SWOT ANALYSIS OF SELF
In order to have a perfect placement,one should do his SWOT analysis that is Strengths,Weaknessess,Opportunity and Threat.Exploit strengths and make an efforts of removing weaknessess or hiding weaknessess.Let it not surface easily when you are being interviewed.As such this is an art and for that one has to do introspection and be candid in anlalysis.No one on this earth is perfect however some people are successfull whereas some are stressful thoughtout the life.Very few people take an application writing seriously.When you expect a salary of Rs 10,000 per month from the application made,why you do not invest your time and few moneys in drafting an effective resume.Infact resume is your salesman or a brochure which 'Sells' in your absence. Infact this is an investment and its return is based on how you project yourself through resume.

Placement

Most of the engineering and MBA colleges might be undergoing Campus Placement.We join professional colleges naturally for good openings and salary.Most of the time we fail to apply the concept of business while pursuing for placements.Start thinking yourself as a product and identify your most saleable features,just like you go in purchase of a toothpaste.First of all you identify your requirement,your budget and in that budget you will go in for a product covering most of your requirements.There is always one core need which is to be met in any case.In paste it is cleaning of the teeth.Same you apply for the jobs that is available.The core requirement in all the jobs whether it is technical or commercial,whether is Marketing or Accounts,whether it is small company or MNC,the core requirement is communication in English which is a must.

Career in Tele calling is really good especially it is generating so much employment and gives money higher than other job market avenues .The requirement is so wide that focus is on the numbers of human head you get from the market. This gives an opportunity to the budding college goers to have good pocket money. However I strongly feel that if some one is opting before his graduation level or before actually seeing the real job scenario would get frustrated the moment he leaves that job and face the real job market.One of the reasons is that , he is getting money which might be substantially higher than the core job market,the same may not happen when he switches over. Further his job profile is more or less a monotonous. This restricts his value addition after serving for a long time limiting his options to tele caller related fields only.However the best part is a breed of good 'Trainers' get developed who if supported by technical degree can be great help as a soft skill trainers to the students and even to corporates.

For an author it is always an encouragement when some of the target audience gives a real feedback of the book.One employee from Ankleshwar who read my book was so much pleased that he related change in his professional approach after reading the book and got motivated.A senior most person from a very reputed organisation appreciated the book doing a yeomen's job for the society.Thanks to all. HE is the only career maker.

CM's Letter

On my visit to Rajkot for the work of SCOPE,I had a unique experience.On delivering seminar on Importance of English,I visited 2 schools and addressed kids aging 12-16years.The discipline,the innocent face of the kids took me back to my school days.Kids are the same today.The obedience and the surrender to the teachers show the power of teacher in making and molding of the vessel known as human being.My eyes got moistoined when a girl with a very innocent smile gave a bouquet with a delighted courtesy.I was really wondering as to where and when this curious and innocent looking face go away when they become a youth ?Thanks to the almighty for making me a part of this process of career building.When I started my session with a question to these kids as to who is the CM of Gujarat and there was loud reply of 'Narendra Modi'.I was happy not only with the GK of the kids but also by the charisma of our CM.Later when in the day when I addressed a first year engineering students,I could relate the morning experience.Still they had a innocent looking face hidden under their curious looking stance worrying to know about their career.

I am sure this curiosity for knowing themselves go away in the subsequent years only.I do not know what is the reason.I think this can be a feedstock for educationist who wants to retain the power of youth which contributes about 35% of total population.

One of my mentees who is now 41years of age came yesterday and was very frustrated saying that he has been not getting reponse from the job application he is making and some of the reputed job consultants has said that now you being about 40 + forget about a change in job as now employers are yearning for younger people and they are getting in good numbers.

Dear friends that is not the case.It is case of marketing your self especially some of the USPs that you have developed viz:
1.Core competency in the field that you have been handling till date.
2.Industry knowledge and so is the funtional knowledge
3.Communication skill in handling the people especially in your core sector even though you might not be good in English.
4.Think of changing the sector all togather rather slogging in the current field.
5.Give a fresh look at the application format,wordings and also the resume.Make Resume more like a profile rather than a typcial biodata

Friends remember our body becomes older and not the soul.The energy comes from soul.This energy shall always keep you in warmth of growth.Any doubt do talk to me.

I am really surprised by the driving manners of the high pofile people driving snobbish car.While the car is fully equipped by the side signals ,the driver do not bother to press the side signals on taking turn.Perhaps they have a mentality of having a person doing the accesory jobs at office and also at home,they want some one to press the signal.It is fate of the poor person like me who in a bid not to get my car smashed has to suddenly apply the brake on his sudden decison of turning.I think their vehicle is nothing more than a rickshaw or a scooter which when pressed for side signals remain so till the driver switches off and most of the time the driver forgets and poor follower waits for him to turn which never happens.

I THANK ALL WHO HAVE APPRECIATED MY EFFORTS IN CONTRIBUTING TO THE SOCIETY.

Sometimes I really do not understand the mentality of todays' youth.After visiting many colleges as a part of my current profile,I strongly feel they are goalless and move around aimlessly.Whereas 35 % of total population of India is youth imagine can we afford such a thing.The career of the state is in the hand of youth whereas they themselves do not know that they are the carver's of future of the country.Many college students could not speak in English and still ,never felt the need of intospection.In many MBA and Engineering colleges they have lot of schedules fo academic assignments, but nothing for improving English.Infact they donot bother.Grades are not that important.Gone are the days when percentage mattered How you market yourself through language which the world understands is the only way to success.Not that I am overwhelmed by the power of English,butwe cannot afford to neglect the knowledge of English language.

Book Launch

27 th january 2011,

It was my red letter day.The first book written by me on my own experience of grooming students have been given shape for the larger masses.The function was a perfect blessing of my beloved lord Shri Hanumanji.The Chief guest was my mentor Shri G.Narayan [Guruji] who is known to me since the days of Transpek Industry Ltd Baroda which was my first job after my MBA i.e 1982.I stongly feel that the world is very small and lucky are those in whose life there are companionship of old network.The guest of honor was Shri Akshai Aggarwal who is Vice Chancellor of Gujarat TechnologicalUniversity.

My co author Sunil Shah has been my jewel of life and more near to my heart who motivated and supported me in writing this book My mother's presence and seeing her happy made me happiest person of life.Do you know who anchored the function.My dearest daughter Miss Pranali and sunilbhai's daughter Shaiva.It was a marvelous example of mentoring own kids togather with the mentoring of the students at large.I do not know whether I should call them the mentees[they are more than that] but definetly the presence of the volunterred mentees viz Amit and Yograj from Kutch,Suren and Sangram from Mumbai,Jay Patel and Alok from from Baroda,Niraj and Dhaval from Ahmedabad gave an utmost satisfaction of having contributed a small percentage to the society at large.These are my beloved jewels of my life.