From college to …. finding a job

There are various standards that employers are on the lookout for amongst fresh graduates. These are generally related to leadership qualities and camaraderie; crisis management and resoluteness; and general smartness and communication skills. And the best place where you can imbibe these qualities is your college.

What you learn at college helps you in your voyage ahead. If you can understand the significance of the following, you will render yourself striking in the eyes of interviewers and potential employers:

·     Talkers have always ruled:  Amongst extra-curricular activities regularly organized in colleges, debates and seminars are quite common. Participation in them, besides boosting your confidence to face an audience, also improves your speaking skills. You should remember that any person who wants to convince and persuade others should put his trust not in the right argument, but in the right word. The power of speech has always been greater than the power of sense.

·    Writing makes an exact man:   You should not grumble against having to do written assignments. Since the advantages of possessing good writing skills, which also include editing and refining last a lifetime, your efforts will stand in you in good stead in your later years. You write not because you want to say something, but because you have something to say. After all, the skill of writing is to create a context in which other people can think.

·    Sticks in a bundle are unbreakable:   Fitting well in a team is one issue; leading it is another. Leading a group puts you into limelight and the college has several platforms where you can do that. Since organizations always seek team players and if you are one, your chances to get hired increase manifold. You should never forget that in any organization, coming together is a beginning, staying together is progress, and working together is success.

·     You delay, time will not: If you can fit in several tasks in your schedule and complete them within stipulated timeframes, you will emerge a winner. It is important that while at college you learn to manage your time well. Time management implies prioritizing matters and splitting large ones into small, workable portions.

·     Do something before doing something:  You also need to monitor all your assignments so that there are no delays in completing them. Whether you maintain a dairy or make a things-to-do list, you have to make certain that you conform to deadlines. Learning to systemize things is best done at college. .

·     In analysis you expose:  Employers want staff who can evaluate conditions from various angles. You learn these skills best at college because of the plethora of coursework that you may be required to indulge in. Your incisive skills will gear you up well to face the challenges of a job.

·     It is my hill, I will climb it:  People who are determined invariably excel. And at college, it demands working with a strict professor or taking on assignments that no other student dares to do. If you happen to triumph over one or two of such difficult projects, you can talk your way to success when being considered by employers for recruitment.

·     Your values are your destiny:   The college environment affords you immense chances to nurture potent values of work like commitment and enthusiasm. At work, your attainments and progress manifest them. Employers look for honest and sincere staff and if you have these qualities, you sure will be hired.  

They say that the direction in which education starts a man will determine his future life. A college is like a fountain of knowledge and where windows of opportunities exist to develop and transform you. It is the place where you replace an empty mind with an open mind. Clinch your fists and get set to make the best use of your college because one thing you cannot recycle is wasted time. .