Career Objectives for Freshers

June 11th, 2011 by admin No comments »

People who are seeking their first jobs need to work really hard on their resumes and CV’s since this is the first point of contact between them and their potential employers. Since there is not any prior work experience that they can highlight and talk about, they need to focus more on their present skills and potential to acquire new skills so as to meet the organizations objectives.

For this purpose, a proper career objective is a vital aspect of their resume and this is the first thing in their CV that the employer will be casting his eyes on. A career objective is nothing but a simple one liner (or a couple of lines) that specifies the course that the individual envisages his career taking, and also talks about how the individual sees himself growing in a specific field.

Career Objective Sample for Freshers

It is very rare for a fresher to know exactly where he wants to end up in the organization in the long term. Even if he is aware of such an ambition, it is best not to stress upon it too much. On the contrary, a fresher should keep his career objective statement short and sweet, and should only talk about how he wants to join a stable organization and wants to acquire all the skills and knowledge that he can from the experience. Here are a few samples of career objectives for freshers.

Career Objective#1 To build upon and enhance my professional skills in a reputed and dynamic organization that gives me the opportunity to evolve in a professional manner.
Career Objective#2 To implement new technologies and gain a positive foothold in a business environment that encourages innovation and foresees industrial trends.
Career Objective#3 To be a part of an organization that focuses on customer satisfaction and customer retention, and to utilize my interpersonal skills to achieve these goals.
Career Objective#4 To solve problems in a creative and effective manner, and to open up new anevues of solutions while maintaining the standards set by the organization.
Career Objective#5 To make use of my extensive knowledge and skills and synergize with the organization to focus on, and achieve, the long term goals that have been put into place.

Depending on the nature of the job that you are applying for and your related skills and qualifications, you can decide for yourself if you want your career objective statement to be vague, or specific. Sometimes it is easier to just be vague since this gives you more room to speak about yourself when you are giving a personal interview, since being specific about certain skills and qualifications will lead the interviewer to ask questions pertaining to those skill sets only. » Read more: Career Objectives for Freshers

Bilingual Education Pros and Cons

June 10th, 2011 by admin No comments »

Of late, ‘pros and cons of bilingual education’ has become a topic of critical scrutiny among educators, scholars, parents, teachers and various educational organizations. Understanding various bilingual education pros and cons will help us to take an unbiased stand on the effectiveness of bilingual form of educational system.

Bilingual Education Advantages and Disadvantages

Bilingual education debate has been roaring in the media since 1960s. Debates of bilingual education pros and cons are believed to have originated from two acts, the Civil Rights Act (1964) and the Bilingual Education Act (1968) that played dominant role in shaping laws for bilingual education.

Advantages of Bilingual Education
For the uninitiated, in bilingual education, students are taught over a period of time in their native language and English is treated as a second language, taught side by side and only when the student is believed to have attained proficiency in native language, so that he can master English easily. Technically and simply speaking, bilingual education is any educational system that favors education in more than one language.

Now depending on the type of multiple languages used to teach, there can be various types of bilingual education system. According to proponents of bilingual education system, the most important benefit of bilingual education system is that a student who is from a non-English speaking background, can easily learn English, owing to his language development, in his native language as well as English language.

And isn’t it good to be proficient in various languages? What problem does it create if a student is well conversant in English as well as his mother tongue? Besides that, a child who is exposed to multiple languages will be able to develop a better sense of appreciating various cultures and understanding societies.

After all, now we’re living in a global world and so being multilingual is always an asset in firms and business works. Added to these advantages of bilingual education, are that the child can easily use his native language in groups and he won’t feel ashamed of it.

In case, he is just aware of one language, he may face problems of hesitation in expressing himself. It’s beautiful form of education as the minority speakers can learn English even while being able to strengthen their cultural bonds by being proficient in their mother tongue.

Disadvantages of Bilingual Education
Amongst various pros and cons of bilingual education, the disadvantage of bilingual education that pops up mostly is that bilingual education is a very expensive form of education. This is owing to the fact that if one dominant language is taught in schools, then definitely the costs incurred will be less than teaching at least 120 multiple languages in different states.

People who oppose bilingual education say that millions of dollars are wasted by focusing on bilingual education. One of the major disadvantages of bilingual education, that is talked about, in the media, is that minority speakers, although wish to learn English, don’t wish to enter into the mainstream society and so they stick to their native language.
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