[throwback]

I like one guys comment in the article:

"If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys," says Vijay Thadani, chief executive of New Delhi-based NIIT Ltd. India, a recruitment firm that also runs job-training programs for college graduates lacking the skills to land good jobs.

[dirtboy]

Business executives say schools are hampered by overbearing bureaucracy and a focus on rote learning

I dealt with a programmer from China who had a masters in Computer Science yet couldn't understand relational data structures to save herself. The above statement fits her to a 'T'.

[mewykwistmas]

Their strategy: Memorize to pass the test.

[DonaldC]

And because they are paid peanuts, they’ll get jobs.

[Black_Shark]

That bit about rote and cramming is entirely true. Before I found my passion (Economics/Investing, now a BS Econ) I just crammed for tests and didn’t learn a darn thing (Previous Poli-Sci major). Now that I am in an actual major I care about, I am learning a great deal because A) I care about the material and B) If I do not know the material, I will not get a job in my desired industry.

The average college student in America is the same way. Crams for the test, then goes back to drinking and chasing a**

[mmercier]

Hire them anyway. I am getting used to communicating with Indian call center workers who get confused when you say “zero” rather than “o”.

It is a talent I have been developing, and would hate see go to waste.

[K-Stater]

So few of the high school and college graduates who come through the door can communicate effectively in English, and so many lack a grasp of educational basics such as reading comprehension, that the company can hire just three out of every 100 applicants.

Sounds like our educational system.

[CodeToad]

mst grads in us typ lik dis so wtf

[CodeToad]

mst grads in us typ lik dis so wtf

[Gena Bukin]

I remember when Omaha was the call center capital of America.

Why Omaha? Business determined that Nebraskans had no discernible regional accent whatsoever.

[Sancho1984]

exactly !! If they pay mere 300$ /month ,what else they can expect ?? High schools,open schools,correspondence colleges students line up to get short listed everyday in my organisation.. BPO jobs is loosing its show shining in india.

[algernonpj]

I like one guys comment in the article:

"If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys," says Vijay Thadani, chief executive of New Delhi-based NIIT Ltd. India, a recruitment firm that also runs job-training programs for college graduates lacking the skills to land good jobs.

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