1. •SUBMITTED BY
Prachi Ghoghari Prachi Ghoghari
•(STUDENT NAME) (STUDENT NAME)
[ENROLLMENT NO.: 2081] [ENROLLMENT NO.: 2081]
A
SUMMER PROJECT PRESENTATION
ON
“A STUDY ON “Employability Standard of Technical and
Commercial Graduates / Post Graduates in India.”
SUBMITTED TO
(Oakbrook Business School)
GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
(MBA PROGRAMME)

2. Index
 INTRODUCTION OF INDUSTRY
 INTRODUCTION OF COMPANY
 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
 INTRODUCTION OF THE TOPIC
 LITERACTURE REVIEW
 RESEARCH OBJECTIVE
 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
 DATAANALYSIS
 FINDINGS
 SUGGESTIONS
 CONCLUSION
 BIBLOGRAPHY

3. Introduction to Industry
Human Resource Industry: - Human resources (HR) are a general term meant to
cover a wide range of activities. The work falls into HR professions are as below:
• Hiring and firing employees,
• Creating organizational charts and shaping corporate culture after a merger or
acquisition,
• Managing employee communications,
• Settling employee disputes,
• Creating benefits programs,
• Navigating government regulations,
• Dealing with legal issues such as sexual harassment and occupational safety,
• Setting up policy and programs for measuring performance, compensating,
recognizing, and training employees.

4. Company Introduction
• Ethos HR Consultancy is established in 2002.
• They are specialized in:-
• talent acquisition
• deployment & outsourcing
• corporate learning & development

5. Various industries catered by Ethos
• Information Technology,
• Pharmaceuticals,
• Engineering,
• Capital Goods,
• Chemicals,
• Agro Chemicals,
• Petrochemicals,
• Oil & Gas,
• Biotechnology,
• Power,
• Infrastructure,
• Banking,
• Financials,
• Services,
• FMCG,
• Textiles,
• Logistics,
• Telecom,
• Education etc.

6. Problem statement
• Ethos HR wanted to understand why industries are facing difficulty
in getting employees. Though there are thousands of students who
are graduating every year still industries are not getting proper
employees. On the other hand students are saying that they are not
getting jobs according to their degree. This study will help to answer
all the questions related to employability.

7. Topic Introduction
Employability Standard of Technical and
Commercial Post Graduates in India

8. • Employability refers to a person's capability for gaining and
maintaining employment. For individuals, employability depends on
the knowledge, skills and abilities they possess, in addition to the
way they present those assets to employers.
• According to Professor Mantz Yorke who had written a book (2004)
'Employability in Higher Education: what it is - what it is not',
Higher Education Academy/ESECT
• ‘a set of achievements – skills, understandings and personal
attributes – that make graduates more likely to gain employment and
be successful in their chosen occupations, which benefits
themselves, the workforce, the community and the economy’

9. Literature Review
Author Company Conclusion
Atul Bhatnagar
(COO)
NSDC ‘Your skills, not degree, will get you a job'
Dr. Sandhya
Chintala
(Director)
NASSCOM It is found that less than 10% MBA
graduates are employable and only 19% of
engineering students are employable. Only 5
per cent graduates from other streams are fit
for employment, says a recent survey on
graduate employability in India.
Sujith Kumar HRD expert This is the result of a vicious cycle
Dhiraj Mathur
(Director)
PwC India “The MBA diploma has lost a bit of its
lustre because not everybody gets a job
these days”
Prof. S. Ganapathy
Dean (Placement)
SRM University “As academicians, it is our job to produce
good clay and not beautiful dolls for the
industry; It is for the respective industry to
shape the right dolls suiting its need and
preferences.”

10. Objectives
• Find the actual gap between industrial expectation and skills of
student.
• What changes institutes should do in their curriculum to place
their students.
• To suggest the best possible solution for this problem.

11. Research Methodology
• Research Design
- Research Approach:- Mixed approach ( Qualitative and Quantitative)
- Type of Research : - Cause and effect research.
• Sample Design: convenient sampling
- Sample Unit: HR managers, or any one who is responsible for recruitment
- size :- 17
- Technique:- Questionnaire
-

12. Continue
- Data Collection
• Utility and contribution of project:- As Ethos is a recruitment firm this study
will help them to understand the industries demand and will also help. This
survey also helps institutes to prepare their students in such a way that they
could easily employed. It also help me as a student to understand that on which
area I need to improve.
• Limitation: - The main limitation I believe of this research is the duration of
SIP which was of only 7 weeks. Because my study demands to build rapport
with only HR manager Cadre and being a fresh intern it was quite difficult to
first understand the complete business scenario and then build the rapport in
such a short span. Moreover Ethos wants to do the research on their own
clients. Still while working at ethos i tried to manage to get responses by my
own and also got little success. But still I feel the quantum of sample is less and
if I could have more time I may get accurate results and could suggest best
possible solution by studying large sample size than current sample size of 17
HR managers.

13. Data Analysis and Interpretation

14. How many people you interviewed in last 15 months have
following skills in percentage?
skills 10 to 19 20 to 29 30 to 39 40 to 49 Other
a) good with numbers 12 12 18 35 23
b) Good reading/writing skills 6 6 35 12 29 12
c) Foreign language skills 17 42 6 6 29
d) computer skills 17 12 24 23 24
e) sector specific skills 6 17 30 30 17
f) Communication skills 29 12 35 12 12
g) Analytical and problem to
solving skills.
6 29 23 18 6 18
h) Ability to adapt to and act in
new situations
6 6 40 30 12 6
i) Decision making skills 6 17 42 12 17 6
j) Planning and organisational
skills
12 48 23 6 12
k) Team working skills 18 17 23 30 12
0 to 9

15. Communication skills and interpersonal skills are majorly
required skills for employability .
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
Percentage
Skills
Employability skills in interviewed people in Percentage
0 to 9 10 to 19
20 to 29 30 to 39
40 to 49 other

16. In your opinion, in the next 5-10 years, which skills and competencies will be
the most important for futuristic employment?
5%
45%
20%
20%
10%
Important Skills and competencies
for the Futuristic Employment
leadership skill
interpersonal and
communication skill
teamwork
critical reasoning and
analytical skill
other
45% industrials said that Interpersonal skills and communication skills are
competencies for the futuristic employment.
Skills
No. of
respondents percentage
Interpersonal skills 4 23%
willingness to learn 3 18%
Critical Reasoning and
Analytical Skills 4 23%
Awareness of how business
works. 2 12%
Willingness to take
instruction and responsibility 2 12%
others 2 12%

17. When you are recruiting what priority skills you are
looking for?
5%
45%
20%
20%
10%
Skills looked for recruitment
leadership skill
interpersonal and
communication skill
teamwork
critical reasoning and
analytical skill
other
Maximum 45% employers prefer the person who is having good
interpersonal and communication skills while only 5% are looking for
leadership skills.
skills No. of respondents percentage
leadership skill 1 5%
interpersonal and
communication skill 9 45%
teamwork 4 20%
critical reasoning and
analytical skill 4 20%
other 2 10%

18. At entry level what kind of education standards you prefer?
There more than 65% industry people who said they want at least graduate
student. And the least 6% respondent said that they would like to have
student with higher secondary school examination.
6%
65%
17%
12%
Education Standard looked for at
Entry level
HSC
Graduate
Post Graduate
Masters
Education Standards No. of respondents percentage
HSC 1 6%
Graduate 11 65%
Post Graduate 3 17%
Masters 2 12%

19. Do you think lack of employability skills plays an important role in unethical practices
in colleges, corporate and society?
80%
20%
yes
no
80% industrialists accept that lack of employability skills plays an
important role in unethical practices in colleges, corporate and society.
Reply No. of Respondents percentage
Yes 12 80%
No 3 20%

20. How frequently do you cooperate with higher education institutions to
discuss curriculum design and study programmes?
12%
47%12%
29%
every year once in a year quaterly never
47% industries once in a year discuss the curriculum design
and study programmes with higher education institute.
29% industries never discuss the curriculum design and study
programmes with higher education institute.
Responses No. of Responses Percentage
every year 2 12%
once in a year 8 47%
Quarterly 2 12%
never 5 29%

21. What do you think about the teacher’s quality in
Gujarat for higher education?
40%
53%
7%
Excellent
Fair
Poor
Very poor
53% industrialists accept that the teacher’s quality in Gujarat for
higher education is fair.
40% industrialists accept that the teacher’s quality in Gujarat for
higher education is poor.
Quality No. of Responses percentage
Excellent
Fair 6 40%
Poor 8 53%
Very poor 1 7%

22. Do you think changing teaching method is a
good idea?
56%
6%
38%
yes no may be
56% industrialists thinks that changing teaching method is a good
idea. While only 6% think that it should not be changed and 38% are
not sure about it.
Reply No. of responses percentage
Yes 9 56%
No 1 6%
May be 6 38%

23. What is more effective option from the following by which
higher education institutions will get more recruitment?
19%
31%31%
19%
make course more relavent to the need of employers
include practical experience in courses
Include sector specific work placements as an integral part of the study
programme
Provide better post graduation support (facilitate relations between
graduates and companies)
31% each said that by including practical experience in course and
including sector specific work placement as an integral part of the
study program is more effective for higher institutions to get more
recruitment.
Options No. of responses Percentage
make course more
relevant to the need of
employers 5 19%
Include practical
experience in courses 8 31%
Include sector specific
work placements as an
integral part of the study
programme 8 31%
Provide better post
graduation support
(facilitate relations
between graduates and
companies) 5 19%

24. According to you what kind of problem society faces due to
this employability issue?
• All the respondent has different perspective of looking at the
problem hence in nutshell all the respondent were very clear that it
leads to –
• Poverty, stress in youth, low employment and poor value system,
Dissatisfaction in job, frequent changes in jobs, stability issues,
unemployment, lack of loyalty etc.
• Shortage of employable people and poor quality of employees affect
the quality and profitability of business (in any sector).

25. What do you think is the solution for improving
employability skills?
• Government should bring in awareness for improvement in the Small and Middle
Enterprises.
• Better Communication skills, more confidence and presentation skills, Better skills
on subject of interest.
• Improvise education system through skill development and improvise industry
academia interface
• Teachers quality.
• Parents should be motivated to fill the vitality in their children for higher education.
• More exposure of industries/market
• Skill based learning initiatives right from school level.
• Feasibility survey of the employment requirements and provide need base training
or education as per the requirements of the employer or the industries.
• Institute should provide multi skilling opportunity to student will help in improving
employability skills.
• Improve quality of education / training.

26. What is your take on SOE (school of Employability) for this
solution?
• It should not convert into profit centres.
• Working on many Youth employability projects like Saksham etc. It
will be a good initiative to ensure livelihoods and employment to
youth is a focus.
• It Could be a solution.
• A choice must give to every student that what he would like to
achieve in the life. What are his special interests?
• Should teach the behavioural aspects, soft skills, more on flexibility
along with the job profiles and technical knowledge.
• The idea of SOE should be implemented.
• Frequent interaction of industry leader with students for create skill
based learning environment.
• Can be worked out as a parallel option.

27. Findings
• By this survey it is found that good reading and writing skills, foreign language
skills, Analytical and problem to solving skills, Ability to adapt to and act in new
situations, Decision making skills are the areas which are the matter of concern.
• Sector specific skills, computer skills, Team working skills are comparatively good.
• It is also found that 40% of industrialist said that interpersonal communication is
most important skill for futuristic employment and this skill is under the area of
concern.
• 53% industrialists accept that the teacher’s quality in Gujarat for higher education is
fair.
• 47% industries once in a year discuss the curriculum design and study programmes
with higher education institute.
• 80% industrialists accept that lack of employability skills plays an important role in
unethical practices in colleges, corporate and society.
• There more than 65% industry people who said they want at least graduate student.

28. Suggestions
• Focus on teachers quality
• Rather than approving new Post Graduate colleges Government need to focus on
the quality education in current colleges.
• Each and every school should provide counselling lessons for students and parents
for this they can call industry persons.
• In school there has to extra classes on skill development where the students will
learn interpersonal skills and soft skills which help them in corporate world it also
includes corporate attiquates.
• Government can emphasis more and more on School Of Employability, this
school will help out the students to explore their hidden skills and also improve
those skills which are essential to be placed in the corporate with most suitable
skills.

29. Conclusion
• At the end of 45 days internship now I am able to understand that
what the basic requirements of being employed.
• consequences of unemployment what prevention should be take, on
the student’s part Interpersonal skills are the major skill industry is
looking in the futuristic employees.
• They also have to understand that the degree will not guarantee the
job but the skills will defiantly.
• Quality education needs to be taken care of.
• The possible solution for this problem is to build SOE.
• Interpersonal skills and communication skills need to be taken care
of.

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31. Thank you