Job Readiness Index

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# Enabler Significance Impact Target Actual JRI - This
1 Marks (Effort)

Marks echo your willingness to learn and work hard. Efforts only can turn an idea (or raw material) into a product. 

Q: Percentage of marks (cumulative) till date?

15% 80 0%
2 Certifications (Concepts & Design)

Certificates indicate overall understanding and depth in a subject.  Certificates elevate chances of getting interview calls. Achieving couple of certifications in parallel to academic is a matter of passion, not the challenge of time.

Q: No. of external  technical certifications you achieved?

10% 2 0%
3 Non-functional (Productization)

No product can be called complete unless met NFRs (Non-functional Requirements) like Performance, Security, Accessibility, Supportability, etc.  At industry, NFRs become one of the exit criteria to release the product in to market.

Q: No. of  Non-functional areas you are familiar with?

5% 2 0%
4 Tools (Smart Work)

At industry, tools will be mandated to increase productivity and to control quality & cost.  ‘Tool Usage Index’ is one common metric. Students take considerable time to adopt tools in the project environment.  Open-source tools can be explored from first year itself to master few tools.

Q: Number of tools you are familiar with?

5% 4 0%
5 Teaching Hours (Subject Matter Expertise)

At student phase, knowledge may be in dots. Teaching will raise the understanding on ‘Why” portion and end-to-end knowledge of a given topic.

Q: Number of hours you taught your juniors or classmates?

5% 20 0%
6 Magazine Hours (Domains & Technologies; Solutions)

An important goal of education is to gain the expertise of solutioning.  Reading weekly/monthly  magazines in the given domain/technology will  help to understand on how subject is applied to create solutions. 

Q: No. of  hours spent on reading/watching Domain/Technology  Magazines/Videos.  (Weekly 1 hour -Target;    104 hours in 2nd & 3rd years).

5% 104 0%
7 Guided Path - Reviews (Better Return on Investment)

Guide plays critical role in: Creating awareness on opportunities, setting goals, challenging the potential; Effective planning, monitoring and reporting; Minimizing Rik of Failure; Nurturing strengths and areas of improvement; Overall, better return of investment for the TIME (Time, Intellect Effort and Money) spent by student.

Q: No. of months, your guide reviewed your Monthly Status Report?

7.5% 24 0%
8 Innovation (Ideas; Impactful Value Addition to world)

World has reached to the current comfort by passion, hard work and sacrifice for generations. You want to be a Consumer or Contributor?            

Q. Number of Concept Notes you submitted or Proof of  Concepts you demonstrated from your own ideas?

(Concept Note: Problem Statement, Impact, Various Solutions, Solution Suggested, Effort & Timelines, Budget, Risks, Output & Outcomes)  

5% 1 0%
9 Internship (More with Less; Customer Success)

Industry is the place of integrating the potential and resources to offer optimized solutions to problems (or requirements) of customer. More output with less time, less cost, better quality, and better usability are the demands at industry.

Q. Number of internships you have done at industry?

7.5% 2 0%
10 Mini Projects, Proof of Concepts (CTQ & S)

Opportunity to learn: Plan overall project covering CTQ (Cost, Time, Quality), design modules, implement, quality control, effective reporting, teamwork, metrics/KPIs, customer satisfaction.

Q: No. of Mini Projects or Proof of Concepts developed?

5% 4 0%
11 Presentations in Tech Events (Student to Professional)

This is the third level of maturing the competency. Learning academics, teaching, and then presenting in technical events. Facing audience beyond the homogeneous environment and questions will help raise the thought process, competency and boosts the confidence.           

Q: Number of presentations given in Technical Events?

5% 2 0%
12 Analytical (Solve Self)

Ability to analyse situation / environment, identify root cause, explore options, identify optimum solution. Hiring manager’s favourite is, problem solving skill. 

Q. Number of Analytical model papers you solved with score greater than 75%?

5% 10 0%
13 Expressiveness (Final Goal Post)

An ultimate differentiator (and sufficiency condition) for winning.

Q. Number of hours you practiced LRWS? (Listening, Reading, Writing, Speaking).

5% 40 0%
14 Workshops, Seminars (Wisdom)

Exposure to world of wisdom, best practices, and how great minds (and experience) think & apply. More connects help more learning in future.

Q. Number of workshops/seminars you attended?

2.5% 4 0%
15 Self & Mock Interviews (Avoid Transmission Loss)

No regrets for missing to answer known things in the interview. SMIs help to reduce anxiety/nervousness in the interview. “Script Readiness": Be ready (and practice) with at least 25 questions you expect in the interview and prepare at least 5 sentences answer for each question.

Q. Number of mock interviews you practiced which scored minimum 8/10?

7.5% 10 0%
16 Extra Curricular Activities (Empathy)

Indication of: Your Empathy; Gratitude to Society; Ability to work in teams and lead team(s); 1. Association or membership with Academic/professional orgs; 2. Volunteer and service activities; 3. Program Management of events; 4. Cross Culture/Heterogeneous events (beyond campus); 5. Arts and sports;

Q. Number of categories from the above list, you worked with?

5% 5 0%

Disclaimer - JRI is a framework aimed at enabling students realize their tentative level of employability. One can't take JRI number in absolute terms of comparison in winning a particular job.;