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Employability of Indians
2015-2016
Gupta, Employability of Indians up in last 4 years: Study, Nov 08 2016 : The Times of India
Employability of Indians has slowly increased over the past four years and nearly 40.4% of students are now employable, up from 33.9% in 2014, the India Skills report 2017 has shown. According to the survey launched in 2014, employability stood at 37.2% in 2015 and rose to 38.1% in 2016.
Women were found to be marginally more employable than men in the 2017 survey whose findings will be released on Thursday . Nearly 41% of women were found to be employable, slightly higher than the 40% in males.
Maharashtra has the highest number of employable people followed by Andhra Pradesh, UP, West Bengal and Tamil Nadu.Bengaluru and Pune were the most preferred destinations for employment.
The survey is a collaborative effort of People Strong, Confederation of Indian Industry , LinkedIn, UNDP, Wheebox, Association of Indian Universities and the All India Council for Technical Education.
Employability tests were conducted between July 15 and October 30 in 29 states and seven Union territories and covered 3,000 campuses. It assessed about 5.2 lakh candidates on seven parameters, which included English, mathematical aptitude, critical thinking, learning agility , interpersonal skills, adaptability and domain skills.
Students from across a wide range of subjects, such as engineering, business administration, humanities and those from ITIs, took the tests.Engineering and MBA students were found to be most employable and students from polytechnics the least.“As the economy grows, there is a thrust on skills and, hence, employability is increasing. But there is a long way to go to raise the level,“ said Nirmal Singh, CEO of Wheebox, a talent assessment company which conducted the tests.
The survey showed that hiring sentiment remained steady with employers across sectors expecting an average increase of about 7-10% from last year. The survey covered over 125 employers spread across 11 major sectors, like manufacturing, ITES and IT, to get an idea of the demand for jobs and potential hiring intent for the coming year.
Wheebox's Singh said while the hiring intent would stay robust in 2017, it would be slower than last year's 14%. Engineers will be the most sought after.
Employability: sectors where it is the highest
2013-17: hotel management tops
From: Radheshyam Jadhav, Boys dominate enrolment chart in hotel management, catering, August 12, 2018: The Times of India
Hotel management graduates more likely to get placement than those trained in architecture, engineering or technology, according to new data.
Though there are many more engineering and technology passouts than other streams, the data does seem to be in keeping with industry’s complaint that poor quality of engineering graduates makes them unsuitable for employment. Of the seven broad streams under the jurisdiction of the AICTE, ‘management’ was the only one, apart from hotel management and catering, in which placements were over 50% of the number of students passing out, with 4.2 lakh out of 7.4 lakh or 56% getting placed.
Boys dominate the enrolment chart in hotel management and catering occupying 86% of seats. In contrast, girls (52%) outnumber boys (48%) in architecture and town planning, where placements are the lowest. Experts say that a comparatively smaller pool of employable youth and a growing hospitality industry are to be credited for this shift. Rituparna Chakraborty, co-founder and executive vice president of Teamlease Services Limited, said the findings were not surprising. “There is a dearth of qualified trained professionals. Today vocational skillsets are being valued and students are getting placement,” she said. She agreed that quality was a question when it comes to courses like engineering and MBA and many of these degree holders were not employable. Manav Thadani, founder chairman at Hotelivate, said the trend was likely to continue. “There is huge scope for service-oriented industries and accordingly the flow of students will increase to these streams,” he said.
Dilip Chenoy, secretary general of FICCI, said the total base of hotel and management courses was much lower than engineering. “Also, typically those who take hotel management courses want to actually go into jobs. If you look at the engineering sector, not everybody who completes engineering wants to get into jobs.
2018: IISc, IIT-D in world top 100 in employability ranking
S Korea, China Outshine India In Asian Region
Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore and Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi are two institutions which made it to the top 100 list of the Global University Employability Ranking 2018.
Securing a place among the top 150 institutions globally are IISc at 48 improving its position by one place, IITDelhi breaking into the top 100 at 55, and IIM-Ahmedabad entering the elite list at 144. IIT-Bombay, however, dropped out of the list in 2018.
The global employability ranking, designed by HR consultancy Emerging, and published by Times Higher Education (THE), lists the top 150 institutions worldwide for employability, based on a survey of 7,000 recruitment and international managers from major businesses.
While there is commendable improvement this year for India, it has not matched the advances made by others in the region. “India’s performance in the employability ranking has been somewhat inconsistent since the list was first launched in 2011. It still only counts three universities in the top 150, suggesting it’s struggling to make the reputational ground with employers that some other Asian nations have achieved,” said Simon Baker, data editor at THE.
Globally, employability gap is narrowing as US dominance wanes. Harvard topped the 2018 listing, switching places with the California Institute of Technology.
South Korea’s performance in the table has improved more than any other Asian nation. In 2011, the country had just one representative in the top 150. This year, it has six — one less than mainland China. The overall performance of its institutions in the 2018 table is up almost two-fold from last year. Elsewhere, Hong Kong and Taiwan have also swiftly improved. However, the analysis shows while mainland China continues to dominate in the region, it has not experienced this same surge in recent years. While it has swiftly advanced up THE’s World University Rankings, for graduate employability, its rise has been considerably slower.
Since 2011, the US has experienced a sharp decline in performance — greater than any other nation in the table. It comes amid intensified competition, particularly from east Asia. The nation has 34 institutions in the top 150 this year, compared to 55 in 2011, with six universities in the top 10 — a drop from seven last year.
The UK does largely hold its position in this year’s ranking retaining 10 institutions. However, in 2011 it was the second best represented nation globally, with 15 in the top 150. Since then, the country’s overall performance has declined more than any other European nation. In contrast, Germany — which ensures strong industry experience for students, favoured by recruiters — has soared, becoming the most-improved European nation for overall performance since 2011. It overtakes France this year to become second most represented nation globally, after the US.
“By-and-large, the highest risers are those equipping students with softer skills increasingly favoured among recruiters, such as teamwork — combined with the strongest possible industry experience,” Baker said.
Globally employability gap is narrowing as US dominance wanes. UK largely held its place while South Korea was the highest gaining Asian nation
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