LANGUAGE IN INDIA

Strength for Today and Bright Hope for Tomorrow

Volume 15:10 October 2015
ISSN 1930-2940

Managing Editor: M. S. Thirumalai, Ph.D.
Editors: B. Mallikarjun, Ph.D.
         Sam Mohanlal, Ph.D.
         B. A. Sharada, Ph.D.
         A. R. Fatihi, Ph.D.
         Lakhan Gusain, Ph.D.
         Jennifer Marie Bayer, Ph.D.
         S. M. Ravichandran, Ph.D.
         G. Baskaran, Ph.D.
         L. Ramamoorthy, Ph.D.
         C. Subburaman, Ph.D. (Economics)
         N. Nadaraja Pillai, Ph.D.
Assistant Managing Editor: Swarna Thirumalai, M.A.

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Soft Skills: The Employability Success Mantra

Nirmala Rita Nair, M.A., Ph.D. & Gitasri Mukherjee, M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D.

Abstract

The mushrooming of engineering and technical institutions in India today has led to a paradoxical situation where there is no scarcity of engineering graduates or companies to recruit them; rather, there is a severe dearth of employable engineers. These graduates with their professional degrees are found to be unfit for the corporate world and their scope to acquire a job is highly constrained due to a lack of various soft skills. Presently organizations evaluate candidates’ suitability and employability not only by their academic record but also by a set of personal and interpersonal skills which help them to be industry-ready and sustain in the corporate world for long. This paper proposes a few suggestions about how these soft skills can be instilled in students in the English class by incorporating a few creative and interesting tasks with the objective of bridging the gap between academia and industry.

Keywords: Employability, industry ready soft skills, effective communication.

Lack of Employability Skills

Many engineering students possess domain skills but are lacking in employability skills. They are deficient in interpersonal and communication skills and are unable to present their ideas in a convincing and persuasive manner. Consequently they fail to prove themselves as suitable candidates for the recruiters since employers prefer professionals who are endowed with technical competence as well as soft skills which are essential in the workplace.

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Dr. Nirmala Rita Nair
Associate Professor
nirmala.rita@gmail.com


Dr. Gitasri Mukherjee
Assistant Professor
gitasrimukherjee@gmail.com
Department of English
Muffakham Jah College of Engineering & Technology
Banjara Hills, Rd No. 3
Hyderabad- 500034
Telangana
India

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