Skill Training:-

Organizations that endeavor to be on the path of continuous learning will often find that upgrading the 'soft skills' of their workforce is a necessary part of business. It not only helps improve service but also shows the interest that an organization has in the professional development of their employees, which in turn leads to higher employee retention.

Growth in sectors like IT, ITES, Finance/Banking/Insurance, Aviation, Telecom, Retail and Travel & Tourism clearly indicates that there is a huge requirement of mass human capital with special respect to young and frontline manpower. India’s manpower is technically skilled and possesses a high intelligence quotient. Nevertheless today’s Global mindset demands sharpened soft skills such as Interpersonal Skills, Communication Skills and Emotional Intelligence which are essential to acquire. A survey of IT recruitment advertisements clearly reveals that at entry-level positions technical skills are emphasized. However, soft skills like effective communication, the ability to work in teams and strong interpersonal skills are what enable a person to move up the ladder.

We at Aastha Consulting provide a detailed course outline at the outset and deliver through interactive modules, studded with case studies, role play, managerial games, quiz, interviews, group discussions, speeches etc. Here's a glimpse of our expertise:

• Business Email Writing: Limit your liability risks and improve the overall effectiveness.
• Team Building: Work together to achieve extraordinary results.
• Communication Skills: Leverage subtle distinctions.
• Leadership Training: Believe and make it happen/only the resilient will survive.
• Stress management: Handle everyday situations in a more constructive manner.
• Presentation Skills: Professional impression - the first time and every time.
• Conflict Resolution: Recognizing, resolving and prevent- build a common understanding.
• Business Etiquette: Be a professional.
• Customer Service: Customer satisfaction- exceed expectations.
• Sales Training: Persuade the customer- the king.
• Problem Solving: Address root causes, provide creative solutions.
• Train the Trainer
• Business Writing
• Voice & Accent
• English Language
• Time Management
• Interviewing Skills
• Telephone Etiquette
• Change Management
• Motivational Training
• Behavioral Training

Technical Training:-

We at Aastha Consulting provide much needed technical training on various technical skills, languages, platforms and niche technologies based on the client’s need. Refer to below mentioned table for a quick glimpse

TECHNICAL TRAINING EXPERTISE

(List NOT Comprehensive)
OPERATING SYSTEMS & OFFICE AUTOMATION (MS-OFFICE 2000/XP)	MS-Office 2000/Xp/Vista, VBA programming in Excel, Access Internet for Users Window 2003/2007 Server Windows 2000 Advanced Server & Professional Windows NT Server (Standard., Enterprise & Terminal Server Ed) & Workstation 4.0 UNIX – SCO, Digital, HP-UX, Solaris; Linux (Slack Ware, Red Hat, Corel & Suse) Novell NetWare 3.1x, 5 Windows ‘9x/Me/XP; Windows 3.x DOS; OS/2 and MacOS, Solaris
DATABASE DEVELOPMENT	Oracle 11i, 10g, 11g, 9i, 8i, 7.0 Microsoft SQL Server 6.5 – 2000; 2003, 2005 mySQL 3.2x; MS-Access 2.0 – 2000; 2003 xBases (dBase, FoxBASE, FoxPro), Informix.
SET-TOP BOXES (STBS), DIGITAL, VIDEO RECORDERS	STB Integration/Development (SSE/Tech lead), C, C++, OCAP, Java, Embedded [STB (Set Top Box), DVB (Digital Video Broadcasting), MPEG, DVD, Device Driver
DBA	Oracle Database Server 7.1.x – 8i, 9i on UNIX/Linux and Windows NT/2000; Microsoft SQL Server 6.5 – 2000, 2005 Informix.
DATA WAREHOUSING & MODELING	COGNOS Business Objects Informatica Teradata Erwin
GUI DEVELOPMENT TOOLS AND/OR ENVIRONMENTS	Microsoft Visual Basic 3.0 – 6.0 Oracle Developer/2000 Rel 1 & 2 Oracle Developer 6 and 6i Borland Delphi 2.0-3.0 Crystal Reports
LANGUAGES/SCRIPTING	Pascal 'C' HTML VBA VB-script ASP SQL PL/SQL Pro*C UNIX Shell Scripting Python/Jython
PROTOCOLS AND STANDARDS (IMPLEMENTATION)	TCP/IP IPX RIP OSPF IGRP EIGRP BGP Http ftp ipx/spx (NWLINK) & NetBEUI Microsoft ZAK for 95 & NT E-mail Servers and Clients Web Browsers and OS Specific Tools
WEB/MAIL/APP SERVERS	Microsoft Internet Information Server Apache for Linux and Windows Websphere 6x & Weblogic 9x application servers Samba Microsoft Exchange Server 2003, 2007 I Mail Server
ERP	End-user training on SAP, Peoplesoft, Oracle
NETWORKING	MCSE NT-4.0 MCSE 2000, 2003, 2007 CCNA, CCNP etc.
API	COM ActiveX Win32 API ADO ODBC ASP MTS MSMQ Oracle 9i / 10gAS
JAVA TECHNOLOGIES	JDK1.2-1.3,1.5 JSP, RMI, Beans JDBC, Servlets JVM EJB Web logic Java Web Server, JSF J2EE Hibernate Spring Framework
SOFTWARE PROJECT MANAGEMENT	Software Project Management, Software Project Planning in Real Life SDLC by Customs Service USA SDLC Recommended Approaches by NASA (USA) Project Execution Methodologies, Software Project Risks Management Software Testing Methodologies In Real Life Software Project Estimation Techniques Software Project Scheduling & Tracking, Microsoft® Project 2000, 2002, Microsoft® Project Central, Project Server 2002/2003/2007 Software Development Models & Tailoring in Real Life Software Quality & Standards Project Execution Methodologies-SEI CMM Level 2,3,4,5
OTHER EXPERTISE AREAS	Client/Server Technology Network/System/Database Administration User Interfaces, Reporting tools Software Interface Design Risk Evaluation, Database Administration Decision Support Quality Assurance Research and Development Inventory and People Management ISO and SEI-CMM