5th Corporate Voice 2012

5th Corporate voice was conducted on Sept 29th 2012 in our campus for the benefit of the final year students. The main purpose was to educate the students about the expectations of the company and the skills that they have to develop in order to make themselves ready for job in the industry. There was interaction between the company officials and the students. Nearly four people from industry shared their experiences and insights about how to develop employability skills.

Mr.R. James Rajesh, Senior HR Executive, HCL, Chennai:

The first session was inaugurated by Mr. James Rajesh, who started his speech with the brief introduction about his company HCL Technologies, that HCL is a company initially started with 5 employees and now with more than 90000 employees, and the mantra followed in HCL is that they will give more importance to employees than customers since they are their internal customers and if they are satisfied automatically they will be in charge of their own customers, that is the success mantra of HCL. He told that the HCL has spread its wings in almost all fields( Airlines,Mobiles etc).

He stressed that the to enhance the employability skills an individual need to follow the steps like communicate, manage information, use numbers, think and solve problems, demonstrate positive attitudes and behaviours, be responsible, be adaptable, learn continuously, work safely, and he stressed that certifications plays an important role in the success of an any employee, and the session ends up with Q&A session and students were very much interactive and he answered to all the queries raised by our students.

Mr.R. Duraiswamy, Regional Head – South, Reliance HR Services Pvt Ltd., Chennai:

Mr. Durai he started the session with the brief introduction about the reliance industries and also about his profile and his growth in that company. He gave an inspirational and Motivational speech. He showed some videos related to some sports person and stressed the importance and outcome of “Never give up attitude” (Example: Carl lewis, Kapildev). He has given some insights that the employee need to develop to survive in this competitive world namely

1. Verbal communication
2. Team work: T - Together, E - Everybody, A - Aim, M – More
3. Initiative and self motivation
4. Written communication
5. Planning and organising
6. Flexibility
7. Time Management

He stressed that for improving the communication they need to concentrate and improve their Telephone Etiquette, Presentation skill, Giving and accepting criticism Motivating and supporting, Persuading and negotiation,Gathering information, Listening skill,& Body language.He stressed the importance of“can do” attitude in all the activities. He explained that the students need to know the importance of “ABCDE”A – Ambition ,B – Belief,C – Challenge,D – Dedication, E – Efficiency . He also stressed some important magic skill that a freshers need to develop, such as Managing Time,Accountability and Ownership, Goal orientation, Interpersonal relationship, Creativity and problem solving.

He explained the importance of VISION-, and Values as: Versatile, Adapt, Love, Understand, & Evolve. He showed a film by name “Lakshya” which stressed upon the “Self Motivation” Finally, he insisted that students need to be passionate, intuitive, initiative in all the aspects of life.

Mr. Gopalakrishnan, Senior Engineering Manager & ACS Site Leader, Honeywell, Madurai:

Mr. Gopalakrishnan during his session he gave an overview of Honeywell and he quoted that “We are building a world that's safe and more secure, Morecomfortable and energy efficient. More innovation and productive-that is “HONEY WELL”

They have landed in many sectors such as aviation, airlines, oil refinery, medicine, software etc. And it consists 1,30,000 employees in more than 120 countries. Then, he delivered the importance of getting placements and recent scenario in India. He gave some ideas about the placement rounds (Aptitude, Technical, Group discussion, HR).

A winner is someone who recognize His God – Given Talents, Work his Tail off to Develop them In Skills. At last, he asked the students to be innovative and passionate in each and every work. He stressed that When you know more about who you are and what you want out of life – not other people say you want – you will have more confidence in yourself and what you can do. What other people say or think will have less of an impact than it used to because you know who you are better than they do. And since you have had all these experiences, since you have taken time to really get to know yourself and stretch yourself you will trust your own opinion and ability more than anything outside of you. You become stable and centred in yourself. Finally he session ends up with Q&A session and students interacted well.

Mr.M. Siva Anand, Project Manager, Ford Technology Services India Ltd., Chennai:

He started the session with a brief introduction about himself and he spoke to our students about how they have to prepare themselves for challenges in the industry. He stressed students to bear in mind the three-pronged strategy of life, which is KSA – K stands for Knowledge, S stands for Skills, A stands for Attitude. These three aspects are what the companies look for – namely, the right attitude towards the corporate life, the right skills for the right job, and the knowledge essential for the given tasks in the corporate world. He explained the various process of Performance appraisal system followed in his company. He motivated the students to fail; because failure also can teach the most unforgettable lesson & experience. He mentioned the four ways in which failure can help students:

• You learn. Instead of seeing failure as something horrible you can start to view it more as a learning experience. When standing in the middle of a failure, you can ask yourself questions like: What’s awesome about this situation? What can I learn from this situation?

• You gain experiences you could not get any other way. Ideally, you probably want to learn from other people’s mistakes and failures. That’s not always easy to do though. Sometimes you just have to fail on your own to learn a lesson and to gain an experience no one can relate to you in mere words.

• You become stronger.Every time you fail you become more accustomed to it. You realize more and more that it’s not the end of the world. And, again, you get desensitised. You can handle things that would have been very hard to handle a few years back. Failing can also a have an exhilarating component because even though you failed you at least took a chance. You didn’t just sit on you hands doing nothing. And that took quite a bit of courage and determination.

Your chances of succeeding increases. Every time you fail you can learn and increase your inner strength. So every failure can make you more and more likely to succeed. Finally the session ends up with the Q&A and the students interacted well.

Mr.B. Shyam Kumar, Training Manager, Lucas India Services, Chennai:

MR. Shyamkumar of TVS LUCAS addressed the students and he gave a nice introduction about the company profile and his position in that company. He shared with students his experiences in the selection process of engineering students. He stressed that the company expects engineers to be strong in fundamental concepts. He stressed upon building Self confidence of the budding engineers. He told that the most important step in building self confidence is simply to take action. Working on something and getting it done. He made a point that the Self-confident people inspire confidence in others: their audience, their peers, their bosses, their customers, and their friends. And gaining the confidence of others is one of the key ways in which a self-confident person finds success. And he also added that the good news is that self-confidence really can be learned and built on. And, whether you’re working on your own self-confidence or building the confidence of people around you, it’s well-worth the effort! He divided the session into two parts: one for motivating, and another for Technical. During his technical session he concentrated more on Total quality managements concepts that followed in LUCAS. He explained KAIZEN & 5S concepts and stressed the importance of Quality in reaching and maintaining the success in the corporate and competitive world. His session was an interactive session and students raised many questions and he answered to all the queries raised by our students.