The Hindu : Tamil Nadu / Chennai News : `Employability' begins to worry parents, students

Online edition of India's National Newspaper
Saturday, Feb 11, 2006

Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu - Chennai

`Employability' begins to worry parents, students

Special Correspondent

CHENNAI: Nasscom's study on employability and its wake-up call to colleges and students to enhance their employability skills must worry students, parents and academicians equally.

Bodhi, an organisation that helps corporate houses and educational institutions on `employability interface,' says students and the management of educational institutions should take ownership for this development.

N. Raj Mohan, psychologist and organisational consultant, after working with various professional colleges of engineering and MBA students, says that even while students are aware of their shortcomings, they suffer from neglected priority and inadequate skill/focus among the teaching faculty members in this area.

College faculty members, at least a section of them, maintain that companies are not their customers and that a company had the responsibility of developing the student's employability after recruitment.

Using its experience of working among students and colleges, Bodhi has developed an employability quotient (EmQ) model, which has been used by institutions to enhance students' employability.

The model first assesses the aptitude and personality of the students and secondly trains them in the areas they need to develop.

The major components of the EmQ are business and work skills, cognitive skills, communication skills, people skills, emotional management skills and personal values.

For details, contact 98407 94430, 2619 0686.

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