College to Career

10

Communication in the Workplace

10.1 Introduction

During your student days, after you get into a job and for the rest of your working life, communication will be a key to your success. However smart you are in your subject, whatever is your standing in your class in terms of ranks and grades, it will all be useless unless you are able to communicate well.

First, to even land a desirable job, you might have to go through a series of interviews and group discussions and use other types of communication vehicles. We already have reviewed the details of these in the previous chapters. After you start your job, you will likely be working in teams and will have to communicate effectively with your team members to get tasks done (as well as to help ...