The Google official blog posted some nice tips for students. Loved the post so just wanted to share it with all of you. Some of the tips are relevant for all the aesi graduates. I am posting here the one that i liked the most....communication skills. Marshalling and understanding the available evidence isn't useful unless you can effectively communicate your conclusions.
... team players. Virtually every project at Google is run by a small team. People need to work well together and perform up to the team's expectations.
... passion and leadership. This could be professional or in other life experiences: learning languages or saving forests, for example. The main thing, to paraphrase Mr. Drucker, is to be motivated by a sense of importance about what you do.
And the best part is
Keep on challenging yourself, because learning doesn't end with graduation. In fact, in the real world, while the answers to the odd-numbered problems are not in the back of the textbook, the tests are all open book, and your success is inexorably determined by the lessons you glean from the free market. Learning, it turns out, is a lifelong major.
What are your thoughts on this? What more do you want to add to this? Do mention your thoughts in comments!
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