IT cos look for soft skills in pros
Technical expertise is being taken for granted or is being taught at workplace.
By INDIATIMES NEWS NETWORK |
CHENNAI: If you are looking for a job in the booming IT sector, make sure you are armed with more than Java or C++. IT companies today operate in a much different environment than they used to. The sector is more mature , non-English speaking markets are growing, project sizes are expanding and workplaces are becoming more diverse. All these demand a different set of skill sets from IT professionals , industry players said.
Panellists at Advantage IT, a career opportunities seminar organised by Times Ascent in Chennai recently stressed on the increasing importance of soft skills in the IT workplace. Technical skills are taken for granted, or can be taught. What’s more important are the softer skills such as ability to work in a team, communicate effectively and having the right attitude, they said.
Hari T, director and Senior VP, Human Resources, Satyam Computer Services, said those who join IT companies have to be more than IT professionals , they have to be global professionals with the ability to work with clients, partners and even colleagues from across the world.
N Shiv Shankar, VP & Head Sholinganallur Development Centre, Infosys Technologies, said that while the IT sector is growing fast, availability of skilled people, and assimilation of them into the organisation were the two limiting factors to growth. IT companies demand their employees to be team players , performance-oriented , self-motivated and be driven by values, he said.
Panellists at Advantage IT, a career opportunities seminar organised by Times Ascent in Chennai recently stressed on the increasing importance of soft skills in the IT workplace. Technical skills are taken for granted, or can be taught. What’s more important are the softer skills such as ability to work in a team, communicate effectively and having the right attitude, they said.
Hari T, director and Senior VP, Human Resources, Satyam Computer Services, said those who join IT companies have to be more than IT professionals , they have to be global professionals with the ability to work with clients, partners and even colleagues from across the world.
N Shiv Shankar, VP & Head Sholinganallur Development Centre, Infosys Technologies, said that while the IT sector is growing fast, availability of skilled people, and assimilation of them into the organisation were the two limiting factors to growth. IT companies demand their employees to be team players , performance-oriented , self-motivated and be driven by values, he said.
S Srinivasan, VP, SAP Labs, said his organisation believed that technical skills could be taught anyway. “What’s more important is whether you have the right attitude, how you make the change and how you work with other centres and partners,” he said.
Dr K Guruprasad, head, Centre of Competence, IBM said: “There is nothing like ‘pure IT’ these days. Expertise in Java or C++ is a part of the game.” Computing power, connectedness and information put to work were available for all. What made a company different was a focus on innovation that mattered to that organisations , its clients and the world.
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