A sea change is required for a person who is going to start a career saying bye to studies. This presentation gives an insight into the basic change required by the candidate in order to adjust himself/herself to the corporate culture. This can also useful for the candidates who are going to attend an interview.

1. COLLEGE TO CORPORATE…
A PARADIGM SHIFT

2. The greatest challenge of the day is: how to bring about a
revolution of the heart, a revolution which has to start with
each one of us?
- Dorothy Day quotes

3. • After the completion of college life, the subsequent days are the
toughest ones in every individual’s life.
• Need to transform himself to face the society in different
dimensions.
• In the search for a job, one will learn number of skills that one has to
inherit in oneself.
• Those we call soft skills.

4. • College to corporate world is a complete paradigm shift.
• The things in corporate world are no more related to
college life except the subject knowledge.
• Let us see the changes from college to corporate from
structure to career building.

5. 1. STRUCTURAL DIFFERENCE
There is a difference in the structure and orientation of college and
corporate, based on hierarchy.
They are as follows.
College:
• College is a place where students have education and fun with their
new friendships, mass bunks, informal communications, parties,
cultural activities etc.

6. • It is a place for students and lecturers/professors.
• We hardly find formal communication among students and
sometimes even with professors.
• Students communicate informally with peer groups.
• They communicate with their professors both in formal and informal
way depending upon the level of familiarity.

7. Corporate:
• The student becomes an employee in corporate world.
• Generally, they use formal mode of communication.
• Sometimes, informal communication can be seen among the people
with more rapport.
• Communication depends on hierarchy level.

8. • The communication among peer groups can be informal based on
rapport.
• The communication of team member with team leaders and
managers is formal but not very formal.
• But the communication with the director or CEO is highly formal.
• It happens very rarely with a prior appointment.
• The picture here shows the hierarchy levels in an organisation.

10. 2. COMMUNICATION
• Communication is the process of sharing information, expressing ideas and
views.
• Communication is classified as verbal and non-verbal communication.
• Verbal communication is the one where one uses words to communicate.
• Non-verbal communication doesn’t need words, it goes with actions.

11. Non-verbal communication (body language) has mainly five modes.
They are:
•Facial Expressions
•Eye Contact
•Gestures
•Body Movements
•Space Distancing

12. • Students do not care about their verbal or non-verbal language.
• They speak both in formal and informal modes as and when
needed.
• They do not even care about their body language especially the
usage of gestures and body movements.
• Many do not know what body language means.

13. • Coming to corporates, one should be always aware of
both their verbal and non-verbal language.
• One has to know how to use the body language and
what a gesture actually represents in order to avoid
misunderstanding.

14. 3. SUPPORTING SYSTEM
• Supporting system is one of the important aspects in the human life.
In college life:
• Mother, father, siblings, kith and kin act as a supporting system.
• They support in each and every case.
• Everything will be readily available in college life.
• Mother cooks good food and serve you in every aspect.

15. • Father cares you and fulfils your needs.
• Sibling and kith and kin give their helping hand.
• In that way, there will be a good support from family.
In corporate world:
• One cannot expect support from their superiors or subordinates
every time.
• One has to take initiation.
• Things will not be readily available.

16. 4. BEHAVIOURAL TRAITS
• Behaviour is a very important trait which makes a difference in
individuals’ growth.
• Behavioural traits include vitality, self-motivation, competitiveness,
leadership, conversations, approachable attitude, patience,
optimism, tolerance, harmonious etc.
• As a student one may have all those traits and is in the stage of
development.

17. • But as an employee of a corporate one should accede to these
qualities.
• There will be a great shift from the behaviour of student life to
corporate life.
• As a student one might have behaved rude with others, posh,
impolite etc.
• But now as an employee of an esteemed organisation one should
change one’s behaviour in tune with the organisation.
• One has to be polite, vital, optimistic and harmonious.

18. 5. ETIQUETTE AND MANNERS
• Etiquette is nothing but a customary code of polite behaviour in the
society and manners are a well-bred social behaviour.
• Both are very important for an individual’s growth.
• This includes your
• punctuality
• Discipline
• Sincerity
• values and ethics.

19. Punctuality:
•In your student life, you might be late for your class as a late
Kate.
•But this is not a school, it’s an organisation.
•One should maintain punctuality to reach in time and have time
management skills.

20. Discipline:
•One may be a disciplined student or may not be the same in
college life.
•But one should be a disciplined employee of an organization.
•Discipline sets a perfect environment to achieve the goal one
has.
•A perfect environment means not being disturbed by other
factor or attracted to our weaknesses.

21. 6. CORPORATE ATTIRE
• From the schooling one has the habit of wearing a uniform.
• So, there is no question of particular dress code.
• Some colleges might have taken the task of providing a
uniform in order to avoid hierarchy among students.
• Now-a-days, even organisations provide its employees with
uniform.

22. • So, remember to go along with the organisation’s ethics,
values and norms.
• If at all there is no uniform for your organisation, go in a
formal dress.
• Avoid casuals and party wear.

23. 7. ACCOUNTABILITY AND
RESPONSIBILITY
• Many people feel that both the terms are one and the
same.
• Accountability refers to making, keeping, and managing
agreements and expectations.
• And Responsibility for the feeling of ownership.

24. 8. Family
• In student life, there is only one kind of family.
• The family which has father, mother and siblings.
• There is no other kind of family.
• But coming to an employment, one has other kind of family, the
corporate family.
• The boss is the head of the family.
• We spend almost 50% with corporate family and 50% with personal
family.

25. 9. Career Building
• Student life is a jolly life.
• No responsibilities
• No pains
• Corporate life is no same as student life.
• From the first job to the present job, lot of responsibilities.
• Personality traits will be developed in the first job itself.