5 Computer Skills Every Job Seeker Must Have

With so many employees being fired by one company after another, uncertainty regarding job security in India today are on a rise. However, there are certain skills which can ensure a decent job for you or at least ensure job stability. Here are five important computer skills every job seeker in India must know:

1. Microsoft Office:

Microsoft office is not just something that you work on to get through your school or college, it’s is the very essence of every corporate system. From preparing power point presentations to emailing and writing articles there would sure be some time in your career when you will use Microsoft office. Being efficient in MS office will you a upper hand in the job you do.

2. Graphic designing:

Knowing how to work on Photoshop and other editing software like InDesign or CorelDraw can give you a clear advantage over someone else seeking the same job. There are many processes in the organisation which require the usage of attractive graphics. A tad bit knowledge of graphic designing will only add to your CV.

3. Word Process:

Creating content for presentations, promotional stuff and official documents is a very important skill. Not only writing the appropriate content but also setting its size and format and finalising the images for it is another thing that adds up to your skill. 

4. Spreadsheets:

A spreadsheet can have any record from the salary record to workers performance record. Merely working on a spreadsheet is not enough and one should also have the knowledge of various uses of different sheets/styles/algorithms. The professional level skills always contain an extra knowledge of the software.

5. Basic typing skills: 

Fast typing is a necessary skill these days. While most tasks are getting automated, typing is predominantly a human function. And we need to start learning to type faster before robots replace us. Fast typing also means increased output over lesser time.