My Company participated in a Job Fair held over yesterday and today. No, I was not directly involved, but I did drop by to see my colleagues and figure out if they needed any help
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And yet, you can have the other extreme, too, which is what we have here: young people who can spout off on any topic, and talk confidently for hours, very personably, too, and yet have no grasp of basic facts! There has to be a happy medium somewhere--a way to have people put in the efforts to master basic facts, and yet then also to learn to think critically and independently...
I'm sure many of those young people you saw **would** be employable with just a little training and coaching. Your idea for a partnership between businesses and educational institutions is a good one.
Thank you asakiyume ! In India, this idea of the partnership, MUST be implemented. In fact, the great divide between the 'haves', the 'have a little less' and the 'have nots'... is amazing. A large part of our population belongs to the latter two categories. Very likely, these are the people that appear at Job Fairs. I feel desperate, that there are just SO many people that come from essentially rural areas or typical grade B or Grade C towns, who need the maximum exposure to the ways of urban employment, yet have none. They are also the ones that form the large majority of those that end up losing the race.
The problem I saw staring me in the face that day (and those of plenty others like me), is a complex and difficult to unravel equation, wealth, education, exposure and training being only some of the apparent variables.
How I wish businesses would look at imparting such training/ coaching as a greater part of their Corporate Social Responsibility and give back in real and valuable measure to the nation that has given them so much!
I won't even go into the sad state of affairs in our public school system.....mostly the same "test for memory skills". BUT, if you have money, you can take classes on "How to apply for a job", "How to strengthen communication skills", "How to sharpen your creative skills", etc. Our private schools are doing a good job with educating kids on all levels but this also takes money......so that kind of sums up what America is all about.
Hmmm... I guess you have a point there. Here, the problem is that those that desperately need to take such "how to" calsses are way too finacially challenged, if at all they crossed the first hurdle... that of awareness...that they NEED to take such courses to get a foothold in the big bad world.
"Would it not be a good idea for Industry and Academia to join hands and work towards a common goal"
It is interesting you saying that.. the last couple of days Bangalore newspapers have been talking about industry and academia tie up .. Narayana Murthy and Azim Premji to make presentations at schools or something like that ..ofcourse since it is TOI I dont know how seriously we shd take it, but it does seem that a beginning is being made in that direction..
on the other hand, I am constantly surprised and impressed by the 'independent thought' of so many young people on these blogs..it is such a change from our just post colonial generation mindset...
I truly hope this goes beyonf mere Lip Service. I am glad the 'Big uns' are making a beginning! To sustain the movement will take a whole dedicated workforce and not merely Messers Premji and Narayanamurthy. This will take a whole movement.
Yes, I agree with you on how much independent expression of thought is happening on blogs such as these... however, I sometimes get a feeling that a new kind of an invisible divide is being created now...from the 'haves' and the 'have nots' to the 'Have blogs' and the 'have blog nots'. The blogger community is expanding with more and more non-techies/ non journos joining in...yet I cannot imagine any Thambi deekshith or Harihar from the hinterland getting anywhere close to the concept of blogging, let alone the actual act of it!!
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I'm sure many of those young people you saw **would** be employable with just a little training and coaching. Your idea for a partnership between businesses and educational institutions is a good one.
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The problem I saw staring me in the face that day (and those of plenty others like me), is a complex and difficult to unravel equation, wealth, education, exposure and training being only some of the apparent variables.
How I wish businesses would look at imparting such training/ coaching as a greater part of their Corporate Social Responsibility and give back in real and valuable measure to the nation that has given them so much!
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And... I am looking forward to whatever 'dept. related stuff' you wanna send me!
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Do let me know! I am so waiting to hear from Stella Maris once more!
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It is interesting you saying that.. the last couple of days Bangalore newspapers have been talking about industry and academia tie up .. Narayana Murthy and Azim Premji to make presentations at schools or something like that ..ofcourse since it is TOI I dont know how seriously we shd take it, but it does seem that a beginning is being made in that direction..
on the other hand, I am constantly surprised and impressed by the 'independent thought' of so many young people on these blogs..it is such a change from our just post colonial generation mindset...
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Yes, I agree with you on how much independent expression of thought is happening on blogs such as these... however, I sometimes get a feeling that a new kind of an invisible divide is being created now...from the 'haves' and the 'have nots' to the 'Have blogs' and the 'have blog nots'. The blogger community is expanding with more and more non-techies/ non journos joining in...yet I cannot imagine any Thambi deekshith or Harihar from the hinterland getting anywhere close to the concept of blogging, let alone the actual act of it!!
Sad indeed!...yet there is hope...let us see!
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