Communication Skills - A boon to a successful career

A professional working at a corporate office in today's times needs to exhibit an array of skills portraying strengths and core values which are significant not only to the person but the corporate organization also. This demand and supply economics of the professional services in today's career market has resulted in a boom in the competition for professional jobs. The higher brand value and benefits an organization offers, the higher are its chances of retaining or attracting the best talent pool available. Competition for professional job opportunities was always high, but factors like recession, software crash, globalization are increasing this competition many fold. Just as the best corporates are offering the best benefits, compensation, recognition and exposure, they also demand the best, technical, communication, commercial and mentoring skills from a professional.

Of all the skills a professional applying for a job opportunity possesses, he/she must ensure the communication skills take a pivotal position. Communication skills are essential to express and present all the other skills which a professional has. Without proper communication,  all the other skills may never be exhibited or captured by the employer. Therefore, having a good set of oral and written communication skills are essential to propel the employee from the interview stage, through joining, career growth etc... Today's corporate offices need a professional who not only does the job, but who can also get the job done. This often requires people management, and without good communication skills, the other skills can never be channelized to benefit the end result. Client interaction is another area which is of increasing importance and communication skills play a pivotal role in this crucial business requirement.

A good communication capability can be achieved only through a effective usage of the vocabulary. English being the primary language used in today's business and professional endeavors, English vocabulary is required to perform this task effectively. Improving vocabulary takes time, and there are various tools available on the internet. DictionUP is a new innovative audio tool which helps improve your English vocabulary. It is inexpensive, effective and easy to use. This will greatly reduce your time to learn and use vocabulary to enhance the way you communicate.

Equipping oneself with good vocabulary, not only increases career prospects, but also brings in the confidence to take on any challenge and achieve success in everything.

Theory of Multiple intelligences:

This theory was proposed by Howard Gardner as a model of intelligence that differentiates intelligence into various specific modalities, rather that seeing it as dominated by a single general ability. In other words, each of us is smart in our own way. A mathematician is not smarter than an artist who in turn is not smarter than a biologist.

The multiple intelligences are the following:

• Spatial:
  Those with the ability to visualize, easily, with the minds eye
• Linguistic:
  Those with high verbal memory and the ability to recall quickly.
• Bodily-Kinesthetic:
  Those with the ability to control one's bodily motion to a high degree (think neuro-surgeons). Such individuals have a great sense of timing, a clear sense of the goal and good acquired reflexes.
• Musical:
  These individuals are sensitive to sounds, rhythms and music and are able to play musical instruments, sing and compose music.
• Interpersonal:
  Such as extroverts. This intelligence has to do with interaction with others.
• Intrapersonal:
  Such as introverts. This intelligence is characterized by intuition and a deep understanding of self
• Naturalistic:
  This area has to do with nurturing an relating information to one's natural surroundings
• Existential:
  Religious and spiritual intelligence could be another type of intelligence.

So how does this fit into improving vocabulary. Not everybody learns in one particular way. Some of us able to visualize better, some relate better, some memorize better, some understand better and some utilize/recall better.

There are several programs out there that require you to adapt to their style of teaching. For example, the mnemonic way of teaching. Words are assigned a particular sentence and the user is required to relate to that particular sentence to memorize the definition. This is a very narrow approach to improve vocabulary. Other programs show you picture of a bear and say bear. Such a strategy is a serious insult to the collective intelligence of its users.

We at DictionUP believe that each user is unique and that individuals motivated to improve their vocabulary need not be spoon fed but to be guided. This is the thought process behind our product. DictionUP will help you establish a personal relationship with the words and their meanings. This will not only help you memorize the words permanently but also enable you to use them at the right circumstances.