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NELSAT lets you discover the right career options!

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Workforce Central, a CADD Centre initiative is dedicated to bridging the gap between employers and job seekers. It assists students in identifying their passion and interests and guide them to make the right career choice.

NELSAT: Evaluates your personality to choice the right career options!

To help mechanical/civil engineering students evaluate their basic and career-oriented Personality Traits. Workforce Central conducts National Employability Life Skills Assessment test (NELSAT). This assessment evaluates students on 12 personality traits, which are listed below:

By taking NELSAT, engineering students identify their strengths, weaknesses, passion, interest, and much more. Also, this assessment tool helps students to recognize their employability skills, which serves as the pre-requisite for getting employment. The information accumulated through this test allows students to understand their skills, choices, and preferences about selecting the right career path.

Basic Personality Traits

  • Reliability/Responsibility
  • Determination/Focus
  • Independence
  • Discipline Ø

Career Oriented Personality Traits

  • Adaptability/Versatility
  • Adventurous / Risk-taking
  • Communicative / Expressive
  • Compassion / Generosity
  • Creativity / Imaginative
  • Analytical
  • Hands-on
  • Extrovert

NELSAT and JST: Collaborative efforts for skill development

Workforce Central further assists students in honing their skills by offering Job Securing Training (JST) to those who appear for the NELSAT exam. Under JST programs, students are provided industry-specific training which fills up the employment gap between employers and job seekers and makes individuals job ready. Also, through JST, Workforce Central ensures 100% secured employment for its students.

NELSAT: Benefitting students for life

The benefits of taking NELSAT are numerous, some of the benefits are listed below:

  • Students gain better insights about their personality, which helps in better self-understanding.
  • Individuals learn about the areas in which they need improvement to enhance their career prospects.
  • NELSAT gives an opportunity to students to match their personality dimensions to the most appropriate, compatible, and suitable career option.
  • By taking this test students know about their field of interest, which helps them choose a preferred work environment.
  • With right career choice, students attain satisfaction in work which reduces stress and improves their productivity.

In a nutshell, Workforce Central through its NELSAT evaluation and JST programs empowers students and attempts to make them skilful and provides them 100% assured placements.

For more details visit https://www.workforcecentral.in/Nelsat/ 

Course on HVAC and Job Opportunities

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HVAC refers to the technology that deals with heating, ventilation, and air conditioning for indoors and vehicles. The branch of HVAC system design is a sub-discipline of mechanical engineering which is based on the principles of thermodynamics, heat transfer, and fluid mechanics.

Rapid advancement in the technology increased the need for more professionals in this field. The HVAC technicians play a vital role during the installing and servicing the systems. These professionals control the air temperature and its quality in a building.

Aspiring candidates who wish to make a career in the field of HVAC can take a course through certification, diploma, associate’s or bachelor’s degree programs. Different levels of HVAC courses have similar curriculum with course durations ranging from 12 months to 2 years. The HVAC course covers topics such that:

  • Electrical Heating
  • Power and Resistance
  • Water Volume
  • Pollution
  • Green Technology
  • Cost Efficiency

Heating and Air Conditioning Training

A few years ago, most of the heating, ventilating and air conditioning technicians received on-the-job training. However, with the rapid advancement in the technology, the technicians are now offered training through classroom study, internships and apprenticeships.

Candidates who receive these training learn how to install, repair and maintain ventilation, heating, refrigeration and air conditioning systems. While some comprehensive training programs include all of these systems, other may focus only on some specific areas.

Highlights of the HVAC training:

  • It is usually a combination of classwork and hands-on training.
  • Students may explore topics like electrical design, commercial heating, circuitry, and air conditioning systems.
  • They may also learn principles of system design and refrigeration.

HVAC can provide some amazing job opportunities for the candidates who wish to make a career in this field. HVAC is a thriving career and gives a great job satisfaction for people who are interested in this field. Some of the opportunities in HVAC are:

  • HVAC Service Technicians
  • HVAC Mechanical Engineers
  • Project Managers
  • HVAC Service Managers
  • Sales and Administrative Coordinators
  • HVAC Control Technicians
  • Maintenance Supervisors
  • Quality Assurance Specialists
  • Executive Level Professional Managers

HVAC job opportunities are highly demanding and lucrative as people are making comfort as their priority. Engineering candidates can easily grab these job roles soon after completing a short-term or a long-term course in HVAC. The best part of the HVAC profession is, it adds comfort to people’s lives.

Get Hired! Engineering Hiring Managers Top Secrets Revealed

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It is now easy to get noticed as a top engineering candidate. A recent survey has identified a few major evaluation techniques employed by the hiring managers to distinguish promising candidates.

First 15 Minutes

More than 54% of the managers shortlist the top candidates within the first 15 minutes of the interview.

Top 3 Hard Skills

  • 80% managers look for analytical or critical thinking.
  • 65% look for technical skills (system, computer, software).
  • 59% seek troubleshooting skills.

Top 3 Soft Skills

  • Teamwork is a very important soft skill which is preferred by almost 85% managers.
  • 79% managers shortlist the candidates who possess good listening and comprehension skills.
  • 79% managers prefer candidates who possess a sense of personal accountability.

Resume

Eight out of ten hiring managers interview the candidates based on the match of the job description with the resume. The most preferred format of a resume is the digital or electrical format.

  • 67% prefer digital resume.
  • 29% seek a traditional hard copy.
  • 2% seek for a digital portfolio.
  • 2% shortlist based on a LinkedIn profile.
  • Less than 1% prefer video resumes.

Interview Tips

  • Clearly express the personal achievements and weaknesses.
  • Boldly communicate the skills and their reason for befitting the job.
  • Remain conscious about timely appearance, politeness, grooming conditions, and graciousness.
  • Learn about the company.

Common Interview Mistakes

  • Inappropriate usage of mobiles phones during the interview
  • Arriving late for the interview
  • Lack of enthusiasm and passion for the job and carrier
  • Behaving weird, ignorant, or ungrateful.