Employed, but are you ‘employable’?

If you wish to achieve worthwhile things in your personal and career life, you must become a worthwhile person in your own self-development
Brian Tracy

Being employed is different from being employable. We have to improve our ‘employability quotient’. This means that if you lose your present job, you will get another immediately. If you are just employed without employability and if you lose your job, you will be unemployed!

Your employability quotient depends on various factors. Check for the following factors:
•    Do you have not only the latest technology, but also the technology of tomorrow?
•    Is your skill set competitive enough compared to the world class?
•    Are your knowledge, skill and experience relevant not only to your present employer but also to many others?
•    Do you offer something unique and special  which others cannot?
•    Is your contribution to your company much more than what your company gives you?
•    Are you future oriented and keep your eyes fixed on the changes that are taking place in your industry and career?
•     Are you working hard enough keeping your eyes on the evolving opportunities?
•    Are you taking every threat as a challenge to develop and grow?
•    Do you ‘invest’ your time intelligently on critical priorities?
•    Are you creative and innovative?

If you pass the above test, you have passed the ‘employability test’!

N C Sridharan

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