Job Placement Cells in Universities
Saturday 27 July 2013
Universities are striving for being the best in academics in the fast age where student of the present age is aware of the current waves and latest trends and technologies. The first question of a student is on the worth and validity of its degree and its scope in the job market. Here is where job placement cells speak out. They play the role of a bridge between students and the corporate sector. They aim at:
- Creating relationship with the corporate sector to get the places for students.
- Analyzing market needs and checking compatibility of theoretical syllabus with the practical side of work
- Career counseling of students to guide them for a proper direction in career
- Networking job-related activities
- Making profile of students and publish them
- Keeping students updated on corporate issues and their analysis
- Providing latest job opportunities
- On campus interviews and company visits
- Contacting students, alumni and teachers through emails, and SMS and updating them with the latest vacancies in all domains
- Managing internship in prestige organizations
- Conducting workshops regarding jobs
Labels: Job, Job Placement
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Who will save the Future of Ayaz Ahmad?
Friday 26 July 2013
Ayaz Ahmad, a young man of Jam Pur Dera, has stood second
with 882 marks in the Arts domain of current Board exams. Intelligent and devoted
Ayaz Ahmad is driving Rickshaw to feed his six brothers and sisters because his
father is suffering from paralysis and is unable to move. Such a tender age and
a mountain of responsibilities on the young shoulders, driving rickshaw from
morning till night, bringing medicine for the disabled father, fetching grocery
and other household for home and studying on the parallel track…..How hard life
sometimes is!
Ayaz Ahmad can be the future CSP, army officer, a bank
manager, an entrepreneur, a government
employee of high grades if………..the people having hearts come forward to support
a life. One career can bring wonders in the family, area, and the nation. A
bright mind, a talent is in dire need of help. Anyone having heart? Ears? Eyes?
Where are donors? NGOs listening? A nation with 180 million plus! are you there?
Labels: Ayaz Ahmad, Donors, Education
posted @ 07:23,
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Appearing in an Interview
Sunday 21 July 2013
You get a call from a company saying that you have been
shortlisted as one of the successful candidates and now you are requested to
appear before interview panel. You feel excited and get ready to appear in the
interview but some apprehensions rise from the corners of your heart: the
company is multinational; their HR personnel will be of highest caliber, what
sort of questions they will ask, what will be their response and finally what
will happen in the end. These fears are common in all those who are looking for a job and are ready to go
for an interview and it is quite natural.
But hold on. Things are not like that. Employers and HR
personnel is there to hire you and nervousness of interview is quite genuine but
the fact is that the only difference is the side of the table between you and
your employer. Sitting on the other side of the table or the side you position
yourself makes the difference. But they are like you and want to hire you. So
no nervousness or shyness should be there. Feel confident knowing that there is
only one table between you and the employer.
Labels: Appearing in Interview, Employee, Employer, Interview, Jobs
posted @ 02:46,
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Job Placement is the only solution of Brain Drain
Saturday 20 July 2013
He is an MBBS and after qualifying
as a doctor, he was given a government job in a hospital-cum-stable in a village
where there were cows, buffaloes and other livestock was residing. He took a
week to clean out the building called hospital. Studying medical from Lahore
and passing Part 1 of FCPS, he was given the reward by the government. Thinking
accelerated and he planned to leave that job after two months. Seeing medical vacancies
abroad, he applied for the jobs and was finally selected as successful
candidate. A shining and qualified brain was drained and the hospital in the
village once again converted to stable inhabited with the livestock of the
choudhary of village.
It is not merely an event that took
place with an individual but the story of all who are wasting their potentials
while doing nothing as government jobs are not proportional to the number of
students passing out every year. Low salaries, job insecurities, inflation, law
and order situations, and a lack of consistent policies of job placement are
the main reasons that pave the way to a massive brain drain.
Young generation is crazy about going
abroad and that is the effect of those relatives or friends who are abroad and
earn in dollars or Euros. Their visit to Pakistan after a couple of years is a
fantasy for their circles here. They hide the bitter realities of odd jobs to
earn their bread abroad and the people sitting here take them living in heaven.
Concealing of facts often leads to a craze of going abroad with highest degrees
and the result is, in the current economic recession age, not what they had anticipated and planned of.
Labels: Brain Drain, Job Placement, Jobs, Pakistan
posted @ 06:58,
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Is you CV up to mark to Get a Perfect Job?
Friday 19 July 2013
Most of
the job seekers in the market have the required and desired talents and skills
but still they are unable to get a perfect job. The reason behind is their CV
is not good enough to present what potential they actually have. Presentation
of talents, capabilities, and skills is an art that is basic must in getting a
desired job in the competitive market.
Present your skills as they are
needed
CEOs and
hiring authorities are busy enough in their day to day affairs and they hardly find
any time to go into detail. So the nutshell of what they need should be on the
top i.e. your skills.
Elaborate what you have within
Include
all activities and experiences briefly to let the employers know about your
past work experience and potentials.
Update your CV
Keep
your CV updated after every main achievement in your job period. Regularly
update can lead to more opportunities.
Labels: CV, Job, Perfect Job
posted @ 04:52,
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Standard Operating Procedure (SOPs) in Pakistan
Thursday 18 July 2013
Standard Operating Procedure is the set of written instruction that are
given to the employees of an organization. Employees are provided with the
routine and repetitive activities of an organization while sitting in their
particular seat. SOPs are, in other words, operating fundamental and technical elements
that define the track of an organization in a clear way and employees do not
need to ask their job description or other responsibilities in the companies. They
detail what the members of an organization are supposed to do at job. Without
them a company or organization is a railway without railway track. Consistent
conformance to quality system requirements and to support data quality, SOPs
are taken as the spinal cord of an organization. Apart from keeping organizational
functions and processes on the go, they increase efficacy, efficiency and
productivity of the employees at work. Quality control and quality assurance
are also the upshot of Standard Operating Procedures.
There are very few organizations in Pakistan where SOPs are functionally practiced.
Shaukat Khanum Cancer Hospital is one of them. But the trend is going up and the
day is not far when our companies will have SOPs for their compliance with the
governmental regulations on one hand and smooth running and increased
productivity on the other. Focused approach on job will lead to increased ROI
due to the consistent performance of employees strengthened by SOPs.
posted @ 04:56,
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If there is Only one Vacancy, You can be that One
Tuesday 16 July 2013
You will often have heard the people saying that I would not apply for this job because there is only one vacancy and the number of applicants against it is/will be manifold. They generally ignore the fact that the hiring authorities prefer the best-fit candidates out of the pool of dozens, hundreds, or even thousands and if your skills and capabilities put themselves into the frame of that best-fit, you can the one successful candidate. Do not underestimate your skills and talents. Polish your potentials and hope fot the best. Rest assured, if the vacancy is only one, you are also ONE.
Labels: Find Jobs, Jobs, Vacancy
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Job Market in Pakistan
Monday 15 July 2013
Job market is going tougher and tougher with every passing year.
A huge number of student passing out every year are not proportional to the
number of vacancies announced by government and private sector. Though job market is tough all around the world but in Pakistan is even more tedious to
cope with it. The reasons are many. Students graduating every year with little
or no work experience find it especially difficult to land that first
professional job. It is even harder for those experienced professionals who
retire, are fired from one job or come back home after serving abroad but still
need to find another one.
You will agree with the happenings in a sequence. Attain higher
education from esteemed educational institutes, engage in deliberate
self-assessment to understand the types of industries and jobs that would be
the best-fit for your skills, write good resume research specific companies and
organizations, use a three-pronged approach to identifying viable jobs in that
field — reviewing job listings, networking and prospecting - but you still may
not find a job. The openings may not be there or if they are, they may be
filled up using non standard recruitment practices characterized by reference, safarash, rishwat and
or both. Lack of opening is not only typical of Pakistan but economic
employment growth has always been a lagging indicator anywhere in the world.
Even globalization and Internet are doing little in this case of employable and
well conversant with English language workforce available in Pakistan. What to
do?
Labels: Job Market, Jobs, Unemployment in Pakistan
posted @ 12:38,
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Unrest due to Unemployment in Pakistan
Friday 12 July 2013
Increasing number of youngsters passing out every year and a flood of
jobless lot in the country is one of the major issues of today and a question
to be addressed on urgent basis. Unemployed young lot is frustrated and an easy
prey to mafia, drugs, and other crimes detrimental to the roots of our society
and nation. It will not be wrong to say that increase in the number of jobless
youth is directly proportional to social unrest and subsequent crimes.
Unemployment hosts a couple of reasons behind which may be brought to light as
under:
Compromise on merit while hiring
Every advert by the government shouts of merit and unbiased selection of
the most appropriate candidate out of the pool of applicants. Youngsters apply
for that job/s and even qualify for the position announced but the final
decision of selection goes to those who are either in power or are influential to
dominate the hiring phenomenon. Wrong person for a right job brings disasters
for the company in particular and for the country in general. A large number of
applicants with qualifications goes back homes and increases the number of
dissatisfied lot.
Unfair policies
Government announces seats in all departments and generally their number is
far less than the number of applicants against that job/s. Federal and
provincial service commissions announce seats not on regular basis but the
outflow of degree holders every year is regular on the contrary.
Lack of technical skills
Youngsters have degrees in their hands but these degrees are either useless
or irrelevant to the needs of companies. Specially educated people from rural
areas are unaware of the latest trends and requirements in the current
scenario. New technological advancements and winds leave them unable to cope
with the new age.
Labels: Jobless, Jobs, Pakistan, Unemployment, Unrest
posted @ 11:57,
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Jobs are waiting for you. Find your share
Wednesday 10 July 2013
Being Muslims, we have a a firm belief that Allah is the Sustainer of every being He has created. How can He be careless of the human being, the most superior of all creatures? He has promised sustenance to all and He keeps His promises. He shows us the ways, guides us in the darkness of life and saves us from troubles. Opportunities are all around us in form of jobs, entrepreneur, and other forms. The only need is to find them with patience and courage.
posted @ 16:17,
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Career Counseling should be a must for Educational Institutes
''It was my dream to see my eldest son an engineer and younger as doctor and the youngest as pilot in Pakistan army. I burnt midnight oil to make them reach their destination. I sacrificed my preferences and likes in life. I was fond of dressing but I saved my money to meet the expenses on their education. They were my investment. But alas! My sons did not bring the fruit of my struggle''. The old man talked to himself ignoring me. ''Now I look myself as biggest fool'', he again addressed himself. ''The eldest son is teaching in an academy. Does it make any sense? The degree of engineer and school job, how funny! He ridiculed his son.
Labels: Career Counseling, Educational Institutes
posted @ 07:03,
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One out of ten is Jobless in Pakistan
Tuesday 9 July 2013
According to a survey released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, joblessness
in Pakistan is on the go and the stats tell of an alarming increase in the unemployed number of educated and skilled people in Pakistan. Thus, everyone out of ten is having no job. October-December 2012 witnesses an increase of 6.5% from 6% that is
8.4% more as compared to the same period of 2011.In rural areas, it increased
at the rate of 5% from 4.3%, an increase of 16.3%. While in urban areas, it
rose to increase by 2% to 10.1%.
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Employee Satisfaction and Organizational Culture in Pakistan
Sunday 7 July 2013
One cannot deny that employees are the blood and soul of an organization without whom no one can imagine any function. Happy and satisfied employees are the message of success for the company while dissatisfied employees bring about decline in aggregate productivity of the company. In our local culture, we come across these conditions in our companies:
Bossy attitude
One of the major problems in most of our organizations is attitude of the top level management and employees find it hard to disagree with the top level. 'Yes boss' rehearsal can make the top managers happy but it kills the over all performance of the company.
No HR department
Most of our small and medium organizations do not keep HR department and HR functions like hiring the best-fit, performance analysis, compensations, and surveys on employee satisfaction.
One man show
CEOs here are generally sole owners of companies that makes them all in all in their decisions. Helped by no board of directors, they make all decisions and it may lead to flattery which creates unrest and dissatisfaction.
Labels: Employee Satisfaction, Organizational Culture, Pakistan
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