The problem of plenty – The corporate recruiter & The Institution TPO’s problem
With over 4000 Engineering & MBA colleges spread across the length and breadth of the country, it is financially and logistically not feasible for the corporate recruiter to reach most of the institutions. Additionally, they are unsure of the ROI of making the effort in terms of both, the quality and the scale of the hiring they will achieve. As a result, they concentrate largely on the tried and tested top-tiered institutions. This, in turn, is creating further issues for the recruiter because almost all MNC, Large and Medium scale organizations are adopting the same approach. Hence, they are fighting for the same limited pool.
This is good for the top and mediocre talent sitting in these institutions but bad for both, the recruiter and the top talent sitting in the other 70% of the institutions.
The problem of developing soft skills, aptitude and cognitive skills – the students and the institutions’ problem
The current higher education model is heavily oriented towards academic and theoretical concept development. There is some work that is happening around bringing in the element of practical knowledge and skills. Developing soft skills and aptitude, however, still does not feature as an important element in our current education system. The system is constantly churning out educated, yet unemployable youth into the market.
The biggest of all issues is the student’s attitude towards developing soft skills and aptitude alongside their core education curriculum. Over 90% of students from tier 2/3 colleges and cities spend less than 5% of their time developing aptitude & soft skills during their education years. It is a combination of the perceived social stigma, the burden of the core curriculum and the current mediums not being aligned to their thought process that stops them from working on developing these skills. Largely, from their perspective, it’s just too boring.
Skillmuni makes it possible for you to place more than 80% of your students in India’s leading companies by,
- Upskilling them with the help of a gamified mobile application that has engaging micro-learning modules on relevant topics like interview skills, spoken English, positive body language, aptitude etc.
- Connecting your campus with corporate employers and facilitating campus placements.