With fast advances in technologies, business practices
and global alliances, expectations of employer and employee are increasing
rapidly. In emerging highly competitive global market every employer wants fewer
people with great analytic capability, having multiple skills, doing multi-tasking
and bringing maximum profitability to the organisation. Likewise, today’s employee
wants modern work environment with opportunities to learn newer skills, good
pay package and stability of career. This demands radical changes in our education
system, government policies/incentives for innovation and research.
Employee Expectations. All young professionals in every field expect the following facilities:
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Good work environment,
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Good learning environment,
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Good career growth ,
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Stability of job ,
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Good pay package for
leading quality life,
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Transport facility/allowance,
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Housing facility/HRA,
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Insurance and health
care for self and the family.
Employer Expectations, All employers expect their employees to have following capacities:
- Analytic ability of very high order,
- High competency and domain knowledge,
- Team-man ship ,
- Multitasking skills,
- Initiative and fast decision making ,
- Creativity for innovation,
- Adaptability and knowledge sharing ,
- Determination to achieve a given task on-time, every time and within budget,
- Willingness to take on extra responsibility ,
- Ability to work under stressful conditions ,
- Integrity of a very high order.
Family
expectations. When you are at work place you are quite busy
and your time just flies away. However, you family members staying at home wait
for you to come home and be with them. One must have a balance between life at
workplace and life at home. Both are
very important, demanding and you are
to tactfully satisfy both requirements/ expectations. Family requirement will
vary depending upon working timing of spouse, children education, and health
care of elders. Some common expectations are listed below :
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Come home by right time,
·
Don’t bring work home
until it is a rare exception/emergency,
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Have week end free to be
fully with the family,
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Go out on picnics/sight
seeing,
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Socializing with
friends, relatives
·
Go on tour as per children’s
vacations,
It is therefore essential that young
professionals keep learning emerging technologies and management
techniques through online/part time courses and also on- the- job training
in the organisation. You need to balance your time for office work and home
life. There is “no gain without pain" and nothing comes free.
Therefore adopt a policy of "work is worship" and go an extra mile
to work and support your team and meet expectations of your seniors and
the customers. It is usual that customer has formal written down requirement
but also has unwritten expectations. You are to accommodate those but
tactfully without losing in earning and
without discomfort to the customer.
As we all know "Nothing
Succeeds like Success" and therefore always work hard and to
your fullest strength and ensure success. It is the hard work and
positive attitude which counts for 75% of your success while luck may
cater for 25% or less. Remember the good old saying “God Helps those who help
themselves".
They say "Health is
wealth" since without having good health you cannot take extra
load/pressure of workplace and stand out as great achiever. It is very
important to maintain good health through taking good food and daily physical exercises.
Simple yoga and some meditation will add to your being calm and cheerful.
Always put up a smile, it costs you nothing but
gives lot of joy to others around you.
Dr Sarbjit
Singh , PhD
Former Executive
Director/principal
Apeejay
College of Engineering.
Sohna, Gurgram
122103
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