Unemployment or un employ ability?
We often hear fresh graduates complaining that they are not able to
get good job after completing their studies due to high unemployment. They
become frustrated as they are not able to get a job of their liking after spending
many years on studies.
But is Unemployment or un employability the real
problem for fresh graduates not getting proper jobs after completing their
studying?
What do
employers look for in graduates?
An
important but truth
which
any graduate looking for a job has to keep in mind:
“Employers need
graduates
who are equipped
with a range of core work skills
as well as academic ability.
It is these
competencies, such as
inter personal
skills, communication,
team working and
customer awareness
which, in the
final analysis,
make graduates
employable”
Now consider the way majority of students
go about choosing and completing their studies:
1.
Many Students select a course not because
they are interested in it, but because their parents or relatives choose it for
them as they see it as a better investment for future.
2.
Many students who score low marks in
school choose difficult courses like medical or engineering in private self
financed institutes by giving donations with this mistaken notion that just a
degree (and not knowledge) is enough to get a good job.
3.
As such students are weak in their
studies; they are not able to understand their subjects well. Consequently they
do not score well in exams.
4.
Faculties complain that because of low
educational level of students, most of their time is spent in completing the
syllabus and that they are unable to focus on student’s developments.
5.
In many countries education system is
such that the students are taught to only secure high marks rather than gaining
knowledge and developing interpersonal skills. Most of the students are not
even aware of need of basic inter personal skills.
6.
Considering the low educational level of
students, Placement Officers find it very difficult to bring in reputed employers
to their colleges for Campus Recruitment Drives.
7.
Many students who come from poor families
are under compulsion to get a job quickly so that they can start to help their
family at the earliest. Hence they are ready to join any job which comes their
way.
8.
Most importantly students as well as
institutes hardly spend any time or effort trying to develop basic interpersonal
skills.
9.
Hence, employers state that they do not
get candidates of their choice with the domain knowledge and interpersonal
skills.
The reasons can be many. But the bitter truth is that graduates
when they enter the job market are simply not employable. The basic reason for
large percentage of students not getting proper jobs is not unemployment but un
employability.
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By:
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@sarwan_singh
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