Last weekend, when I walked into my friend’s office campus, I saw the security personals sitting in a big queue and writing something in a booklet. I got curious. I enquired to a guy standing over there. He said, they are taking up some exams. Something inside me asked for more information from that guy. I learnt that, they are constantly taught on the latest security techniques and technologies. They have to clear these examinations to be in their job. It’s a casual chat. I walked on…
As usual, my friend kept me waiting in the waiting lobby in her office. I was just thinking about the exams these security personals were writing. I tried hard to remember any such exams I’ve written in my last 4 years after coming to a job. I couldn’t remember any and that too in such a strict examination environment. There has been never an attempt to measure our skills at the cost of our job. (It’s not only for me, but for 99% of us).
I do agree we do take up interviews before joining a job. I’m worried when we stay at the job for longer periods. I’ve seen many of my seniors staying in the job for more than a decade. I’m not sure of the present system we have. Probably with the time, we learn on our job. But are we really evaluated at any point? Maybe for the annual appraisal we are evaluated. But here again, on the tasks we’ve performed for the last twelve months and not for what we’ve learnt. I agree the learning and job go hand-in-hand. But when a person on job which don’t require a top-class techie, takes up regular exams in his subjects on latest advancements, it make me think aloud…
Thinking still louder, I’ve got few points to make
- Every employee should be evaluated on technical or non-technical skills relevant to the current market demand, to his job and to his experience.
- For any organization to be successful, atleast the 5% of the workforce should be replenished annually. (May the above said evaluation be a scale?)
- I agree the infrastructure for this set up calls for additional costs, but in the long run, the ROI is definite.
The above points may be little extravagant in terms of reality. But I see them as a necessity to survive. Please do share your comments.
