P.G. Diploma (Tourism)

• Case study based studies on Tourism Management for working professionals
• Students are made aware of the various problems and the number of ways the tourism industry is expected to grow
• Helps develop managerial skills and provides in-depth knowledge of travel and tourism

Job Opportunities :

• Travel and Tourism companies
• Marketing
• Research
• Event management

KEY Topics Covered :

• Tourism & Economy 
• Fundamentals Of Management
• Travel Organizations
• Tourism Marketing
• Concept And Impact Of Tourism
• Profile Of Modern Tourism
• Tourism Anatomy
  

 

What are the Vocational Courses in CVS?

Vocational courses are specialized management courses that are essentially aimed at qualifying students with practical skills in a specific professional field. College of Vocational Studies, an institution under University of Delhi, was the first college to impart knowledge in bachelors degree based on specialized domains of management in India under B.A(Vocational).

CVS offers modified vocational courses with the objective of making students exclusively job ready right after graduation in a specified domain. Vocational courses strive not only to make students academically smart but furthermore also provide them the right platform to explore themselves and sharpen their skills.

Currently there are seven specialized management courses offered in CVS-

•  B.A.(VS) Human Resource Management

This course focuses towards the role of the human resource professional as a strategic partner in managing today’s organizations. Key functions such as recruitment, selection, development, appraisal, retention, compensation, and labor relations are analyzed.

• B.A.(VS) Small and Medium Enterprises

It involves the study of fundamentals of entrepreneurship, organization, and management of MSMEs, institutional support to MSMEs, MSMEs policy framework, business laws, marketing and financial aspects of MSMEs etc.

• B.A.(VS) Office Management & Secretarial Practice

Students are imparted proficiency, skills, strategies and methods of work that are to be executed as a Personal Secretary or Office Assistant.

• B.A.(VS) Tourism Management

Students are made aware of the various hardships of the tourism industry. They are also made familiar with the number of ways the tourism industry is expected to grow. It helps them in developing managerial skills and provides an in-depth knowledge of the travel and tourism sector.

• B.A.(VS) Material Management

It assists students to develop skills such as planning, procuring, storing etc. MM helps the student to understand how cost of material can make the industry competitive and hence become valuable.

• B.A.(VS) Marketing & Management of Insurance

It focuses on professional competencies in marketable operations and technology, trade, management and finance. It makes the students ready to take on the insurance market.

• B.A.(VS) Marketing Management & Retail Business

It focuses on the rapidly growing retail economy and the practical application of marketing techniques. It requires professional competencies in retail operations, technology, marketing, administration and finance.

College of Vocational studies has also been intending to open the same specialized vocational courses in ‘master degree’. Our institution firmly believes that its distinctive courses for both graduation and post graduation hold a strong potential to turn a student competent in that particular domain.

Written by – Rewant Bagaria (Placement Coordinator)

Edited by – Antara Mondal (Placement Coordinator)

Why to Choose College of Vocational Studies?

 

“Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.”

Education is the root of success. For a successful career, every student needs knowledge, confidence, academic and technical skills, career opportunities and social skills. To acquire the relevant knowledge and opportunity, it’s remarkably crucial to step into a prestigious institution.

The College of Vocational Studies (CVS) is one of the top constituent colleges under the University of Delhi. It is a co-educational college, founded in 1972, with an emphasis on specialized education to bridge the gap between traditional university education. It is the only college under DU to provide vocational courses. The college is accredited with an “A” grade by NAAC. 

The college offers various specialized courses which are under B.A. (Vocational Studies) in 7 fields: Management and Marketing of Insurance (MMI), Marketing Management and Retail Business (MMRB), Tourism Management, Office Management and Secretarial Practice (OMSP), Small and Medium Enterprises (SME), Human Resource Management (HRM) and Material Management (MM). The college also offers professional honors courses like Bachelor of Management Studies (BMS) and B.A. (Hons.) Business Economics (BBE) in which people can only get an admission through an entrance examination taken by University of Delhi named as Delhi University Joint Admission Test(DU-JAT). The college moreover extends regular honors courses like B.Com. (Hons.), B.A. (Hons.) Economics, B.A. (Hons.) History, B.Sc. (Hons.) Computer Science, and recently introduced Bachelor in Management Studies ( Hons.), B.A.(Hons.) English and B.A. (Hons.) Hindi. The college also provides the students with an opportunity to opt for ‘diploma houses as well. Diploma courses comprises language courses in French, German and Spanish and Post Graduate Diploma in Tourism and in Book Publishing.

The College of Vocational Studies has a pleasant infrastructure, which includes substantial ground for sports and recreation and air-conditioned library. Canteen in the college serves decent quality food at a low price. College provides free Wi-Fi to the students on the campus. Classrooms are furnished with projectors to make learning easy through the use of technology.

The Principal of our college is Dr. Inder Jeet Dagar, who has been awarded as the 50 most influential principals across India, according to a list published by World Education Congress in 2019. The teaching staff is truly passionate towards teaching and empowering students towards learning. Teachers are immensely supportive and also always try to introduce new techniques in teaching to illustrate the knowledge in a diversified manner. The course curriculum has been brought about in such a way that can prepare the student ready for the industry. The Placement Cell of CVS, “Aspire ”, brings promising amounts of placement companies with satisfactory CTC. Aspire has also been working to fetch internships relevant for students for practical exposure which is extremely important in today’s competitive outline.

In college there are 20+ active societies for student’s growth and development. It enhances their skills through extra-curricular activities. College hosts its Annual Fest ‘Tatva’, which is awfully well recognized. The location of college also add up to the bonus for the students. It is near the Select City Walk mall and Hauz-Khas Village. The nearest metro station is Malviya Nagar and Chirag Delhi.

College of Vocational Studies provides students with competently groomed space for development and admiring college frontage. With its diverse opportunities for students to stand-out and its identity in providing specialized vocational courses, the college has successfully attained to be labeled as an extraordinary institute from the other colleges.

Written by – Ishita Mahajan (Placement Coordinator)

Edited by – Antara Mondal (Placement Coordinator)

Why Is It Necessary To Gain Work Experience Before An MBA?

“Experiences are the sheer reflection of your uniqueness and performance.”

Business world is a dominating factor acting in every sector as a ground. All management courses have become prevalent in the last decades especially in getting a master degree in business administration. Getting an MBA (Masters of Business Administration) has now become a major part to bring productive change in the corporate reality.

Over the last two decades, increased competition in admissions for the MBA degree gave importance to work experience as it acted as an incentive to raise the productivity of such graduates in the real business world. The experienced person knows the business issues and during their MBA they become more solution oriented. Without the experience, the MBA becomes far too academic instead of a practical approach.

Joining as a fresher in the top B-School eventually may turn to land one in average management strata whereas the one with work experience will ace the race. For a fresher, the concepts remain a vague idea until landing into a job. They will have nothing to contribute other than theories whereas others have case studies and business world problems to operate. Summer- Internship placements of newbie also may affect as they turn to be the just bud of the plant. The “gap” affects the standing including the networking- one of the biggest advantages of an MBA course.

Getting into the Ivy-league colleges is the dream of many people. Even such colleges prioritize work experienced people. Every top international college asks for work experience for a better approach among students. It’s very important to gain work experience in the domain you want to major in. Work experience lets you decide in which sector you are fitting in and can raise the graph of the respective domain wherein you work. Moreover the management education program considers explicitly and systematically the quality of individuals’ career work experience in selection and admissions decisions.

The total years of work experience that students have prior to entering their MBA program positively predicts whether they hold a formal leadership position in the MBA program, their internship performance, and their starting full-time salary upon graduation. The quality of individuals’ career work experience, in terms of scope and scale of job responsibilities, visibility to senior management, novelty, and gender and cultural diversity, explains unique variance in MBA student achievement—namely, peer ratings of leadership effectiveness, internship performance and interviewer perceptions of job readiness. Moreover, work experience somehow is a predictor of a MBA student’s achievement.

Written by- Antara Mondal (Placement Coordinator)

 

Which is Better – MBA after Graduation or Work Experience?

In case if you are wondering whether it is better to pursue an MBA immediately after graduation or should you opt for an MBA after gaining some work experience, we’d recommend you to give this article a read before making any hasty decision.

MBA IMMEDIATELY AFTER GRADUATION

If you are planning to pursue an MBA right after your graduation, following are some of the advantages and disadvantages that you must keep in consideration:

ADVANTAGES-

1) Head-start to your career: Pursuing an MBA after your graduation can give you a much needed head-start in your career. As it provides you with an opportunity to complete your education in a stretch before you enter the corporate world. MBA will be a good start; it will give you a lot of career opportunities.

2) Developing your skills: An MBA will give you a chance to improve your personal as well as professional skills and will help you to become more positive about leading the corporate world.

3)  Exposure: While pursuing MBA, you will get to intern with big companies, which will be a great platform for you to show your skills.

DISADVANTAGES-

1) Lack of experience: But you must also keep in mind that, most of the leading B-schools necessitate you to be able to contribute to the discussions in regards to the business and the corporate world. This can only be achieved if you have some professional experience.

2) Difficulty in changing career line: Doing an MBA is a huge investment and since the students are fresh out of college and lack professional experience, they tend to make rushed decisions without having any certain career goal in their minds which can cause inconvenience if a student wishes to change his/her career line later.

MBA AFTER SOME WORK EXPERIENCE

ADVANTAGES-

1) Professional Experience: Working for a few years before an MBA offers the student a platform to build on during their studies as you would have more clarity about your career goals  You will be clearer in your approach if you select to work for a few years before going for an MBA. You will have more practical experience and would be able to understand the dynamics of business more efficiently

2) Soft skills: And last but not the least, working before going for an MBA will also help you develop soft skills which might matter

DISADVANTAGES-

Coming to the disadvantages of working before an MBA, well it might surprise you that there are no disadvantages, as such, of pursuing MBA after gaining a noteworthy amount of work experience.

However, it is important to keep in mind that for on-campus recruitment that will be conducted after the course completion, if the individual who has certain work experience is applying for an industry which is not in line with the previous industry where he has worked, it will not be counted as relevant experience. This means that the importance placed on his experience will reduce.

CONCLUSION

Lastly, whether to pursue an MBA degree right after your graduation or after some years of professional experience, totally depends upon your career goals and aspirations. We’d recommend you to carefully analyse the pros and cons of both the options before making any final decision. All the best for your future

Written by- Yusra (Placement Coordinator)

Edited by- Akshita Chopra (Placement Coordinator)

 

 

How To Dress For a Placement Drive ?

The importance of a dress code for professionalism is as multifaceted as options for proper outfit. In any formal interaction, the candidates are ruled on the way they dress up. A formal dress code is an accepted way of dressing at any professional occasion.

Dressing up for a placement drive is often confusing, as there’s perpetually somehow this confused state of mind to decide which kind of formal attire to put on. It is generally guided by a set of rules pertaining to manifestation and episode.  At a job interview, you are supposed to wear professional business attire. When a person is sitting for a placement drive/job interview, he/she should make sure that the dress code should be formal in nature. The fundamental formal wearing forms the baseline for the drive.

For men, this might mean a well-fitted formal coat along with slim-fit trousers with a basic shirt and tie or a sweater and button-down waistcoat (optional).

For women, a shirt or top with formal pants or a statement dress is considered to be appropriate. They can also wear a formal skirt along with a basic shirt with coat (optional).

Along with it, the way you present your features plays a crucial role. The candidate should also emphasize on petty things like:

• Neat and Clean hair
• The shirt should be tucked-in
• Shoes should be well-polished
• The whole attire should be simple & mindful

Along with the above given points, candidates should also take a few things into consideration, they should :

• Try to avoid too much make-up

• Use simple accessories or jewellery (in case)
• The whole attire should not be too flashy

These things are minor in nature but when it comes to leaving an impression, these things are arguably the silent leaders. Therefore, primary impressions are formed in an instant and appearance can heavily influence in establishing an image right at the onset.

Apart from playing a major role in the drive, a decent dress up also boosts the confidence of people. It signifies how well the person is prepared for drive and the market world.

Written by- Japjot (Placement Coordinator)

Edited by- Antara Mondal (Placement Coordinator)

What should I see in a Placement Opportunity, salary or the JD?

Making an informed decision is very crucial for every student seeking a placement.

Students often find themselves trapped in complex situations whilst looking for the best job opportunity. Naturally, students target renowned companies offering a high CTC and tend to overlook another major factor like job description, which is equally important as a decent salary.

According to an online survey conducted by Glassdoor- a renowned job and recruiting site, high salaries and other attractive benefits offered by any particular company serve as a major key factor that prompts the job applicants.

When we talk about Job Description, it shares its own importance. A Job Description gives clarification in terms of the major duties and responsibilities for the specific job profile. It becomes the basis for measuring the credibility of the job seeker so the applicant can verify whether or not he/she possesses the required skills.

At times students may come across a scenario where certain companies offer impressive job descriptions but salary might not be up to their expectations. In a case like this, it is imperative to consider the fact that a good JD shall facilitate employee’s skill enhancement and let him gain better expertise for a particular area of work.

 A commendable job description counts as a plus point which makes your CV impressive. Quality work experience helps an individual grow financially better in the long run and increases the chances of work opportunities in well-established companies as well.

Be it a good company offering enticing benefits of a gym membership, easy commute with cab facility, work from home, etc or a low-profile company with a good job description but lesser benefits, the decision needs to be a well-informed one. Which factor is to be prioritized – Job Description or Salary, depends upon the individual. The candidates should carefully analyse through the facts, keeping in mind the long-term aspects and their career goals.

Any placement seeker should give balanced importance to both the terms since they are equally significant.

 

Written by – Kartika Rawat (Placement Coordinator)

Edited by – Akshita Chopra (Senior Placement Coordinator)

 

 

What is CTC?

Cost to company (CTC) is a term for the total salary package of an employee. It indicates the total amount of expenses, an employer (organisation) spends on an employee during one year. It is calculated by adding salary to the cost of all additional benefits an employee receives during the service period.

Components of CTC Salary

CTC salary is all-encompassing. It has below components-

• Gross Salary
• Employer EPF contribution
• Employer Gratuity contribution
• Employer NPS contribution
• Perks
• Reimbursements of Conveyance, Medical, Telephone, Periodicals, uniform and meal
• Laptop and handset

Some Odd components of CTC salary

• Medical insurance
• Leave encashments
• Cubicle rent

CTC salary Vs Gross Salary

CTC salary is the cost to the company. Whereas the gross salary is the amount an employee is entitled to. But it does not mean that gross salary would be his/her take home amount. The gross salary is the salary shown on paper to the employee. The take home or net salary would be the amount which will come in the employee’s bank account. Gross salary is the amount which includes tax deductions. After discounting these deductions, the employee gets the net salary.

Gross Salary = Net Salary + Deductions

CTC Salary = Gross Salary + Other Benefits

How To deal With CTC Jargon

Every private sector employer will quote the total salary in CTC terms. Hence, it is better to consider it while calculating the take home salary. As a thumb rule, the employee can expect 75% -80% of CTC as gross salary. To get an idea of net salary, think about the current tax slab. High salary means high tax. High tax means less percentage of net salary.

How To Avoid the CTC Trap

Since the employer is going to quote in CTC terms, it is better to get ready. In the telephonic conversations or mails ask for the take home salary. The employer will talk about the CTC but the candidate needs to talk about the take home amount. This will give you better bargaining power and probably better salary as well.

Written by – Shubham Agarwal ( Placement Coordinator)

Edited by  – Akshita Chopra ( Senior Placement Coordinator)

 

WHAT IS GD AND HOW TO CRACK IT?

Group discussion (GD), as the term signifies is a discussion done to analyse any topic taking the views of people in that group. A discussion is an integral part, where one can reflect their point, opinion, give justification and produce facts among the group. The group members must discuss the topic as they deem appropriate without any kind of suggestion from the panel. The panel expects neither particular order of speakers to be followed nor a minimum or maximum duration of speaking to be followed by individual participants.

Points to keep in mind in a GD to ace it:

1) Content: What you say during the discussion is looked into from two perspectives – relevance and comprehensiveness. It is possible that a participant has talked a great deal in a GD, but he or she may have deviated from the topic significantly, in which case the content is deemed largely irrelevant without the possibility of further evaluation.

2) Analytical skills: The facts are very important in a GD, but the panel would also like to evaluate whether or not one can explore the ‘why’ and the ‘how’ of the subject matter.

3) Reasoning Skills: It is important to support your standpoints, and how you respond to those of the others, how effectively you can ‘strengthen or weaken’ an argument, how logical you are in your overall approach to the topic.

4) Organizational skills: Presenting your viewpoints one after another, making sure you aren’t contradicting your own previously said points. 

5) If you are taking the start i.e. being the first speaker or even if not, it’s important to keep in mind to start with a very strong point

6) Creativity: If the GD revolves around a significant problem, focus on analysing the issue in a and presenting some unique points on how to solve it 

7) Novel perspective: Always try to give a novel perspective that can result in some purpose. 

8) Listen: Always listen to what others are saying. Be a good listener. 

9) Body language: Your hand movements, body gestures, consistent eye contact, giving expressions while communicating etc. also gives you a reward. 

10) Summarizing: Give appropriate conclusions. Try to cover both sides of the coin and give a solution with a purpose to it. 

A GD in any exam, placement, event, interview etc. plays an immense role in depicting your personality and your perspective. Hence, it is very important to be firm at what you say and also what you present and be prepared to present your best.

Written by  – Antara Mondal

How to introduce yourself in the corporate world?

A self-introduction speech gives the first impression about you and it stays in the mind of those people who are your audience. Whether you are going for an interview for your dream job or are introducing yourself to people in a formal environment, here are some handy tips which you should always keep in mind:

First of all, always remember to give greetings to the concerned person and tell the other person the reason why you are here. Be sure that you are always well dressed, punctual and confident.

FOR AN INTERVIEW

• If you are going for an interview always try to tell things which are not included in your CV/resume.
• The first thing you should keep in mind that an interviewer does not want to know about your life history. The interviewer is interested only in knowing whether you have the skills and qualities necessary to fulfil the requirement of the position which you are interviewing. 
• You should have a clear intention of informing and persuading the interviewer that you are a strong candidate. So, your response would be focused on articulating your history, strength and skills in a way that illustrates how you are the ideal person for the position.
• Give a touch of your few hobbies which you feel can be useful to the company.
• Never speak badly about your past experience even if you had one.
• Always respect other individuals and speak with full gentleness.
• Never present yourself like you are the most genius person and you have all the capabilities.

 Important Practice

Practice your introduction five to ten times at home before you present because your way of speaking will open new ways for you always. Good Luck!

 

Written by – Aman Mankani ( Placement Coordinator) 

Akshita Chopra (Senior Placement Coordinator)