While achieving good marks in your exams is a good way of starting, academic excellence is not the only thing that graduate employers are looking for in their candidates these days. Even though every profession has different requirements, a certain set of skills are valued by every industry and organization. Here’s a list-

✻ Confidence

✻ Communication skills

✻ Time management

✻ Ability to work under pressure

✻ Leadership qualities

✻ Creative and critical thinking

✻ Problem-solving skills

✻ Emotional intelligence

All of these qualities are soft skills and while it is not necessary that you have all of them, you need to convince your interviewee that you can always learn them.



How to demonstrate your soft skills?
Soft skills are very abstract in nature and an interview could provide a very less of a time for the employer to understand yours. Which is why most of the companies conduct various personality and aptitude tests. Also, direct questions that target a particular soft skill of yours (for example: When was the last time you exhibited great leadership qualities?) could be asked, and a good, nicely framed answer could speak a lot about your personality.

What specific skills is a graduate employer looking for?
While every employer will be looking for a certain mix of hard and soft skills, you can find out what an employer is looking for by studying the job description carefully. Understand their requirements and stress on some skills accordingly. Tailor yourself and your resume based on whether the job requires more of soft skills or hard skills.

How do I work on my skills?
While most of the basics of your hard skills will be taken care of in your graduation, you would probably have to know a little something extra to just get you there. While taking a small course can help, you can also choose to intern or volunteer for a more personalized and first-hand experience.

Soft skills play a very important role, not just in getting you a job but also in determining your success in it. There are various ways in which you can work on them and you definitely should because with the right personality and a positive attitude, your dream job is not far away.

The students at AVCOE are trained with not just hard skills but with soft skills too, so that when they graduate, they are industry-ready. For this and many such reasons, we have become one of the best engineering colleges in Maharashtra.

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Imagine this scenario -
You dutifully make your to-do-list and create what you think is a reasonable schedule and timetable to finish up your project or a task. The next day comes and you sit at your computer, look at your list, and then for reasons you can’t even explain, open up Facebook and lose hours reading the same inconsequential news feed over and over again. Your timetable is blown up and you move on to something else, something more pressing or something just as inane.

Sounds familiar?
We thought so!

Have you ever wondered why you – or others – procrastinate?

While some view it as laziness, there might be other factors at play. In psychology, it has been long been believed that people who procrastinate have a faulty sense of time, that they think they will have more time to get something done than they actually do. Specifically, it seems that task aversion is to blame i.e. when people view a task in an unpleasant manner (tough, boring, or painful), they are more likely to put it off.
Sometimes people procrastinate because other options for how to spend their time are too tempting to pass up, or they think they can work better under pressure. People convince themselves that they’re waiting until crunch time because the product will be better. Other times, they procrastinate because they don’t know how to begin.



If you are struggling with putting things off, try these tips which might help get you on track: 

1. Put it in writing

Write down the tasks you’ve been avoiding. This will bring the project to the front of your mind so you can’t easily ignore it.

2. Neutralize negative thinking

When you think of this task, what negative thought pops into your head? Find an antidote to that thought in the form of a truth that contradicts it. Instead of thinking “I’ll never be able to learn all this,” you might say to yourself, “I can do this”.

3. Break it into parts

When a task seems overbearing, procrastination often follows. So how can you break that task into smaller, more manageable parts? Chunking it down will help you feel less overwhelmed and more empowered.

4. Stop giving excuses

Do any of these sound familiar? “I need to be in the mood.”, “I will wait until I have time.”, “I work better under pressure.” Be honest with yourself, these are excuses which will never allow you to start your work. Stop giving them and start working

5. Enjoy the victory

Finishing a daunting task is satisfying. Remind yourself that you’ll feel incredibly virtuous when the chore is off your plate once and for all. Accomplishing what you’re avoiding will simplify your work life. You’ll feel more energetic. You’ll sleep better at night. Relish the feeling of success.

Stop waiting for “someday”. Start working on your tasks today and finish it off with a lot of time in your hand before the deadline. Follow these steps to get started on your project, and be proud of every bit of progress you make!

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Contrary to popular opinion, MBAs aren’t a quick-fix for your career. If you’re looking for a magic wand that will make you rich with a sleight of hand or make you an overnight millionaire, then you might want to reconsider your strategy.

But remember, slow and steady wins the race, and getting an MBA is probably the most effective way to advance your career over time and maximize your earning potential. MBA programs are first and foremost an investment from which you should expect to reap benefits throughout your career and not just the immediate future.

Read on to know how pursuing an MBA will change your life:

Develop priceless managerial skills

MBA graduates learn a very specific set of managerial and soft skills, including interpersonal skills, leadership and corporate responsibility. With more to bring to the table that technical expertise and academic achievements, MBS graduates are preferred by the employers, who are very much aware that leadership is a part of the MBA value proposition. 

Networking opportunities

On any MBA, you’ll be closely working with like-minded individuals who you can really bounce ideas off and gain inspiration from. You will have access to some of the best tutors and guest speakers available in your field of work, who will be able to help you further understand your sector.

Stand out in the job market

Most companies will favor candidates with an MBA, especially if they are looking for people with management potential. Employers like the fact that you’ve taken the time to further your business acumen and an MBA will show how serious you are about your career.  

Enjoy fatter paychecks throughout your career

The average salary for an MBA graduate is considerably higher compared to the salary of an employee with a regular Master’s degree qualification. You can expect to earn twice as much as what you would expect to earn from a regular university degree. So, if it’s money you are after, an MBA may well be worth striving for.

Once you successfully graduate as an MBA, regardless of the location where you plan to build your career, your degree will be acknowledged and you will surely increase your credibility among business individuals. 

The real advantage of an MBA, however, is its proven versatility; with an MBA you can pursue many career fields and advance to higher and better paid jobs way faster

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