Always wondered what hiring managers wished you knew?
Vikas Shirodkar, vice-president, Human Resource Development, General Motors, India, spells out the six qualities he always looks for in prospective candidates.
1. The need for in-depth functional knowledge
Today a lot of young professionals want to be generalists and dabble in everything. The fact of the matter is people who have in-depth knowledge in specific areas of functioning are bound to last longer and be sought after more than a jack of all trades.
What any industry today needs is someone who is a specialist in a certain subject and has total in-depth knowledge and the required skills within that specialisation.
If you are a fresh-out-of-college graduate you need to choose one functional area and own it.
Go in-depth and over a period learn what is there to learn in that area before you move on to another function.
It's only when you have a handful of skill sets under your belt that you can become a generalist.
You cannot be a generalist from day one.
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