Becoming a Smart Student - what else is required?

Test on your writing skills

smartstudents — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 15:08:23 +0000

Dear Students,

This is a small test to identify your ability to think quickly and convert your thoughts into a written communication form.

You have a list of 100 words. You need to write a short essay in two pages which should have at least 50 words from the following list.

Clue:

1. Read all the 100 words.

2. Visualize a “theme” or “event” about which you are going to write. (For example, you can write about an Interview you plan to attend, about Internet and Computers or even about international politics. Check whether you have required number of words that suit to the topic).

3. You can choose a word and use its alternate forms also. (Example: Skill is a word given in this list which is a noun. If required you can use its adjective “skilled”. Similarly if you find a word, “entry” you can use it to define a task such as “data entry”).

4. If you have any doubts, please refer to your trainer.

5. If you are interested, you can send us your essay for evaluation. (geta.erode@gmail.com) Your writings will be evaluated by the trainer and you will be intimated about areas where you require improvement.

1	Salary	26	Software
2	Job	27	Tailor-made
3	Skill	28	Solution
4	Talent	29	Attempt
5	Type writing	30	Awareness
6	Campus	31	Tough
7	College	32	Lateral
8	Interview	33	Entry
9	Friend	34	Never
10	Notebook	35	Friendship
11	Computer	36	Letter
12	Hard disk	37	Application
13	Internet	38	JAVA
14	E-mail	39	Automobile
15	Credit	40	Industry
16	Bank	41	Strength
17	Railways	42	Expertise
18	I P S	43	Attitude
19	Group Discussion	44	Willingness
20	Electronics	45	Work
21	Commerce	46	Atmosphere
22	Web	47	Easy method
23	Designer	48	Digital
24	Programmer	49	Habits
25	English	50	Early
51	News Paper	76	Dell
52	India Today	77	Infosys
53	Weekly	78	Bangalore
54	Politics	79	I
55	ATM	80	We
56	Train Time	81	Me
57	Monday	82	Spoken
58	Planning	83	Music
59	Location	84	Movie
60	Speaker	85	U.S. Elections
61	Election	86	Japan
62	Journalist	87	China
63	Two wheeler	88	Third World countries
64	Advertisement	89	I S O
65	Privilege	90	ISRO
66	Competition	91	I S I
67	Airways	92	OSI Layers
68	Factory	93	Wi-fi
69	Accountant	94	Wi-max
70	Foreman	95	Attempt
71	Topology	96	Call Letter
72	Tom Cat	97	Confirmation
73	Web Server	98	Phone
74	Calendar	99	Hunt
75	Microsoft	100	Success

Best of Luck.

GLOBALedge Team.

http://globaledge5.wordpress.com

Your appearance

smartstudents — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 16:33:35 +0000

“First impression is a long lasting impression” is what every one says. Your dress code and appearance plays a vital role in creating impressions about you. Go through this article which describes various aspects of personal appearance.

why-appearance-is-important

Regards,

GLOBALedge TEAM.

Essential Business Skills

smartstudents — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 16:28:47 +0000

If you are B-School student, you might have read about or taught about this earlier. For the benefit of students of other streams, we would like to provide an article about the essential business skills. As a matter of fact, even entrepreneurs can read this and check if they are lagging behind in any of these skills.

essential-business-skills

Regards,

GLOBALedge Team

Sample Aptitude test

smartstudents — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 13:20:43 +0000

Dear Students,

Please find attached a part of a sample aptitude test. If you require this in full, please send us a mail.

Regards,

GLOBALedge Team

CLICK HERE TO VIEW sample-aptitude-test

Interview Experience of a Successful Candidate

smartstudents — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 15:42:46 +0000

Dear Students,

Please find attached a PDF describing the experience of a cadidate who was placed in TCS. We hope that this will be helpful for Engineering college students who aim to get placed in companies like TCS, Infocis, Wipro and the like.

click here to view: interview-experience

Regards,

GLOBALedge Team

SAMPLE INTERVIEW

smartstudents — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 15:03:24 +0000

MOCK INTERVIEW – READ THIS – SEND US YOUR QUESTIONS and FEEDBACK

Ramesh aged 22 years is the next candidate wearing a light cream striped shirt and black trousers with black polished shoes and a light maroon colored tie. He has nicely combed hair and exudes confidence wearing a gentle smile on face.

Ramesh: (knocks gently at door twice and opens) May I come in Sir?

Committee: Come in, Mr Ramesh.

Ramesh: Good Morning sir ( You may direct this to one person in middle or node by turn to all while speaking this only once : don’t repeat good morning) (Never say : good morning everybody, they are your seniors )

Committee Mr A: Good morning Mr Ramesh, please be seated.

Ramesh: Thank you sir. (Ramesh gently pulls chair and sits down with straight legs and hands resting on sides. Looking and waiting straight at the man in centre)

Mr A: Can you please tell us about your self in brief?

Ramesh: Yes sir. I am coming from Erode. I belong to there and had my schooling from there. I passed my MBA from Kongu Arts College in 2007 with first division. I have majored in Marketing. I have been throughout first class. I did my summer internship with Jailaxmi Auto at Salem. I belong to family of agriculturalists. I am looking forward to join a reputed company where I can get opportunity for good learning and responsibility.

Mr B: Mr Ramesh: What you are looking for in your career or shall I say what you want to be after 10 years from now?

Ramesh: Sir Challenge always excites me. I also love to work independently as much as possible. I am looking to make great career in marketing and I would like to become general manager in next 10 years in your company or any other reputed big organisation.

Mr B: Why do you think you are qualified for that position so soon?

Ramesh: Sir , I am ambitious, hardworking and love to deal with people and travel. I am good in planning too. I think sir, 10 years is long enough time for a committed MBA professional and achiever to become General Manager within 10 years. I will strive to achieve that. It is my goal. I hope I will do that.

Mr A: Why not go for your own business and become an entrepreneur?

Ramesh: You caught me there sir. In fact I do have a dream to become entrepreneur, eventually. But for that I must gain valuable experience, collect some finance and rise to a good position in corporate world to understand intricacies of business decisions and to develop good contacts.

Mr C: Ramesh, what do you think should be quality of a good manager?

Ramesh: Sir, I think most important quality is leadership ability. Then commitment to their work and Goals and of course a good health and positive attitude.

Mr A: What are your comments about Vote of Confidence won by Man Mohan Singh Government?

Ramesh: Sir, I am not quite familiar with intricacies of international agreements and nuclear power. But I sure have trust in leadership and expertise of Dr Man Mohan Singh. He has worked well in adverse conditions of inflation around the world and has managed to give results in a minority based alliance government. I think it is good to win vote of confidence as in any case only few months were left in general elections and at this stage fall of government would have further destabilised conditions in our country.

Mr B: Tell us something about your summer internship and what were your achievements.

Ramesh: Sir, I formulated a project in marketing area for the organisation. I studied the customer behaviour and satisfaction for Eicher products. My particular attention was on examining the impact of “Return on Investment” on consumer satisfaction. My work entailed survey of 300 customers of the company and study of service marketing literature. I came up with following two suggestions for improving customer satisfaction in the company:

Mr C: Alright Mr Ramesh, do you have any preference of place for working?

Ramesh: No sir, I am comfortable to work any where in India or abroad. I am still a bachelor and therefore I can mobilise my self quickly.

Mr B: Tell us about Key Account Management.

Ramesh: Sir, Key accounts are main customers of company who buy in bulk, have long term relations or are prestigious accounts, like, say Tata Motors. Therefore, a senior executive is assigned to such valuable customers for single point contact by customer and to service the customer’s needs and develop good relations with them. Given a chance I would love to start as a Key Account Manager.

Mr A: Well, why do you think you are fit for that role?

Ramesh: Sir, I have good communication ability, I have patience, service orientation and I become friendly quickly. I think I have aptitude and caliber to service important customers with confidence and develop business relations and personal influence with them. It will give me rich experience too.

Mr C: When do you plan to marry?

Ramesh: I have not yet decided sir.

Mr C: would you like to have arranged or love marriage?

Mr Ramesh: I am open to either sir. It depends on who acts faster. Me or my parents (grins gently)

Mr A: Do you have a passport?

Ramesh: Yes sir I have the passport.

Mr A: What remuneration or compensation do you expect?

Ramesh: Sir I am a fresh graduate without any real experience in company. I am sure your company will take care of my basic needs rather well. In any case I expect a gross salary of around Rs 2.4 lacs per annum for a posting in A class city. However, I am flexible on that.

Mr C: Do you have any questions?

Ramesh: No sir, I had studied about your company before coming to interview.

Mr A: Ah, I see! good. Alright Mr Ramesh, can you please wait outside?

Ramesh: Sure sir, Thank you. It was my pleasure to interact with you gentlemen(be sure no lady is there). Have a good day.

Mr A: Thanks and good day Mr Ramesh.

Ramesh stands up quickly and firmly, turns around with smile and walks briskly with upright body, opens the door and leaves gently through it without looking back and banging the door.

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Comments:

It must be obvious to reader that Mr C is from HR department and Mr A was boss. Ramesh has done well. He has conveyed well his positive points and his ability to prepare and work hard. He took pains to understand the company before attending interview. It is good quality for a successful marketing manager to learn well about customer and their needs before meeting them. He has excellent communication, gentle humour and knows clearly what he wants. He does not brag or lie as he admitted he does not know much about nuclear deal. He was dressed well and looked energetic and healthy. A right candidate for marketing executive job in a reputed business house. He is good in studies and has passed his MBA level degree at age of 22 without loosing years. He talks straight and to the point. He can be groomed well for a couple of years before he starts settling down with family.

Result: Selected.

We look forward to your feedback, questions etc., on the above. Please mail to geta.erode@gmail.com

Regards,

Anuradha Raja

National Level Technical Symposium in PCET

smartstudents — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 02:43:57 +0000

KENTROX08 – National Level Technical symposium in the Park College of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore.

The Park College of Engineering and Technology was started in 1997 and is situated on the National Highway NH47 in Kaniyur, 28 km east of Coimbatore. The students of Department of Information Technology and Computer Science of this college has organized a two days National Level Technical Symposium on Sep 16^th and 17^th 2008.

The events were well organized by the students with the guidance of faculty members supervised by the principal of the college Dr.G.Mohan Kumar. Mrs.Anusha R.Mahesh, the CEO of the college wished the students every success and insisted that students should rise to global standards to build a rewarding career.

Ms. Vani Vasudevan, Technical Evangelist, Infosys, Mysore inaugurated the events on 16-09-2008. Mr. C.S.N. RAJA, Hon.Director of GLOBALedge Training Academy was the Chief Guest for the valedictory function. He has released the souvenir and made a presentation about the various job opportunities available for computer & IT graduates. The presentation is provided below for the information of student community.

CLICK HERE TO VIEW: eng-graduates-opportunities

Principal garlanding Chief Guest

Presentation by C.S.N.RAJA at Kentrox08, PCET

Release of Kentrox 08 souvenir

We welcome feedback from students of Park college about the presentation. They can feel free to communicate with us via: geta.erode@gmail.com

Regards,

ANURADHA RAJA

What are Soft Skills?

smartstudents — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 02:31:13 +0000

What exactly are Soft Skills?

We often hear this word – “soft skills”. “Soft Skills” are the set of required attributes one is expected to possess, which should of course complement his / her core technical skills or academic knowledge.

A few common soft skills that employers look for are – Communication skills, Interpersonal skills, Team skills, Presentation skills, Leadership skills and behavioral attributes like attitude, integrity and motivation.

Companies look for a “cultural fit’ while recruiting a person. Assessing soft skills is the easiest way to identify how a candidate could “fit” into the corporate culture.

Colleges looking for one day workshop on “soft skills” can please go through the attached file for further information.

CLICK HERE TO VIEW ssw-650-details

Efficient Reading

smartstudents — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 12:06:50 +0000

Dear Students,

You may be interested to know how fast you can read English.

You may also be interested to know how you read efficiently a given topic, in the shortest possible time.

Probably, the points given in this PDF may help you.

Download this to your system. Go through the same and let us have your feedback.

Regards,

GLOBALedge TEAM.

CLICK HERE: reading-efficiently

Big Thanks to THE HINDU

smartstudents — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 11:52:10 +0000

Dear Students,

If you are reader of HINDU, you might have come across the various articles in the EDUCATION PLUS. These articles will be very useful for student community.

We take pleasure in providing below the link that will take you to a collection of articles published in THE HINDU. Read these articles whenever you find time and make best use of them.

http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/nic/0051/index.htm

regards,

GLOBALedge TEAM.