The Issue
said,” Look, the reason is pretty simple, if I have allotted the job at say 20000 per month but the productivity of the engineer is half, then I am at a big loss. So, I split the salary in two, and increased an engineer for that job. It’ s all about productivity of that engineer.” When countering the question as productivity comes with the time, they said,“ So what? I am not here to let them settle and bear losses, productivity has nothing to do with time.”
Answers where quite blunt, but straight forward. It has to be understood that professionalism does not reflect any sort of sympathy to its young guns. You have it if you deserve it. This gives light to another important issue, which is training. About 80 % of the Civil Engineering students do not consider doing adequate training during their summer breaks. Some arrange their training certificate, some do occasional visit and some generate fake training certificates.
While the graduation study is already struggling, the students must take the industrial training very seriously. Citing the training outcome which is merely 20 %, it becomes quite clear that why the employability rate is mere 7.49 %.
Colleges too must understand that the marketing through flex, banners, celebrity pictures are good till admissions only. Of course the aggressive marketing add up to the reputation of the college which is one of the factor why an intermediate pass out prefer the college. But the real marketing is word to mouth or mouth to mouth marketing.
Every guardian of student or the students themselves have become quite cautious. They prefer advice from existing or pass out students of that same college. With various so called‘ Confession Pages’ and‘ College Diaries’ available on social media, one can easily get the true review of the college from reliable sources.
So the colleges must be quite focused on improving the education facilities of the core branches like Civil, Mechanical and Electrical which require quite an investment in labs and fields. Also extra emphasis must be given to the students of core groups as there is ample opportunities in the market for these students. All is needed is to lay a proper foundation for the students. Make sure that do not lose interest in their respective streams. And the reward would be the placements, which actually would enhance the reputation of the college organically.
On the student’ s part, it must be understood that these grad years are the most important and career defining moments of their life. They must ensure that their basics are good and are learning the course content with ethics. Courses designed by various universities are enough for a student to become eligible employee. Civil to be specific is a very interesting branch where you can learn from a variety of sources. Construction happening around all of us does provide a great source of knowledge. If curious, even a mason could help you learn some basic knowledge of Civil Engineering.
There are various skill enhancement companies in the market to help you excel in certain aspects. CAD Centres, CETPA, Civil Simplified, Consbull etc. are some companies working in the field of Civil Engineering Skill Enhancement.
There is ample opportunity in the market, all we need is to ask ourselves that whether we are eligible enough to grab that opportunity or play the blame game to cover up our flaws.