Need for Employability Skills training Program

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FINANCIAL TIMES, NEW DELHI, THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, 2011 Business Street 03
Finishing Schools
lum taught to the students in col- tion skills,” she added Delhi. “Our students have been
leges. “Our school is working in In addition, she said that the trained by a Gurgaon based fin-
the direction to make more edu- company has approached these ishing schools,” said Manish
cated people employable by schools for suitable aspirants as Saluja, academic head for wealth
understanding the requirements the candidates coming out of management of Indian Institute
of corporate houses. To achieve these centres are polished, have of Financial Planning. He added
this, we have installed technical adequate skills and knowledge. In that under this programme over
Hone Skills in Gurgaon
labs in some colleges where we one year, 15 students have been 400 students have been trained.
try to impart education and placed from this finishing school “The programme run by a fin-
training which is required by by Tulip Telecom. ishing school has enhanced the
companies and helps the stu- Finishing schools not only help confidence and personality of our
dents,” he added. students to get through an inter- students,” said Mr Saluja. He also
“Finishing schools are acting as view but bag a good amount of said that when banks and insur-
a bridge between institutes and salary too. “The salary of the fine- ance companies conduct campus
MD. TAUSIF ALAM
ner of AquSkills Employability industries,” said Rakesh Saha, ly honed aspirants is 50 to 70 per placements, they look for soft skills
GURGAON
Enhancement. He added that chief executive officer of Soft cent more as compared to the in addition to academic perform-
AquSkills works in the field of Skills World. He added that cor- salary of one who has not been to ance. Suggestions given by the fin-
T he millennium city is
witnessing a surge in job
opportunities with an
improved economy but lacking in
skilled and trained workers to
employability enhancement for
fresh graduates to make them fit
for the positions they aspire for.
To meet the employment
demands of corporate offices and
porate houses are hiring finish-
ing schools to organise personali-
ty development programmes for
their employees.
We have been working with a
a finishing school. The success
rate of the students of these
schools is between 25-100 per-
cent” said Mr Saha.
Mr Saha added that these
ishing schools are now being inte-
grated into the curriculum.
tausif.alam@timesgroup.com
capitalize on these opportunities. industries, a number of colleges finishing school for a year and schools run different programmes
In the wake of it, finishing have mushroomed in the city around 500 employees have such as BPO training, communica-
schools are coming up in the mil- which is churning out thousands been trained under different tive skills, corporate employability
lenium city to hone up the skills of students every year. Mr modules,” said Deepti, HR man- and management in addition to
and corporate etiquettes of a Sachan said these institutes fail ager of Tulip Telecom. “Such personality development pro-
large number of fresh graduates to provide quality training to classes help the employees to gramme. The fees for the courses
to enable them to work in brand- the students; hence they are make them a groomed corporate vary from `30,000 to `1, 20,000
ed offices with confidence. unable to get a placement in a worker. Employees are taken based on the programme.
“The newly graduated often renowned company. through team building exercises, Besides giving training for
lack in soft and technical skills There is a huge gap between how to develop communication these special skills in Gurgaon
which need enhancement,” said the expectations of a company skills, business etiquettes, busi- based colleges, the schools are
Saurabh Sachan, managing part- from an aspirant and the curricu- ness writing skills and presenta- also being hired by institutes in
Training a Big Concern
Continued from Page 1 politely and inform the manager if tomers but what do you do when
there is a problematic customer. you get customers who turn violet,
Customer is god for us why will we use abusive language and even try
Mr Singh, director of Royal make an extra effort to fight with to attack the bouncers when they
Guard Force, however feels that them. But the problem with are barred from entering the club.
these akharas are spoiling the Gurgoan is that almost 15-20 % of The bouncer will obviously has to
entire concept of bouncers. the crowd coming to clubs are locals react then as that's what their jovb
"Gurgaon is lacking of good who have got instant money but not is, to keep people safe inside the
bouncers as the people of the culture and hence end up com- club," said Satya Sarathi Mohanty,
Haryana believed to be of strong ing to the pub in shorts, slippers etc. co-partner at Club Saffire at JMD
built with tough language are Every club has some rules which Regend Plaza.
used as a bouncer for a petty needs to be adhered to by the cus- mamta.sharma@timesgroup.com
cash salary of `10,000 to
`15,000 else the professional
bouncer cost `25,000 to
`30,000/- for 12 hrs shift basis
duty. As in present scenario the
akharas are in the field of pro-
viding bouncers earlier who
were known as Pehalwans
which is spoiling the complete
concept of the bouncers theme,"
he said.
An ideal bouncer should have
a height not less than 5.10 to 6.0
ft with weight of above 95 kg and
strong built, a minimum educa-
tional qualification of a graduate,
a certificate from MBBS doctor,
experience in the field - in any of
the three categories and charac-
ter certificate and NOC from the
local police station.
While the companies supply-
ing bouncers must ensure that
all these requirements are met,
it is not entirely so. Those in the
business say that they supply
bouncers as per the require-
ment of the clients and in most
cases built and some communi-
cation are the main criteria."We
make sure that the bouncer we
are hiring has a good built,
height above 5.8" and an expe-
rience of two years. We also get
their police verification to make
While bouncers
are required to have
good communica-
tion skills among
other characteris-
tics, barring a few,
clients do not pay
heed to those
requirements. They
just want someone
(with a good built) to
show
sure that they do not have any
criminal record. While bouncers
are required to have good com-
munication skills among other
characteristics, barring a few,
clients do not pay heed to those
requirements. They just want
someone (with a good built) to
show, " he said.
However, that is not all re-
quired for being a bouncer.
According per Mr Singh of
Royal Guard Force the training
should make sure that the
bouncer should be capable
enough to handle the situation
in worst scenario by keeping
himself calm and cool. "He
should react immediately when
found that people are getting in
mob/quarrelling with each oth-
er and inform to the next level
of reporting. For any worst sce-
nario he should call police for
assistance. They should make
sure that while escorting VIP &
VVIPs, celebs and performers
they feel comfort in their move-
ments. A bouncer should keep
a close monitoring on the
movement of the public and
visitors for any untoward inci-
dents and patrol the unguard-
ed/dark areas to avoid for unto-
ward incidents. Last but not the
least he should respond to the
queries and reply with a smile
and be on duty in proper
groomed dress code," he said.
These security companies and
club owners, however, say that
while they give them some
training and brief them not to
touch the customer but there
are times when they have to
take action when there is a sud-
den brawl with people who are
adamant on creating a nuisance
and turn violent.
"Each day we brief our
bouncers to talk to the customer
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