Germans are working in a Hindi national daily? One supposes they might be taking Hindi lessons.
Recruiters back home value experience abroad.
Germans are working in a Hindi national daily? One supposes they might be taking Hindi lessons. In fact, more foreign nationals are working for various types of businesses and operations in India. From Indian organisations to MNCs, these students want to work in India, an emerging market. They are working as trainees in dotcoms, BPOs, KPOs, and NGOs.
On average 15,000 to 20,000 foreign students from across the globe come to India through registered work placement centres. That number is increasing by 15 to 20 per cent annually. AISEC, a student organisation, places 1,000 students every year. Every year we have more students coming to India," says Vijit Hooda, president, AISEC, Delhi.
Asia is a hot destination for foreign students to work but many prefer India to China. "India is an emerging market, as is China. The difference is that Indians speak English and Chinese do not," says Thomas Schollmeyer, a German with a news website. Delhi attracts the most students, because Gurgaon being the BPO capital. After Delhi, Jaipur and Mumbai attract the most students.
Students say that having international work experience boosts their resume in the eyes of their potential employers back home. Recruiters favour applicants with experience working in different work cultures. "And knowing a foreign language helps," says Patryck Burscki, an Austrian working for a NGO.
Besides improving work prospects, these students get to a travel in India.
While weekday evenings are spent in nightclubs, cinemas, and parties with Indian colleagues, weekends are spent outside of Delhi. In two months, for instance, Karolin Kitze and Schollmeyer have backpacked to Rishikesh, Jim Corbett NNP, Banaras, Agra and Amritsar.
Poor hygiene does worry them though. "I had diarrhea in the first week, but after that I have had mango shakes and Chinese from the streets," says Schollmeyer.
However, what fascinates them more than India's history, culture and cuisine, is Indians haggling in a shop that says 'Fixed price'.
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