The race is on. Employers want skilled talent, students want high employability courses and educational establishments seek industry involvement to churn out a skill ready workforce. Skills are more valuable than a mere paper qualification. “Learning by doing” and “earning while learning” are the new mantras in making India’s hugely unemployable youth more relevant. Apprenticeships are gaining prominence as an indisputable means to close India’s massive skills gap, especially since important changes to the Apprenticeship Act in 2014. What are the other salient employability trends of 2018 and where should industry, government, and India’s youth be heading to meet the challenges and find opportunities in dynamic changes across key sectors? What was once the typical career path is now obsolete as India stares at glaring gaps in capabilities in its workforce. It’s time to re-think and re-evaluate traditional models of education and employment. Find out what one of India’s leading human resource service companies thinks of how to take advantage of key trends in job readiness that have emerged in 2018.
