This presentation I made to a very reputed engineering college in Pune. This gives the job market facts and the need for students to stay updated, skilled and aware of the business environment.

1. Becoming an Employable Engineer!
Dr. Anand Wadadekar, Ph.D.
Educationist | Career Coach | Author

2. AVERAGE AGE of the population in India by 2025 will be
29 years as against 40 years in USA, 46 years in Europe and
47 years in Japan...
“INDIA WILL BE YOUNGEST POPULATION COUNTRY BY
2025”
(जगात सर्ाात तरुण देश = भारत @ २०२५)
What does this mean for you?
INCREASED COMPETITION!

3. ‘Employability’ in simple terms means the skills &
education qualifications which helps a person to
remain in demand, industry relevant, be capable,
be adaptable, be flexible with the right behavioral,
communication, inter-personal skills required for
facing the challenges of the real practical world.
– Dr. Anand Wadadekar

4. Current Job Market Scenarios

7. Aspiring Minds
Engineers Employability Survey 2019
 80 % of Indian engineers are NOT fit for any job in the
knowledge economy
 Good coding skills (the ability to write functionally
correct code) are possessed by only 4.6 %
 Only 47 % of students attend industry talks
 90 % of engineers in the country cannot speak English,
required for high-end jobs

9. “First Step and Chance to start
knowing and proving Yourself”

10. Home Work before starting
Internships & Projects
 Have a professional email id / college email id
 Have a reachable, charged mobile phone number
 “Prepare LinkedIn Profile” and a good FaceBook
profile
 Prepare a One-Page Resume
 Register on portals which help in Internship
 Register on Job Portals

11. MISTAKES IN
INTERNSHIPS & PROJECTS
 Not doing research about organisation
 Not preparing a good Resume
 Not being proactive
 Not being professional
 Not expressing thoughts
 Not showing ‘contributing’ attitude
 Copy-Paste Projects
 Outsource Project work
 Consider Projects just as a academic formality

12. Home Work after completing
Internships & Projects
 Click a photo with the Company Mentor / Guide /
Manager / Team
 Preparing Project Report / Internship Report with
applicable required certificates & acknowledgements
 Connect with people who you got to know while doing
Internship / Projects through LinkedIn
 Share with them your academic success on email or
through LinkedIn
 Add details about your internship / project in Resume
& LinkedIn

13. What Companies Expect
from Fresh Candidates?

14. A Company hires a Human,
not a Robot!
Aspects Employers
consider while hiring?
• Are you suitable to them as an ‘Employee’
• Are you able to communicate your thoughts in understandable
language?
• Are you committed towards what you do?
• Are you a team player?
• Are you a solution provider rather than problem provider?

18. Don’t Get Just Qualified!
Get Employable!
Companies need Day One Performers!
Candidates lack in –
• Domain Skills
• General Awareness
• Communication Skills
• IT Skills (MS Office)

19. Utilise your 3 years of UG for…
Learning Computer Skills (MS Office, Internet)
Learning a Foreign Language (French, Spanish, German,
Japanese, Chinese)
Learning Communication Skills along with
English
Making ‘real’ friends & long lasting friendships
Reading Newspapers
Watching motivational videos (Sandeep Maheshwari,
Gaur Gopal Das, Shri Sadguru)

20. Meaning of ‘Employability’

21. Become
JOB CREATOR / GIVER
Rather Than
JOB SEEKER
ENTREPRENEURSHIP