The British Council, UK’s international organisation for cultural relations and educational opportunities, has launched the India Employability Survey 2014.
This survey probes the quality of talent pools expected by Indian industry in the next 3-5 years and in that context, assesses current employability of workforces emerging from foreign, and, specifically, UK universities. The British Council commissioned the business research firm, IMA India, to conduct the survey.
The research surveyed 200 foreign and Indian companies on ascertaining the attractiveness of Indian and foreign university graduates for employers on various parameters such as skill-set, availability and quality of talent pool and other parameters. The research captures the hiring trends, defining factors for recruitment of foreign-university graduates, preferred source countries, qualifications and disciplines of study.
Speaking on the occasion, Rob lynes, Director, British Council India, said, “As organisations strive to compete and drive business growth in an increasingly global marketplace, they place significant importance on international education in the talent they recruit. Hiring foreign-university graduates is an integral part of the talent plan for a large percentage of companies.