Just A Minute Sessions-A Gift of the Gab

JAM is the acronym for Just A Minute. It is the most preferred these days in campus recruitment programs, as a candidate can be assessed in a very short time, the probability of success of the candidate in the interview is decisively dependent on his/her performance in a JAM. Companies prefer one-to-one JAM sessions before or along with the interview to test Spoken English, Communication skills and General awareness of the candidate. Our education in order to be successful should be able to cater to employability. There is an increasing demand of skills to be taught, especially those tested in recruitments. Campus interviews generally have for the first round a written test and in the second round group discussion, telephone interview, technical interview, HR interview or JAM. Students are asked to speak on a given topic extempore for a minute. It tests the student's communication skills and their employability which can be decided by his performance in this round.a candidate can be judged in a very short time. Aspects that can be tested in a Just Minute Session are self confidence, communication skills, fluency and proficiency in the language, Flow of thoughts, Flow of speech or expression, Coherence, Spontaneity, General awareness, Time management, wit and sense of humor. The topics generally are of humorous, Informative, persuasive, rhetorical questions or of imaginative scenarios