Employability Enhancing Skills

Paper Code: 
EES 161
Credits: 
5
Periods/week: 
5
Objective: 

To enhance the employability of the graduates by inculcating in them some of the essential workplace skills, usually sought by the employers at the time of recruitment.

4.00
Unit I: 
Resume Writing

Format 

Style
 
6.00
Unit II: 
Job Application Letters (Covering Letters)

Format

Structure

Content (Building up on CV)

10.00
Unit III: 
Interview Skills

 

Types of Interviews 
  • One to One 
  • Panel 
  • Telephonic  

Understanding the Process

Preparing for the Interview

 

8.00
Unit IV: 
Group Discussion

Essentials of Group Discussion

Preparing for Group Discussion

Evaluative Components of Group Discussion (4 Parameters)
12.00
Unit V: 
Practical Sessions

GD Practice Sessions (Steering an argument, analysing a topic, core techniques)

Mock Interviews
 
SUGGESTED READINGS: 
  • Business Communication by Bovee, Thill and Chaturvedi
  • Technical Communication by Raman Sharma
  • Cover Letters! Cover Letters! Cover Letters! by Richard Fein
  • Improve your Communication Skills by Alan Barker
  • Technical Writing: Process and Product by Sharon J. Gerson and Steven M. Gerson
Academic Year: 
2018-2019