With digital revolution, corporates are on the hunt of students who match skills they need as one complete package, says DR KULNEET SURI
With the digital revolution at its peak, the corporate are in the hunt of students who match the skills they need as one complete package. They need skilled candidates who perfectly match the skills that are most in demand in the current times.
However, there is no magic wand to slay the advancing dragons, we, being responsible for the overall honing up of the skills, aptitude, and attitude of our students, has to see to it that our students successfully get into the zone demanded through the industry's talent acquisition strategies. But for that to happen it is important to have a clear understanding of these so-called ‘talent acquisition strategies’.
Education experts believe that flexibility is the key and only it can make a big difference in the times to come. The idea is to look beyond the obvious career options of the career that are made available to students in related industries and jobs that need or have similar sets of skills. Considering the scaling demand of skilled candidates who are ready for the future jobs in the corporate world, top B-schools in Delhi-NCR, have designed curriculum and pedagogy in such a manner that by the time students graduate and enter the professional arena, they are well-equipped with the essentials needed to nail it in the industry. Students get prepared as per the latest industry trends and practices and make them capable enough to thrive in the time that’s about to come next.
Listed below are few of the categories of the jobs that will have a lot of scope in future and would be easily taken over by management students. These job openings will be a challenge to fill in the near future. This is where management students will have a clear advantage over the competition as they are instilled with the required skill set needed to succeed on these profiles.
Thisdoes not at all mean that the scope for management graduates will remain restricted to these profiles only. Management students certainly have a very wide scope of career opportunities in front of them and this is primarily so because management is one field which has its applicability in every single industrial sector.
Software Engineering
Experts from the industry estimate that since 2018, every new graduate will have at least three jobs available from the computer science domain. This is not a surprising figure since our estimates tell us that by 2020, two lakh software engineering jobs will need to be filled and thus a good number of managers will be required to lead these fresh teams.
General and Operations Manager
Reports reveal that there is at least 10-12% growth expected in the demand for professionals on the job roles of general manager and operations manager. This means about 6 lakh jobs are waiting to be filled in the coming five to seven years, mainly due to either new requirements or to fill the gaps created by job shift/retirements. This is where business schools like ours can help the recruiters find the right talents for such important profiles.
Medical Services Manager
The requirement of candidates for this position overlaps with the country's labor shortage in the industry. This may be either due to brain-drain or the not-so-hefty pay package. But as per estimates, some seventy thousand to one lakh business graduates/postgraduates will be required in the field by the year 2020. That means some 20% overall increase in employment.
Information-Security Analyst Manager
You must have heard about the rapidly blooming cloud-based technology. Its proliferation is a driving force for the creation of more and more related jobs and thus the need for the skilled candidates. Microsoft alone has reported that from 2018, North America alone will need more than 2.5 million cloud computing workers, which will largely include information security analysts. Imagine how many jobs will be there in this domain if we talk on the worldwide level. You can imagine how much scope there is in terms of jobs in this sector for business school students to manage such a wide and strong workforce.
The above options might sound tough and different but are the best ones in terms of providing the management students with the best of career opportunities.
The writer is Senior Director at Institute of Management Studies, Noida