7 steps needed to improve employability in engineering students | Education - India Today

If students are equipped with the necessary industry related skills, the process of getting a job will become that much easier in these tough times. Here are a few steps needed to be taken to improve employability in engineering students by India Today Web Desk.

7 steps needed to improve employability in engineering students

The employability quotient of graduates in today's day and age is equally proportionate to a curriculum that is dynamic and relevant. The curriculum designed and delivered in the higher education sector must be aimed at preparing students for careers that would emerge in the future and to face the challenges they would encounter in their profession.

A curriculum with a focus on outcomes that incorporates regular revisions by taking inputs from the stakeholders and exhibits swiftness in adaptation to the ever-changing requirements will certainly help graduates to be employable...

Employability skills are defined as a range of competencies or abilities that are necessary for graduates to gain success in the labor market at all employment levels which benefits themselves, the community and the economy.

Individuals might develop these skills through education, workforce development system, interests, and extra-curricular activities under three major categories:

• Effective relationships: the personal qualities and interpersonal skills to foster human interactions in relationships (collaboration, self-discipline)
• Workplace skills: the analytical and organizational skills to boost productivity and performance at the workplace (technology skill, communication, resource management)
• Applied knowledge: The practice and utilization of knowledge into the pragmatic environment (critical thinking, application skill)

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Source: India Today