Upn from 34%-only 37%grads employable women beat men

1. UP FROM 34% - `Only
37% grads employable,
women beat men'

2. Contd..
 An assessment of three lakh students across 29 states and seven Union territories
has found only 37% to be employable with women candidates faring better than
men.This is an improvement from last year when the tests found only 34% of the
candidates employable. The survey showed that 38% women candidates were
employable compared to 34% among males. These are the finding from the India
Skill Report (ISR) compiled by human resource consulting firms Wheebox,
PeopleStrong, Linked-in and the Confederation of Indian Industry .

3. Contd..
 The top states with employable skill pool were Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh,
Haryana, Kerala and Karnataka.These states have held their positions from last
year while U.P, Bihar, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Orissa have joined the list this
year.
 “We found that skill levels across states have moved up.What is heartening is that
states such as Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, which were not there in the top states list
have come in,“ said Nirmal Singh, founder and CEO of Wheebox.

4. Contd..
 On the demand side an overall increase of about 23% is expected in the hiring
numbers per month. The job outlook confirms that there is an expectation of a
growing market in the coming years. An acceleration in economic growth and new
projects coming on stream are expected to have a positive impact on the hiring
outlook.
 Hospitality and travel lead the way , followed by banking, financial services and
insurance and core sectors where this in crease is more than 25% compared to
last year's numbers, according to the survey.

5. Contd..
 Apart from other manufacturing (excluding auto, consumer goods and durables,),
pharma and healthcare and telecom, almost all other sectors expect an increase of
more than 10% in monthly hiring numbers.
 Spread of hiring is no longer restricted to few states.States with maximum hiring
activity were Karnataka, Maharashtra, Delhi, Tamil Nadu, UP , West Bengal,
Andhra Pradesh, Punjab, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh. Preferred states for operating
in India were Maharashtra , followed by Delhi and Tamil Nadu.

6. Contd..
 He survey found that an increasing number of candidates from the talent supply
side are looking for apprenticeship. This number increased to 76% compared to
55% last year. While test takers from arts domain experienced a substantial
increase in the employability as compared to last year (from 19.1% to 29.8%),
there were few domains such as BCom, B Sc, ITI and polytechnic where this
number dropped by about 1-3%,“ the report showed.

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