Bengaluru: There looks to be no respite from the unemployment challenge presently being encountered by Engineering graduates. Following the COVID-19 pandemic, there was a sudden dip in interest in engineering courses and students began to explore other professional courses, including Agriculture, Horticulture, and Forestry with many others. However, such a situation was short-lived as the never-ending demand for Engineering courses resurfaced and more so with the computer-related ones. Many of them have reacted to the tendency of Engineering graduates to opt for all sorts of jobs including constable posts. Here are some of them:
Improve your AI literacy, improve soft skills: Anirudh Morab, a software engineer based in Bengaluru feels- From an IT jobs perspective:
1. The future will see traditional IT jobs reduction like software engineers, software testers, analysts etc who are in huge numbers. The reason is that these jobs are getting automated due to generative AI like Chatgpt, Gemini etc.
2. The way these jobs would transform is something we need to wait and watch. The number of these positions will reduce, and the remaining will transform into roles where AI literacy is a must. The rest of the simple tasks will be done by AI agents.
3. It's better for today's generation who are graduating to start identifying different areas of earning income example - starting a YouTube channel, being a designer, translator, investing in stocks, or AI prompt engineer.
On the other hand, also have a salaried job. Diversify the sources of income. It's not easy but always good to do. Enhance your skill set based on job demand type, improve your AI literacy, and improve soft skills, these will be beneficial.
Take up jobs that they like: Srinivas Kulkarni from Udupi suggests- There is also this mindset among Indians that certain jobs are good, and certain jobs are bad. Engineers, doctors, and CA are all celebrated but let's say, construction workers, cab drivers, and delivery partners are looked down upon, this is slowly going away which is good. All jobs are necessary for society to function and no one job is above the other. Indians should start encouraging their children to take up jobs that they like and not force them into something they don't like to do.
The dignity of labour should prevail in an egalitarian society: Vijit Jayasheela, originally from Bengaluru and settled in the United States opines- There are positives and negatives to this. The dignity of labour should prevail in an egalitarian society, however, disparity of pay and pay gap between different sectors will negate the positive impacts...
...In developed countries like the US and EU, there is an opportunity to make the same salary as engineers in a capitalistic market. However, that is not the case in India, where there is an oversupply of engineers. If in the US, that pay gap were to increase, then a shortage of labour could occur for low-paying jobs. As an example, due to inflation, a lot of people left restaurant jobs after COVID because they could not pay their bills. So restaurants offset the shortage by increasing the wages and minimum tips to ensure people returned to those jobs. That pay gap needs to close in India.
A paradox bound to happen: Vijaybhaskar Reddy, a senior advocate of the Karnataka High Court feels that this is a paradox bound to happen when the number of graduates outnumber the jobs available. In a country where there is no concept of dignity in a job, this looks odd.
Take up jobs that they like: Srinivas Kulkarni from Udupi suggests- There is also this mindset among Indians that certain jobs are good, and certain jobs are bad. Engineers, doctors, and CA are all celebrated but let's say, construction workers, cab drivers, and delivery partners are looked down upon, this is slowly going away which is good. All jobs are necessary for society to function and no one job is above the other. Indians should start encouraging their children to take up jobs that they like and not force them into something they don't like to do.
The dignity of labour should prevail in an egalitarian society: Vijit Jayasheela, originally from Bengaluru and settled in the United States opines- There are positives and negatives to this. The dignity of labour should prevail in an egalitarian society, however, disparity of pay and pay gap between different sectors will negate the positive impacts...
...In developed countries like the US and EU, there is an opportunity to make the same salary as engineers in a capitalistic market. However, that is not the case in India, where there is an oversupply of engineers. If in the US, that pay gap were to increase, then a shortage of labour could occur for low-paying jobs. As an example, due to inflation, a lot of people left restaurant jobs after COVID because they could not pay their bills. So restaurants offset the shortage by increasing the wages and minimum tips to ensure people returned to those jobs. That pay gap needs to close in India.
A paradox bound to happen: Vijaybhaskar Reddy, a senior advocate of the Karnataka High Court feels that this is a paradox bound to happen when the number of graduates outnumber the jobs available. In a country where there is no concept of dignity in a job, this looks odd.
-Manohar Yadavatti
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