Vocational courses on a high

Employability amongst the fresh talent has increased significantly in the past few years to 45.60 per cent this year led by key domains like engineering, BPharma and MCA, says a report.

According to India Skills Report 2018 the percentage of employable population is likely to increase to 45.60 per cent this year, from 33 per cent in 2014.

The report noted that focused vocational courses are creating more job ready candidates than generic courses.

Moreover, those courses are fairing better in terms of employability, where practical experiences and internships have been made part of the formal course content.

“It is great to see that while the employability in the supply side is improving, organisations too are gearing up for creating more jobs after a subdued job-market activity in 2017,” said Pankaj Bansal, co-founder and CEO of PeopleStrong.

The report is a joint initiative by HR solutions and technology company PeopleStrong and Talent Assessment firm Wheebox, in collaboration with Confederation of Indian Industry (CII).

The report, however, noted that there has been a drop in employability amongst MBA courses largely due to exponential increase in the number of MBA colleges, following which the quality of talent is dropping.

“The government efforts towards skill development is paving the way for quality hiring. Moreover the efforts from the government & institutions are showing results now,” said Nirmal Singh, Founder and CEO of Wheebox.                   — PTI