Transcript What Skills Make Graduates More Employable?

How Can We Increase Employability of
Engineering Graduates?
- Preliminary Findings from Employer Satisfaction Survey-
SHOBHA MISHRA (FICCI)
RAJESH PANKAJ (FICCI)
ANDREAS BLOM (WORLD BANK)
HIROSHI SAEKI (WORLD BANK)
NOVEMBER 7, 2009
Federation of Indian Chambers
Of Commerce and Industry
WORLD BANK
OVERVIEW
 Motivation:
 Measure employer satisfaction level with regard to skills
 Understand what kind of skills are demanded
 Identify gaps in skills demanded by industries
 Provide information to engineering inst’s with regard to skills
demand
 Focus on skills/learning outcomes and employer satisfaction
 Survey Methods:
 Tool: On-line Survey (September– October, 2009)
 Sample Size: 150 companies across regions and sectors
 Questions: Level of importance and satisfaction in skills of
engineering graduates
Top 3 Important Skills
General Skills
1.
Integrity
Specific Skills
1. Entrepreneurship
2. Reliability
2. Communication in English
3. Teamwork
3. Modern tools, equipment,
and technologies
Importance and Satisfaction Level
64 % of employers are “somewhat“, "not very” or “not at all” satisfied with the quality of the graduates
Top 3 Skill Gaps
General Skills
1.
Reliability
2. Self-motivated
3. Willingness to Learn
Specific Skills
1. Problem-solving
2. Design and conduct
experiments and data
analysis
3. Reading
Different sectors
need different skills.
For instance… (excluding
entrepreneurship)
Top 3 important skills in
IT are :
 Advanced computer
 Communication in English
 Data analysis
Whereas…
Top 3 important skills in
Infra are:
 Knowledge of math/sci/engg
 Ability to use modern tools
 Problem solving in
engineering
The least important skills
are also quite different
Important Skills by Sector
How can we increase employability
engineering graduates?
 Focus
on graduates’ skills
Measure
learning outcomes
Ensure that learning outcomes and skills are
demanded by industries
 Customize
courses to meet different
demands
Interact
more with industries
Annexes –Ranking of Important Skills–
Specific Skills
General Skills
1. Integrity (most important)
2. Reliability
3. Teamwork
4. Willingness to learn
5. Self-discipline
6. Self-motivated
7. Leadership
8. Flexibility
9. Responsibility
10. Creativity
11. Empathy
12. Contemporary issues (least important)
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Entrepreneurship
Communication in English
Modern tools
Knowledge of Math/Sci/Engg
Written Communication
Reading
Technical Skills
Experiments/data analysis
Verbal communication
Problem solving
Basic computer
System design
Advanced computer
Customer services
Annexes –Ranking of Skill Gaps–
Specific Skills
General Skills
1. Reliability (largest gap)
2. Self-motivated
3. Willingness to learn
4. Leadership
5. Creativity
6. Integrity
7. Teamwork
8. Self-discipline
9. Contemporary issues
10. Responsibility
11. Flexibility
12. Empathy (smallest gap)
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Problem solving
Experiments/data analysis
Reading
Modern tools
Entrepreneurship
Technical Skills
System design
Customer services
Knowledge of Math/Sci/Engg
Written Communication
Verbal communication
Advanced computer
Basic computer
Communication in English
Annexes –Top 3 Important Skills by SectorPower
IT
General Skills
1. Teamwork
2. Integrity
3. Willingness to
Learn
Specific Skills
Specific Skills
1. Advanced
1. Communication
Computer
in English
2. Entrepreneurship 2. Communication in
English
3. Technical skills
3. Entrepreneurship
General Skills
1. Integrity
2. Teamwork
3. Reliability
Infrastructure
General Skills
1. Willingness to
learn
2. Leadership
3. Teamwork
Specific Skills
1. Entrepreneurship
2. Knowledge
Math/Sci/Engg
3. Modern tools
Annexes –Top 3 Important Skills by RegionNorth
General Skills
1. Integrity
2. Willingness
to learn
3. Teamwork
Specific Skills
1. Entrepreneur
ship
2. Communicati
on in English
3. Modern tools
South
East
West
General Skills
1. Teamwork
2. Willingness to
learn
3. Integrity
General Skills
General Skills
1. Integrity
2. Reliability
3. Willingness
1. Integrity
2. Reliability
3. Teamwork
Specific Skills
1. Entrepreneursh
ip
2. Communication
in English
3. Verbal
communication
Specific Skills
Specific Skills
1. Knowledge
1. Entrepreneur
to learn
ship
Math/Sci/En
gg
2. Communicati
on in English
2. Entrepreneur
ship
3. Modern tools
3. Modern tools
Annexes –Basic Statistics I–
Annexes –Basic Statistics II–