If you are wondering why every second youngster and even working professional is pursuing an MBA degree, here is your answer. Those who hold an MBA degree are amongst the demographic for highly employable resources in terms of domain across all states, in India. This is revealed by the fact that a whopping 71.16 per cent of candidates who scored over 60 per cent on the Wheebox National Employability Test (WNET) were MBA degree holders.
Computer science graduates were the second most employable with 66 per cent from this domain found to be highly skilled. While 64.67 per cent of BE/BTech test takers emerged highly employable, 64.63 per cent MCA candidates came out to be highly employable. That means, there is no dearth of quality engineering and computer applications talent among India’s youth.
The eleventh edition of the India Skills Report (ISR), based on a survey of over 3.8 lakh candidates who took the WNET, reveals that the overall employability of youngsters has improved to 51.25 per cent because over 51.25 per cent of those who took the test across various domains scored at least 60 per cent.
Of those with BPharma degrees who took the WNET, 54 per cent scored above 60 per cent marks across all states, which is better than last year. From the information technology (IT) sphere, 68.44 per cent were found to be highly employable, having scored more than 60 per cent on the WNET across all regions.
In terms of gender, about 51.8 per cent of the males who took the test across India, were found to be employable resources, compared to just 47.28 per cent last year, a marked improvement. On the other hand, amongst the women who took the test, 50.86 per cent were found to be highly employable, which is less than last year’s 53.8 per cent.
Data also reveals that a majority (87.83 per cent) of those who took the test are seeking internships with organisations. Although the majority of men who take the test appear to be keen to take up a job in any of the top cities in India, Pune is where they throng to, followed by Bangalore as the next preferred destination.
Interestingly, Haryana, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Kerala and Telangana house the maximum number of talented youth, that is, youngsters who are highly employable. What is even more interesting is that maximum employable resources (88.89 per cent) in the 22-25 age group come from Lucknow, followed by 82.45 per cent from Mumbai and then Bengaluru with 74.63 per cent. In terms of employable resources in the 26-29 age bracket, Pune ranks number one, accounting for 85.71 per cent of talent in this bracket, followed by Lucknow with 75 per cent and Jaipur with 71.80 per cent.
The report uses data from 152 corporations from across 15 different industries that were part of the Early Career Edition of the India Hiring Intent Survey for 2024.
