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  • Career at Sale? or stake?

    This one I just had to write.

    I have previously written about the educational sector in India, and where we are lacking. The coaching centres have become the most important thing in a student’s life. Unfortunately, they have become more important than the very colleges that he/ she is getting coached for!

    Now okay! You get to all these different coaching centres, and do manage to hoodwink the entrance exams with the overdose of coaching and manage to get a seat in a very good college. Now what?

    You slog in the college there, take further coaching to get through the tortuous years and finally, lets assume, you make through. After many levels of such iterations right from the all-important board exams to the post-graduation you are now finally declared a post graduate. At least that is what your degree says.

    Why did you slog all these years? Obviously, you want a good paying job!

    But well, The recruiters are no fools, and they can see through your years of coaching.  Looking at your resume itself they would find out your worth, and trash your candidature. How do you tackle that?

    Fret not! There are enterprising people out there in the market to cater to that need too. As they say, a good CV is half job done during job search, and here is where the so called “friends” and “brothers” come into picture. No, I am not talking about your siblings. This is the way these companies talk to you.

    Enter – “The CV Builders!”

    “YOU SPEND LAKHS ON GETTING DEGREES AND SPEND YEARS TO ACHIEVE THAT EXPERIENCE BUT IF YOU DO NOT HAVE THE SKILLS TO PORTRAY THEM NICELY IN A CV THEN ALL IS WASTE. SO CONTACT US AND LET US DESIGN A DESIGNER CV FOR YOUR BOOMING CAREER…….” touch the emotional chord of the unemployed person.

    I was aghast when I received this mail!

    “Do you Need a Resume Urgently? Get it in as soon as 30 mins with our add-ons!” is that a Pizza that I just ordered?

    For clarity sake I am reprinting this entire mail that I got

    Dear Brother,

    You Have Experience. Talent. Competence.
    You have it all. But you dont know to Portray them effectively.
    If you have good experience but you do not make a good CV, Chances are much that you may get rejected.When you go for interview you see other candidates have very impressive CVs , You think from where they make these nice CVs.

    Friends,
    We are the one and only Company in India which is helping Candidates to make their GOOD RESUMEs ,

    Key Highlights

    We Highlight your extensive work experience, managerial skills and achievements
    Attractive and reader-friendly resume format
    One-time detailed telephonic consultation with the Resume Writer
    Multiple iterations over email, until you are satisfied
    You will get Over 95% satisfaction rate
    We have In-house team of experts with over 10 years of experience

    Do you Need a Resume Urgently?
    Get it in as soon as 30 mins with our add-ons!
    Total Working Days for first draft
    10
    6
    2

    NormalExpressSuper-express

    Do you Need a Cover Letter?

    Effectively introduce yourself to prospective employers

    Delivered in 2 working days after you approve your resume

    LETS MAKE GOOD RESUMES……..just give us a call from any where in india and we will make your cv in minutes and send it on your EMAIL ID

    Minimal Charges, we charge just Rs. 1100 for PORTRAYING YOUR EXPERIENCE, YOUR SKILLS,YOUR CAREER SUMMARY, QUALIFICATION….

    YOU SPEND LAKHS ON GETTING DEGREES AND SPEND YEARS TO ACHIEVE THAT EXPERIENCE BUT IF YOU DO NOT HAVE THE SKILLS TO PORTRAY THEM NICELY IN A CV THEN ALL IS WASTE. SO CONTACT US AND LET US DESIGN A DESIGNER CV FOR YOUR BOOMING CAREER…….

    We give our services ALL OVER IN INDIA,PAKISTAN,BHUTAN,NEPAL,& SriLANKA

     

    This is where our education system is tending towards, and it just scares me. Would we miss the bus?

    What next? A company to help you perform better in your job?

    Maybe! Maybe it already exists and I am not aware of it! Maybe!

  • >education in india

    >well, after the heavy post of yesterday, the last thing that you would want is one more heavy article. OKay, i spare you of the torture, but this one is regarding something close to my heart – Education.

    According to current estimates, 80% of all schools are government schools making the government the major provider of education. However, because of poor quality of public education, 27% of Indian children are privately educated. According to some research, private schools often provide superior results at a fraction of the unit cost of government schools. However, others have suggested that private schools fail to provide education to the poorest families, a selective being only a fifth of the schools and have in the past ignored Court orders for their regulation. In their favour, it has been pointed out that private schools cover the entire curriculum and offer extra-curricular activities such as science fairs, general knowledge, sports, music and drama. The pupil teacher ratios are much better in private schools (1:31 to 1:37 for government schools and more teachers in private schools are female. There is some disgreement over which system has better educated teachers. According to the latest DISE survey, the percentage of untrained teachers (paratechers) is 54.91% in private, compared to 44.88% in government schools and only 2.32% teachers in unaided schools receive inservice training compared to 43.44% for government schools. The competition in the school market is intense, yet most schools make profit.

    Even the poorest often go to private schools despite the fact that government schools are free. A study found that 65% of schoolchildren in Hyderabad’s slums attend private schools. Private schools are often operating illegally. It takes 14 different licenses from four different authorities to open a private school in New Delhi and could take years if done legally. However, operation of unrecognized schools has been made illegal under the Right to Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act which has also significantly simplified the process of obtaining recognition. ( source: wiki)

    Now after this brief trivia about education in india, what do you think would happen? Indians are enterprising, and any given opportunity would be leapt upon immediately( is it more an act of desperation than a well thought out act? that is a matter of discussion for some other post). So, given the circumstances, it is but obvious that there would be any scrupulous entities operating, and risking the future generation.

    Here is a picture of a school, advertising for admissions.

    Now which parent, in proper senses, and slight knowledge would want their ward to study in a school named so?

    p.s.: this is the first post, in the series of post to come of things that we usually come across in india.