Better foot forward – but how? (Sunday, 04 September 2011 By Guruvantage Team)
Better foot forward – but how?
The job market in India has bounced back to its aggressive best over the last couple of months... (atleast) if the newspaper headlines are to be believed! If seeing is believing, then expansion (in sheer volume size) in the likes of Times Ascent, HT jobs and the other brethren would be sending out the right messages...and in no uncertain terms that too! The Naukri Job Speak Index for May-10 at 913 is 29% above the May’09 levels indicating that hiring activity has been forging ahead strongly over a period of time. Key industry sectors like IT- Software, Banking and Auto are all back to the pre downturn levels with the job index moving up by 56%, 47%, 40% in May’10 over May’09. Professionals in HR, ITES, IT- Software and Accounts and Finance witnessed a comeback in the recruitment scenario with the job index moving up by 68%, 21%, 54%, and 22% in May’10 over May’09 - These trends are clear indicators of the change - that is ubiquitous!
However, as Charles Darwin had professed – “it is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change.” Keeping in-line with this adage, it might be prudent to understand that continuous updation of your skill-sets aligning with the needs of the ecosystem is what could keep the right jobs knocking at your door.
However, the concern area at this junction is not the will (or, the lack of it) but, the available avenues to exploit these wilful urgings. With the training industry in India, being highly disorganised most of the skill-conscious workforce are at a loss of trying to figure out the right destinations for identifying what skill upgrades works for them the best. Ironically, even when such an enlightening discovery is made, the acquisition of that skill set becomes an even more daunting task. With limited recourses available - a professional is usually found either exploring options with his peer group , resorting to desperate Yahoo/Google searches or at best indulging in career forums on the net to zero-in on the most cost economical and high yield course available in the training ecosystem. These are all, but very secluded options available in our professional lives.
The need of the hour is an all-encompassing solution sphere where an attempt is made to highlight and address the various Ifs & whys, where’s & what’s and how’s & when’s for a training function to be seamlessly executed.
At this stage, Guruvantage.com steps in – as a web-based interactive solution with precise data-mining techniques that would help in extracting customer information and segmenting the target niche for prospective programs/seminars/workshops/modules. Various add-on feature initiatives such as training journal, memberships and alliances shall revolutionize the training industry like never before.
Hope to see you soon at www.guruvantage.com !!