I have always noticed Desi in Ottawa comes out with some real practical tips for success. I totally agree “Soft” skills are very important and no matter what “manners” we are taught back home, We Indian Lack soft skills. More so when we believe in rich and poor our attitude towards are subordinates are totally different back home (look down) and that cannot continue in Canada.
Some people on this forum are confusing community service and other stuff to “Soft” skills.
cher
If you looks at it that way, Soft Skills are a must anywhere you go.
And any part of life. Yes Internet forums too...
If you have the jobs and the supply of Labor is low then all these issues go to the backburner.
If a company needs 10 people and has only 10 people (5 with Good soft skills and 5 with not so good) to fill up the vacancies then Do you think its going to wait till the next 5 people with the right soft skills show up? Or take all 10 of them?
If it has less than 10 people, then it might actually take up people with not so good technical and soft skills and maybe train them.
That is IF the company wants to get the work done and not leave the vancancy as it is. It seems like canadian companies might be willing to do just this.
If there were far more than 10 people applying for that job,
then all these factors come into play.
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very good post.
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I have always noticed Desi in Ottawa comes out with some real practical tips for success. I totally agree “Soft” skills are very important and no matter what “manners” we are taught back home, We Indian Lack soft skills. More so when we believe in rich and poor our attitude towards are subordinates are totally different back home (look down) and that cannot continue in Canada.
Some people on this forum are confusing community service and other stuff to “Soft” skills.
cher
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Similarly, soft skills are taught in India too - but not generally given a name and the importance, though realised by everyone, is not highlighted as is done in HRDC offices and similar situations for new immigrants in Canada, and so some people might feel that it is NOT taught in India.
Chandresh
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jake3d hit the mark. Saying Thank You is one of the soft skills we desis need to develop. Forget India, some of the desis here in Ottawa I have dealt with have never said a simple Thank You after getting all the help from me. That hurt me in the beginning, now I dont get bothered any more.
I have dealt with desis from India (wipro, infy, etc) who came over on assignments to work for firms such as Nortel and Alcatel. Most of their behavior is awful. They may know how to write a code. But that's the only skill they got. After all, the firms need to make money on them. Would they teach soft skills? I doubt it.
Again, let me emphasize. The job market during the late 90's for the IT is not the same anymore. There is more supply of IT workers than the demand. To provide employment to the laid off workers, Federal govt. had to step in and hire a lot of these IT people. During the boom period, IT firms in Canada and USA hired left and right without giving any thought about the future and the qualifications of the candidates. I have come across desis who took 2-3 courses and landed with telecom firms (now they are gone, that's a different story). Some of them moved back to India since they could not get a job in Canada. The situation is very slowly improving, but there is enough supply of IT workers. Now immigrating desis will be competing with locals to get the first job and then move up.
I know I am blunt, but want to give a realistic picture as much as possible without sugar coating the situation.
DIO
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Again, let me emphasize. The job market during the late 90's for the IT is not the same anymore. There is more supply of IT workers than the demand. To provide employment to the laid off workers, Federal govt. had to step in and hire a lot of these IT people. During the boom period, IT firms in Canada and USA hired left and right without giving any thought about the future and the qualifications of the candidates. I have come across desis who took 2-3 courses and landed with telecom firms (now they are gone, that's a different story). Some of them moved back to India since they could not get a job in Canada. The situation is very slowly improving, but there is enough supply of IT workers. Now immigrating desis will be competing with locals to get the first job and then move up.
DIO
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