ENGINEERING STUDENT, What it takes to be EMPLOYABLE in this DYNAMIC WORLD?
Today we are living in a world where science fiction of a decade or TWO ago has become a reality. Technologies are advancing at a rapid pace and the developments will accelerate further in coming days.
Universities and Academic institutions play a critical role in creating new innovations and also nurturing young generation to solve the world’s toughest problems.
In reality, many colleges lack basic infrastructure and facilities that promote the culture of innovation and sustainable learning.
Even if the faculty are doing their job of imparting knowledge to the students. Is it enough for the student community to land in their dream job?
There has always been a need for bridging the gap between industry and academia (at least in countries like India).
Do we know the % of students getting jobs after graduation?
According to a NASSCOM report, which estimates that, of the 3 million joining the IT workforce, only 25% of graduates with engineering background are employable.
Around 3% of engineers possess new-age skills in areas such as AI, Machine Learning, Data engineering and Mobile technologies. On an aggregate level, employability in these areas is around 1.5–1.7%.
The US has a much higher proportion of engineers, almost four times, who have good programming skills as compared to India.
A much higher percentage of Indian engineers (37.7%) cannot write an error-free code, as compared to China (10.35%).
Only 40% of engineering graduates end up doing an internship and 36% do any projects beyond coursework. Others are opting for fake projects and submitting the reports for the sake of it?
As per a computer-based test called AMCAT administered by Aspiring Minds. The test considers parameters like Business Communication & English, Logical & Numerical skills, analytical & problem-resolution skills and coding.
The results are a revelation, 47% of graduates cannot be employed in any domain or sector of the knowledge economy. 17.91%, 3.67% and 40.57% are the employability figures for software services, software products and BPO.
Only 3.84% graduates are start-up ready and 6.56% are design job ready and the same trend for other core engineering jobs
There is an urgent need to improve employability of our engineering graduates.
This calls for lateral thinking and out-of-the-box initiatives such as experiential learning programs and competitive programming etc.
Student community is entitled to get required guidance and support to be employable in this generation.
To do our bit as part of building a better community, at TGV, we are committed to solve this problem by facilitating #TGVCareerCompass sessions in any Engineering college/University free of cost! Just email us: theguidingvoice4u@gmail.com
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PS: The problems written above are just the tip of ice-berg. There are many more to address.
If you are a seasoned IT professional or an academician, please leave your comments on what should/can be done to make the students more employable.
If you are a student, please share your problems in the comments.
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References:
Personal observation of TGV team having interacted with numerous college students and academic fraternity. https://www2.shl.com/en/india/employability-reports/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877050920314484
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