Training by Companies and its importance

Can Military recruit only solders who are having experience in battling wars? (Think for a minute)

This question provoked the idea of why IT industry is looking only for experienced resources. There are hand full of reasons why IT is looking for experienced resources.

• IT companies wants people who can hit the ground running in technology they are dealing with.
• IT companies wants people who can interact with customers, stake holders from day one.
• IT companies does not have time and resources to provide training

So, they want resources whom they can directly put into projects and expect the high productivity.

If military thinks like IT Companies then military won’t have 90% of force in the first place.

So, what military does to make sure they can fight the battles? They train people, create environment which is same as the war, ask solders to fight the simulated situation / environment. After going through the training, solders are 100% guaranteed to fight the battles because there is no difference between simulated Vs real at this stage.

Why don’t we create a school / company which simulates the entire life cycle of the IT companies and train our resources for various situations. On an average an IT company spends at least 3 months by paying them salaries, absorbs the training costs etc etc before they can start working on the projects. The training cost varies from any where between Rs 40000 to Rs 200000 per resource based on the technologies we deal with.

Some times resources were put directly into projects, we see many con’s in this scenario.

• These resources don’t have a big picture on what they are doing
• The hand holding by senior resources process has a big impact on time as well as project dead lines. Not all senior resources have acumen to train resources as well.
• Cannot expect the same output from various resources with in the team.

Good Professional in organization

A professional is a person who does one thing very best. It’s more on how deep you know rather than how broad you know. As you are going deep in various areas you become a consultant / leader who can provide the expertise to various organizations in the world.

You need to have a qualification to begin with to become professional. You earned that qualification by spending 14 to 16 years of hard work at various schools and colleges. This is the first step to become a professional in the corporate world.

Which skill you like to focus more on, identify the one you like the most. It will take some time (you will know, no one should tell about this) for sure to identify on your own. Practice that skill so much that you can talk in front of any one to explain what you know. You should be so proficient that the productivity of the job will be multiple folds higher than the others.

The more expertise you have in the technology you like, the better understanding you have in the business you deal with there is no turning back in your career.

So, identify the skill which you like the most, practice it well so that you see the result with ease.

Corporate world keeps you high until you add more value, if you are not adding value, you are doing what they asked you to do then you won’t rise in the corporate world. You can stay where you are if you are happy in doing what you are doing.

I strongly believe every qualified person can put effort and train themselves using various medium to gather knowledge and see how you can provide a little difference in the way we can run the business.