Why Soft Skill Training is so Important for Engineers?

What's wrong with India's engineers? Why they are Not Getting Jobs in Core Industry?

More than 1.8 million engineers pass out in India every year but fewer getting hired. WHY?

What Analysts Say? 

(1) - According to India Today: [in 2013] - Only 7% Engineering Graduates Employable

“As many as 97% of graduating engineers want jobs either in software or core engineering.

But, only 3% have suitable skills to be employed in software or product market and only 7% can handle core engineering tasks.” [Although this is the 2013 Records]

(2) - According to Times of India: [in 2017] - 60% of Engineering Graduates Unemployed

In 2013 the percentage of Unemployed engineers was 93% and in 2017 it decreases by 33%. Unemployment rate is going down but slowly.

(3) - According to Economics Times: [in 2018] - 94% of Engineering Graduates are Not Fit for Hiring

After spending 4 years in engineering you don’t get job in core industry. The main factor behind this –

1: SYLLABUS NOT UPDATED REGULARLY:

The syllabus and course contents are not updated on regularly basis according to industry requirements and this is one of the big reasons of unemployment. There is a big gap between engineering education and what the market needs. Despite exponential changes in technology in industries, the course is hardly ever updated. 

Even when new engineering branches are added, the structure remains traditional and does not work anymore.

2: LACK OF QUALITY TEACHERS

There are more than 35000 engineering colleges in India but there are not enough quality teachers available for all institutes.

3: IMPORTANCE OF COLLEGE NAME

According to the Aspiring Minds report, many companies are visiting to top colleges to recruit potential employees. So, many small or unknown colleges do not get shortlisted. 

This is the main reason of deficiency of quality employees as this process ignores a large number of talented students because they do not study in top tier colleges.

4: LACK OF PROPER ENGLISH SKILL

Although the syllabus remains in English but teachers and students doesn’t communicate in same. This is not necessary that every engineering student has English medium background. So it’s taken much time to speak English frequently for a student.

5: FAULTY EDUCATION SYSTEM

“Semester systems and the process of continuous evaluation are not fulfilling their desired roles as the students are not interested in continuous learning-they only want good grades. Unless the specific purpose of such initiatives is properly understood by faculty and students alike, these methods likely would not work.”

NOW WHAT TO DO? 

One of the biggest problem that I haven’t written above: 

DISREGARD OF ESSENTIAL SOFT SKILLS:

In present industry soft skills has become very important, but it’s routinely ignored by educational institutes. Soft skills courses not only enhance your technical skills but provide the best job opportunity in core industry. These courses always be updated and contents designed according to current industry norms. 

This can be the best option for engineers if they are not placed during engineering by colleges. There are many industrial training centers are available in your city. But you should choose them carefully.

At last I am giving a reference of the leading NSDC affiliated industrial training institute (Sofcon India Pvt Ltd). Sofcon is not only an institute but company. This institute provides industrial training for Electrical Engineers, Mechanical Engineers, Electronics Engineers, Civil Engineers, Computer Engineers and more.

Sofcon ranks under top 10 industrial training institutes in India.