The document discusses the significant transition from college to corporate life, highlighting differences in structure, communication, support systems, behavior, etiquette, attire, accountability, and family dynamics. It emphasizes that while college life is more informal and supportive, the corporate environment requires professionalism, formal communication, and a shift in behavioral traits. The importance of soft skills, punctuality, and adaptability in one’s career development is also underscored.

1. COLLEGE TO CORPORATE…
A PARADIGM SHIFT

2. The greatest challenge of the day is: how to bring about a
revolution of the heart, a revolution which has to start with
each one of us?
- Dorothy Day quotes

3. • After the completion of college life, the subsequent days are the
toughest ones in every individual’s life.
• Need to transform himself to face the society in different
dimensions.
• In the search for a job, one will learn number of skills that one has to
inherit in oneself.
• Those we call soft skills.

4. • College to corporate world is a complete paradigm shift.
• The things in corporate world are no more related to
college life except the subject knowledge.
• Let us see the changes from college to corporate from
structure to career building.

5. 1. STRUCTURAL DIFFERENCE
There is a difference in the structure and orientation of college and
corporate, based on hierarchy.
They are as follows.
College:
• College is a place where students have education and fun with their
new friendships, mass bunks, informal communications, parties,
cultural activities etc.

6. • It is a place for students and lecturers/professors.
• We hardly find formal communication among students and
sometimes even with professors.
• Students communicate informally with peer groups.
• They communicate with their professors both in formal and informal
way depending upon the level of familiarity.

7. Corporate:
• The student becomes an employee in corporate world.
• Generally, they use formal mode of communication.
• Sometimes, informal communication can be seen among the people
with more rapport.
• Communication depends on hierarchy level.

8. • The communication among peer groups can be informal based on
rapport.
• The communication of team member with team leaders and
managers is formal but not very formal.
• But the communication with the director or CEO is highly formal.
• It happens very rarely with a prior appointment.
• The picture here shows the hierarchy levels in an organisation.

10. 2. COMMUNICATION
• Communication is the process of sharing information, expressing ideas and
views.
• Communication is classified as verbal and non-verbal communication.
• Verbal communication is the one where one uses words to communicate.
• Non-verbal communication doesn’t need words, it goes with actions.

11. Non-verbal communication (body language) has mainly five modes.
They are:
•Facial Expressions
•Eye Contact
•Gestures
•Body Movements
•Space Distancing

12. • Students do not care about their verbal or non-verbal language.
• They speak both in formal and informal modes as and when
needed.
• They do not even care about their body language especially the
usage of gestures and body movements.
• Many do not know what body language means.

13. • Coming to corporates, one should be always aware of
both their verbal and non-verbal language.
• One has to know how to use the body language and
what a gesture actually represents in order to avoid
misunderstanding.

14. 3. SUPPORTING SYSTEM
• Supporting system is one of the important aspects in the human life.
In college life:
• Mother, father, siblings, kith and kin act as a supporting system.
• They support in each and every case.
• Everything will be readily available in college life.
• Mother cooks good food and serve you in every aspect.

15. • Father cares you and fulfils your needs.
• Sibling and kith and kin give their helping hand.
• In that way, there will be a good support from family.
In corporate world:
• One cannot expect support from their superiors or subordinates
every time.
• One has to take initiation.
• Things will not be readily available.

16. 4. BEHAVIOURAL TRAITS
• Behaviour is a very important trait which makes a difference in
individuals’ growth.
• Behavioural traits include vitality, self-motivation, competitiveness,
leadership, conversations, approachable attitude, patience,
optimism, tolerance, harmonious etc.
• As a student one may have all those traits and is in the stage of
development.

17. • But as an employee of a corporate one should accede to these
qualities.
• There will be a great shift from the behaviour of student life to
corporate life.
• As a student one might have behaved rude with others, posh,
impolite etc.
• But now as an employee of an esteemed organisation one should
change one’s behaviour in tune with the organisation.
• One has to be polite, vital, optimistic and harmonious.

18. 5. ETIQUETTE AND MANNERS
• Etiquette is nothing but a customary code of polite behaviour in the
society and manners are a well-bred social behaviour.
• Both are very important for an individual’s growth.
• This includes your
• punctuality
• Discipline
• Sincerity
• values and ethics.

19. Punctuality:
•In your student life, you might be late for your class as a late
Kate.
•But this is not a school, it’s an organisation.
•One should maintain punctuality to reach in time and have time
management skills.

20. Discipline:
•One may be a disciplined student or may not be the same in
college life.
•But one should be a disciplined employee of an organization.
•Discipline sets a perfect environment to achieve the goal one
has.
•A perfect environment means not being disturbed by other
factor or attracted to our weaknesses.

21. 6. CORPORATE ATTIRE
• From the schooling one has the habit of wearing a uniform.
• So, there is no question of particular dress code.
• Some colleges might have taken the task of providing a
uniform in order to avoid hierarchy among students.
• Now-a-days, even organisations provide its employees with
uniform.

22. • So, remember to go along with the organisation’s ethics,
values and norms.
• If at all there is no uniform for your organisation, go in a
formal dress.
• Avoid casuals and party wear.

23. 7. ACCOUNTABILITY AND
RESPONSIBILITY
• Many people feel that both the terms are one and the
same.
• Accountability refers to making, keeping, and managing
agreements and expectations.
• And Responsibility for the feeling of ownership.

24. 8. Family
• In student life, there is only one kind of family.
• The family which has father, mother and siblings.
• There is no other kind of family.
• But coming to an employment, one has other kind of family, the
corporate family.
• The boss is the head of the family.
• We spend almost 50% with corporate family and 50% with personal
family.

25. 9. Career Building
• Student life is a jolly life.
• No responsibilities
• No pains
• Corporate life is no same as student life.
• From the first job to the present job, lot of responsibilities.
• Personality traits will be developed in the first job itself.