The hiring manager said for the first-time students of Jhansi are talking in an interview, previously when they came for campus drives students never used to speak. For next 3 months I conducted mock interviews of final year students, group discussions, Public speaking extempore, Formal dressing, Verbal communication exercise, body language classes etc At the end of that semester, the first company that came for campus interviews hired 30 students on the very first day. But …There was no syllabus, no reference points on soft skill training at that time in that college. he requested me to conduct personality development sessions for the students… so that they were better prepared for the forthcoming campus interviews. But in the subsequent semester I was summoned by the director principal in his office. I don't remember how ultimately the situation diffused that time. They were accusing the principal and administration for not doing enough. The reason for that dharna or demonstration I found out later was that out of roughly 400 students that passed out that year, only 2 got jobs through Campus placement drive. So when I joined the college, I used to see a lot of students sitting on dharna (or expressing protest) in front of the principal's office. This was BIET Jhansi, it is now called National Institute of Technology. I have been an army officer and After leaving the army and having completed my MBA I started teaching management subjects in a college. #captshwetamisra speaks- A story from my past when I was awakened to the realisation of the powers of soft skills. About Soft Skills in ChatGPT times! Episode
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