Survey says 92 percent of India youth is unaware of online placements services

A survey says that 92 percent of Indian youth are unaware of online placements, the focus of this survey was to provide solutions and open new ways to employment prospects ,this survey was  presented at the 6th Annual edition of the India Education Entrepreneurship Day (IEED) by the non-profit organisation Michael & Susan Dell Foundation (MSDF).

In this study 1,605 students participated and in this number researcher found that 92 percent are unaware of online placements services:

The main objective at MSDF is to focus on  challenges in the Indian education also on the employment ecosystem of policy-makers, market participants, and other key stakeholders, discussion on current employment structure and major concerns related to the topic was initiated by Rahil Rangwala, Prog said Rahil Rangwala, Program Director, Michael & Susan Dell Foundation. Also the research said that Most people believe that if u get a three-month-long training or if you upgrade your skills it will compensate for years of education and experience,which is not true both should be equal and are important.

The study also states that 38 percent of young youth wants to pursue entrepreneurship, and 88 percent of them are without technical certificate.

Further,56 per cent of the crowd says that   that their education and vocational training were good enough to get them get job or high-value job. The survey also found that government jobs rank highest among the first-time job seekers.

Geetika Dayal, Executive Director, TiE Delhi-NCR, who hosted this event said that the mission of this has always been to bring all major ecosystem stakeholders under one umbrella, aiming the country towards a progressive future, she also said “that this research will also empower the government as well as the industry bodies to fulfil job related aspirations of the young crowd in India.”

Online jobs are more of a boon to the youth of today and everyone should take advantage of online placements, the best thing about online placements is that people can check the requirements of job from their comforts of their home!

Accordingly take a decision whether to apply or not additionally it also helps the people today to check the varied opportunities available which wouldn’t have been possible in a print media. For example- on the very famous online job portable naukri.com  can search for accountancy job and would see that the search results would show a good number of opportunities ranging from management accountant to CFO. This feature specially helps people to understand the nature of jobs available, their requirements and ensuring the skill gap is filled if required.

Obviously there is still long way to go to make the whole of youth fully aware of all the opportunities available online and such studies should be given more importance and a nationwide awareness program can be launched to support.