these behaviours: 1. Team Work – At work, it is vital to work in constant harmony with others towards a common goal. Students work solo, their goal is to maximize their own rank or score. Very few colleges have created curriculum that encourages team-work on an everyday basis, fewer still have cracked the code to consistently evaluating Team Behaviour. 2. Adaptability and Dependability – When a Student does not match up to the requirements due to pressure or other reasons; most of the time, only he pays for it with marks/grades. At work, however, the costs are higher - the Team and the Organiz...

5 Reasons not to stay friends after a breakup

Let's be friends... not It is of far stronger character to be able to let go than to defend and hang on. Letting go is a part of life. We hardly ever get to decide how life is going to show up for us and life surely brings us pain, loss and rejection. We can feel so vulnerable to wanting to avoid these feelings that we are willing to hang onto a relationship that is not supposed to be for us anymore. To grow and mature, it is best to accept what hurts and move on. As you do this, your life will change, you will change and with time away from your ex, you will also begin to see that maybe they just weren’t as great as the version of them that you thought they were or wanted them to be. 1 Because hope is dope Staying in touch and trying to be friends after a split fuels hope. Hope is easy to get hooked on, but it doesn’t promote your forward moving progress. It is not possible for emotions to go from being in love to just friends in a nanosecond. The mind may convi...