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    Employability Skills For Engineers

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    Balachandran Ramachandran
    It is a presentation for final year engineering undergraduates, suitable timing being before campus placement.

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    Employability Skills for

    Engineers

    Bala

    Contents for discussion

    Learning in the class room - concept


    Limitations of academic curriculum
    Concept vs. application
    Use of concept in application

    Contents for discussion


    What do recruiters look for?
    What is competency?
    Basic skills required at the beginning
    of ones career
    What are employability skills?

    Concept learning
    Theory = Knowledge without
    application = concept
    Is the backbone for application
    Not to be underestimated

    Limitations of academic
    curriculum
    Engineering curriculum more
    practical than other graduation
    disciplines
    More practical oriented
    Still has limitations in terms of
    numbers and available infrastructure

    Limitations of academic
    curriculum
    Limitation on investment to make it
    more relevant to current industrial
    practices
    Lack of conducive industry-education
    inter-face in India
    Academic syllabus not being dynamic
    does not bring in changes as
    frequently as required

    Limitations of academic
    curriculum
    Very few of university mandatory
    projects in 7th & 8th semesters
    relevant to industry
    In terms of their ready application to
    industry in terms of current practices
    and technology
    Curriculum not research oriented

    Concept vs. application


    Employment is not given based on
    students concept knowledge alone
    Other important consideration is the
    ability to apply conceptual knowledge to
    practice
    As evidenced by the quality of the
    industrial project in the 7th & 8th semesters
    Plus the performance in Aptitude test +
    ability to answer questions in interview

    Use of concept in
    application
    For application one requires
    understanding of the theory involved
    in the application
    This is the same as the concept
    Hence concept and application are
    inter-dependent
    They cannot exist without one
    another just like grammar and
    literature

    What do recruiters look


    for?
    A combination of knowledge and
    skills at the beginning
    Consideration is that the engineering
    graduates do not have work
    experience
    In short, relevant competency in any
    candidate appearing before them

    What is competency?
    It is a combination of:
    Attitude
    Knowledge &
    Skills

    Usually referred to as ASK


    How attitude is the prime influencer
    in acquiring knowledge and skills

    Basic competency required for


    entry level jobs
    Considering no work experience, less
    skills and more knowledge
    Ability to apply should be evident in
    terms of:
    Project work done in terms of quality
    Ability to answer questions on project like:
    Concepts involved
    Relevance to the enterprise where project was
    done
    Area of application to the enterprise

    Competency for entry


    level jobs
    Willingness to learn as evident from:
    Co-curricular work undertaken
    More than mandatory project work
    undertaken
    Any research initiatives

    Hence attitude becomes the


    foremost criterion
    Interview questions are also directed
    to this

    Parameters in competency
    for entry level jobs
    Good theoretical knowledge as
    expected from degree course
    Knowledge initiative in the respective
    field current industry practices
    Some operational skills right from
    Day One at the job at least the
    basics

    Competency for entry


    level jobs
    Other generic skills required:
    Communication skills
    Presentation skills
    Computer skills
    Report writing skills

    Generic skills for


    entry level jobs

    Process orientation
    Documentation
    Analytical skills
    Eye for details

    Generic skills for


    entry level jobs
    Ability to follow-up
    Ability to get job done
    Ability to estimate correct duration
    for a given job before commitment to
    any schedule

    Besides skills, others too


    Personal discipline
    Personal etiquette manners, courtesy
    and behaviour
    Positive attitude to learning
    Ability to accept feedback and improve
    Being open minded and not being rigid

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