1. What Industry expects from
management graduates?
Vinod Bidwaik
Head-HR
DSM India Pvt. Ltd.
2. Skill Gap Survey – 74 BFSI organizations
More than 2000 MBA programme are in India
Hired
74% - fresh MBAs
26% - MBA with 2-3 years experience.
Source: Skill Gap Survey conducted by The Higher Education Forum supported by 1SOS & Westat.
3. Students from Tier 1 schools, in particular, “…are definitely
more prepared, but when you talk about value for [the]
money, and you talk about [value] per unit of money spent
on a particular candidate [or] the efficiency level per unit of
the money spent on a candidate, there is no major
difference”.
When a new MBA comes in from one of the top institutes,
“he has bought some level of premium tag…”, but that
does not mean this candidate will have the most or best
practical knowledge.
Source: Skill Gap Survey conducted by The Higher Education Forum supported by 1SOS & Westat.
4. Knowledge, Skills, and Attitudes
“We hire people for attitude and train them for the skills”.
But what is the actual performance
On the scale of 1-5
Source: Skill Gap Survey conducted by The Higher Education Forum supported by 1SOS & Westat.
5. Employer expectation rating and
performance assessment of newly hired
MBAs by attitude
Source: Skill Gap Survey conducted by The Higher Education Forum supported by 1SOS & Westat.
6. Employer expectation rating and
performance assessment of newly hired
MBAs by skill
Source: Skill Gap Survey conducted by The Higher Education Forum supported by 1SOS & Westat.
7. Employer expectation rating and
performance assessment of newly hired
MBAs by knowledge area
Source: Skill Gap Survey conducted by The Higher Education Forum supported by 1SOS & Westat.
11. Personality
Relatively stable pattern
of behaviours and
consistent internal states
that explain a person's
behavioural tendencies
How you behaves in
specific situations?
12. Big Five Personality Dimensions
Conscientiousness Caring, dependable
Emotional Stability Poised, secure
Openness to Experience Sensitive, flexible
Agreeableness Courteous, empathic
Extroversion Outgoing, talkative
13. Creating Perception About Personality
The combination of
personality traits &
knowledge base
generates Perception in
minds of employers
Personal Branding!
14. What does it means?
“Competencies are
a combination of
knowledge, skills and
attitudes which provide a
clear description in everyday
language of what a person needs
to do to carry out his or her job
effectively”
15. What is actually KSA means?
Skills :
The How - to’s of the role
Capabilities that can be transferred from one person to another
Knowledge
‘What you are aware of ‘
Factual ( things you know) Can & should be taught
Experiential (understandings you have picked up along the way).
Less Tangible and therefor much harder to teach
Talent
Recurring patterns of thought feeling behavior,that carve individual
minds
If someone does not have the talent as part of his filter , then very
difficult for others to inject it.
16. Bottom line Test
Can he do the job
(Competence)
Will he do the job
( Motivation)
Will he fit in ( Team /
Organisation)?
( Match)
18. What is Talent?
A recurring
pattern of
thought, feeling
or behavior that
can be
productively
applied
19. General Expectations from
Management Students
Generally any employer has following 2
expectations from any management student:
2. Behavioral Competencies-Personality Traits
3. Functional Competencies- Knowledge Base
20. Few Behavioral Competencies
Leadership
Planning and organising
Developing others
Problem solving
Communication
Customer Orientation
Influencing
Team Orientation
Results Orientation
Adaptability
Self Development
Innovation
Analytical Thinking
Strategic Thinking
21. Functional Competencies
Selling Skill for Sales
Negotiation Skill for sales and
purchase
Change management skill for
HR people
Expertise in functional domain..
Like
SCM
HR
Sales & Marketing
IT
Operations
22. What is expected?
Personality strengths
intellectual strengths
communicative strengths
accomplishments
Lessons from failures
professional strengths
Overcoming weaknesses
23. Then What Industries Expect?
Personal
Behavioural
Competencies
Interpersonal Thinking & Planning
24. Then What Industries Expect?
Knowledge
Full knowledge of the
discipline &
specializations
c) HR should know tax
structure and what CTC
means
d) Marketing should know
what is the product
composition and why it is
so?
25. Then What Industries Expect?
Interpersonal Skills
Team skills
Communication skills
Self motivation, dedication
and commitment
Result orientation
EQ
Problem solving
capabilities
26. Then What Industries Expect?
Leadership Qualities
Value and ethics driven
Thrust for success
Strategic thinker
Patient, Tolerant & Able to
work under stress
Positive thinking
Risk taker
Proactive and self starter
Change agent
Influencing people
Visionary
27. Please try now onwards….
Focus on theoretical knowledge (Why)
Get exposed to real world of Industries
(What & How)
Focus on your own personality
development
Do more projects, summer, winter trainings
Join part time job
Be flexible
Participate in college activities, try to meet
Industry people.
28. Some more……
Answering questions:
Answer to the point.
Answer thoroughly with evidence.
Use good grammar and choice of language.
Avoid phony, canned answers.
Give reasons for past actions, not excuses.
Take full responsibility for past actions.
Never bad mouth a department, school, supervisor
or employer – past or present.
29. Negative Factors
1. Lack of awareness about company or position.
2. No interest or enthusiasm.
3. Lying or telling the recruiter what you think he/she wants to hear.
4. Poor communication skills.
5. Too money oriented.
6. Arrogant or cocky.
7. Unclear or unrealistic goals or objectives.
8. No relevant experience.
30. 1. Not team oriented.
2. Poor eye contact.
3. Poor appearance.
4. No campus involvement.
5. No motivation.
6. Disrespecting the recruiter.
7. Performing poorly in school.
8. Not having any questions to ask.
9. Not smiling.
10. Cursing or being rude.
31. 1. Negativity or bad attitude.
2. No support for answers.
3. Inflexible.
4. Arriving late for the interview.
5. Poor listening skills.
6. Stereotyping.
7. Indicating job is just a stepping stone.
32. We also see
Common sense
Manners and etiquettes
Body Language
Telephone dialer tone
etc
Listen for specific examples - avoid theoretical answers Give credit only to the person’s top of the mind response Quote some examples of responses Hints: if the person needed two or three probes to describe a specific example ,chances are that the behavior is not a recurring part of her life