Soft skills training: The path of a young professional/fresher can be difficult and plagued with crippling self-doubt, uncertainty and turmoil. While the relevant emotions elicited are an important aspect of the gound realities facing individuals, with the requisite preparation, upskilling and development of skillsets, the young professionals and freshers can adapt well and display commitment, transformation and knowledge. Including the relevant competencies required by employers.
- Intercultural competence: In the current highly globalised environment. Displaying intercultural competence is a requirement among various multi nationals, corporations and public sector corporations. While not seemingly at the forefront of explicitly stated requirements, professionals with working history across multiple cultures, communities and countries display capabilities of engaging and cooperating, and displaying patience, perseverance and professionalism. Young freshers and professionals can acquire intercultural competence through seeking work experiences, learning novel languages, engaging with foreign cultures, possessing memberships in institutions such as AIESEC.
In short, the following paths may be utilised for displaying intercultural competence:
- Learning a foreign language: Currently some languages pose strategic relevance and importance for young professionals. Learning foreign languages, and acquiring the certification/examination can be a route for you.
- Engaging in cultural sensitivity training: This is a specialised type of training where the aim is to provide you with the tools and understanding, abilities to navigate personally and professionally. In addition to navigating cultural differences, you may be trained to understand body language, tone and communication/language in order to retain cultural sensitivity.
- Seeking relevant work experience: Pursuing international internships, work experience, projects on platforms, firms and various organisations based internationally displays the relevant experience and intercultural competence.
- Engaging with foreign cultures: You may engage with foreign cultures by attending events, as well as building relationships with foreign based individuals and entities.
Team building training: Furthermore, the most potent technologies and knowledge are typically found abroad as well as leading innovation and technologies. Hence intercultural competence assists in establishing professional networks and relevant collaboration.
- Ability to write and tailor resumes/curriculum vitae: It can be a difficult requirement to compose the correct type of resumes/curriculum vitae, often the typical recommendation is to tailor the resume for the exact type of application it is being submitted for. This is a skill that every professional and fresher should possess, as it assists them in communicating and displaying their relevant skills effectively and efficiently.
- Proficiency in technology in specific business domains: While the educational backgrounds and personal backgrounds of professionals varies widely, they ultimately converge to an ability to display proficiency and understanding of technology. Computer skills may only serve as the primary filter, for professionals. As technology plays a critical role for many businesses, thus it is typically a requirement that professionals display competencies and proficiency in technology. Especially relevant is the use of Information Technology to solve problems for businesses, as well as serving as their critical infrastructure. Professionals may also undergo employee trainings, but nevertheless should aim to research and understand technologies employed within their relevant business domains, as it aids their personal understanding and ability to function, solve problems and display competencies as well as improve efficiency, operations.
Conclusion:
The blog aims to discuss 3 must have skills for young professionals and freshers. Knockwalk is a Gurgaon based provider of team building and soft skills training for businesses and corporates.