{"id":753,"date":"2024-06-03T08:48:16","date_gmt":"2024-06-03T08:48:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vidwaan.simapt.com\/cxo-blog\/?p=753"},"modified":"2024-06-05T10:28:17","modified_gmt":"2024-06-05T10:28:17","slug":"changes-in-employability-quotient-post-covid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vidwaan.simapt.com\/cxo-blog\/changes-in-employability-quotient-post-covid\/","title":{"rendered":"Changes In Employability Quotient Post Covid"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-1 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p>Author: Gaurav Suri<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-social-links is-layout-flex wp-block-social-links-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"wp-social-link wp-social-link-linkedin  wp-block-social-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/gawruv\/\" class=\"wp-block-social-link-anchor\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"M19.7,3H4.3C3.582,3,3,3.582,3,4.3v15.4C3,20.418,3.582,21,4.3,21h15.4c0.718,0,1.3-0.582,1.3-1.3V4.3 C21,3.582,20.418,3,19.7,3z M8.339,18.338H5.667v-8.59h2.672V18.338z M7.004,8.574c-0.857,0-1.549-0.694-1.549-1.548 c0-0.855,0.691-1.548,1.549-1.548c0.854,0,1.547,0.694,1.547,1.548C8.551,7.881,7.858,8.574,7.004,8.574z M18.339,18.338h-2.669 v-4.177c0-0.996-0.017-2.278-1.387-2.278c-1.389,0-1.601,1.086-1.601,2.206v4.249h-2.667v-8.59h2.559v1.174h0.037 c0.356-0.675,1.227-1.387,2.526-1.387c2.703,0,3.203,1.779,3.203,4.092V18.338z\"><\/path><\/svg><span class=\"wp-block-social-link-label screen-reader-text\">LinkedIn<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2024-06-03T08:48:16+00:00\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vidwaan.simapt.com\/cxo-blog\/changes-in-employability-quotient-post-covid\/\">June 3, 2024<\/a><\/time><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Covid, Pandemic , Unprecedented times \u2013 Now that I have got your attention let me assuage<br>you that I am not going to be a harbinger of bad news imapt the number of soothsayers<br>and crystal ball gazers have increased, and my attempt is not to venture into that territory<br>at all. Situation has caught us off guard and we are going through testing \/ trying period in<br>human history. How we deal with it will determine our future as a collective human race.<br>Therefore, it will be stupid on my part to predict the future.<br>However, crisis always makes us look hard at our current practices, take a deep look at<br>shifting behaviors and help us measure our own relevance with the changing world.<br>Companies\/ people who are able to demonstrate this adaptability and course correct always<br>thrive. I was recently called upon to learn and interact with academia who are always<br>thinking ahead on such matters to discuss this issue at large. In the course of this writing I<br>would like to present my views on this issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><br><strong>What is employability quotient?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Defined by the abilities and skills required to do a job and succeed at the long\u2010term goals set by organizations while providing job opportunities for everyone. A classical definition would say the ability to do a job, set of tasks related to a job or set of jobs, at an acceptable level of productivity set by an employer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In my mind<strong> Employability develops when a person starts working.<\/strong> In other words, majority<br>of skills needed to do a job are learnt on the job. Building employability quotient involves:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Focusing on the future of jobs<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Understanding the drivers of employability<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Effects of current global job market<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Training the workforce<br><br>And this is how we will try and look at the issue on hand. So, let\u2019s start with the future of<br>jobs or workplace. The 4th industrial revolution is already here.<br><br><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"571\" height=\"262\" src=\"https:\/\/vidwaan.simapt.com\/cxo-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Screenshot_3-6-2024_141216_.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-759\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vidwaan.simapt.com\/cxo-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Screenshot_3-6-2024_141216_.jpeg 571w, https:\/\/vidwaan.simapt.com\/cxo-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Screenshot_3-6-2024_141216_-300x138.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 571px) 100vw, 571px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Fourth Industrial Revolution is a way of describing the blurring of boundaries between<br>the physical, digital, and biological worlds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Technology and social networking have redefined how we work<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Irrespective of field of work, jobs are changing and evolving as we step into the<br>future<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>New generation of employers as well as employees will adapt with new job market.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>While there are naysayers and doomsday predictions I would like to focus on the<br>possibilities and say the \u201c opportunities are everywhere \u201c \u2010 Unlike the past, the youth<br>(millennials, Gen\u2010Z and the upcoming Gen\u2010A) has a far wider horizon to explore varied<br>careers, the likes of which may not even exist today. And for this if you looked at the entire<br>eco system of<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><strong>a) Global corporations<\/strong>: With rise of new technologies, globally new jobs are getting<br>created Global brands and companies are looking at India as the next driver of jobs<br>and economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><strong>b) Start Ups:<\/strong> Entrepreneurs have become the latest drivers of job creation in India.<br>Start\u2010ups working in various industries demand employees from various academic<br>backgrounds to drive innovation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><strong>c) Small Businesses: <\/strong>Analysts are predicting, small businesses will be the largest drivers<br>of jobs in coming years. With a potential of more than a billion people, India has<br>become the hotbed of small and conventional businesses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><strong>d) Government: <\/strong>Rise in essential services like healthcare, security and social work is<br>creating newer avenues. Mobile and internet revolution has made these careers<br>more lucrative and possible for everyone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><strong>Possible jobs in the post Pandemic world \u2010<\/strong> A software developer creates machine\u2010learning<br>software in a teepee in rural Tennessee for a Mancunian manager they\u2019ve never met. A<br>TikTok manager curates content in the Alpine foothills for a green energy company<br>headquartered in Shenzhen \u2013 never having set foot inside its physical office building.<br>Both are paid on contractual terms that did not exist a mere decade beforehand. \u2010<br><strong><em>https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/businessreporter\/2020\/01\/27\/what\u2010will\u2010the\u2010future\u2010of\u2010work\u2010<br>look\u2010like\u2010a\u2010view\u2010from\u20102030\/#62e29a5f16a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Technology will really be the driver of change in the future. This has been evident for a few<br>years and has got accelerated in the past few months. Some of the shifts therefore will be<br>more permanent in nature. Irrespective of the field of work, technology has entered all of<br>our lives. Globally, employers are demanding the understanding of the basic tech from<br>everyone to drive innovation and efficiency. Businesses as well as governments have shifted<br>their focus to technology, and therefore, data to solve problems. New jobs creation in every<br>field is driven by technologies like artificial Intelligence, Biotech, Virtual reality and Solar<br>energy. Cross sector application of technology is the way of the future.<br>Its at time like this a whole generation of jobbers are recalibrating their future plans basis<br>the shock. I would just say its bad timing, and this too shall pass. However, rise of E learning<br>and ed\u2010 tech are a reality. As the global scales of economies shift, jobbers need new skills<br>and newer forms of employment. Unlike before, when most of the learning happened on<br>the jobs, corporations are going to find less time to train employees. Proactive learning and<br>job relevance will override qualifications in the future. Today, more than 40% of<br>employees are now considered non\u2010permanent workers. As the figures are expected to rise,<br>the people are embracing more remote, distributed and gig work. Ed\u2010tech is proving<br>effective in providing all these workers a fighting opportunity in the pandemic and beyond.<br>Here remote learning platforms are leading the way. E\u2010learning start\u2010ups, global tech<br>companies, online course providers and educations institutions combined are trying to<br>provide upskilling opportunities to enable the workforce to maintain a higher employability<br>quotient. There are tons of resources if you look around from the <strong>Byju\u2019s of the world to<br>unacademy, coursera, udemy <\/strong>or be it the open source content by tech firm or even the shift<br>in pedagogy by universities as they reconfigure their syllabi to meet the online teaching<br>needs.<br>So, this really begs us to answer the next question. What skill sets do the next generation<br>needs to adapt to? Well most of the requirement remain the same i.e judgement, critical<br>thinking, people management, co ordinating with others, service orientation some will have<br>to be brought to the fore like complex problem solving , emotional intelligence and cognitive<br>flexibility . Complex problem\u2010solving ability \u2014 defined as the capacity<strong> \u2018to solve novel, ill\u2010defined<br>problems in complex, real\u2010world settings.\u2019 <\/strong>In a world filled with what economists describe as<br><strong>\u2018wicked\u2019<\/strong> problems \u2014 problems that are not \u2018evil\u2019 but considered wicked because they are<br>difficult to solve due to incomplete, ever\u2010evolving requirements \u2014 complex problem\u2010solvers<br>will be in hot demand. Emotional intelligence to persuade people, generate empathy and<br>get work done will always be something which requires to be honed.<br>Cognitive flexibility refers to the ability to easily leap between different systems of thought. It<br>means being able to see patterns and make new unique associations between ideas. The<br>outcome of being cognitively flexible is the ability to solve problems and create solutions for<br>a range of situations across verticals, no matter your organization or field of work. Graduates<br>can develop this skill by constantly learning new things, training their brain by expanding their<br>interests and embracing people who challenge their worldview.<br>Therefore the challenge for educators is how to restore the balance in STEM or technical<br>education where you bring in soft skills, ability to test learnability of students and also stress<br>on vocation. If you are confident of your skills, then you feel in control of your future as well.<br>Ability to deal with amorphous, fluid work states, jobs combined with learning agility and<br>learning ability will determine the employability quotient. Keep the industry connect stronger<br>and stay tuned to the real world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><strong><em>The future is ours for taking if we are open and stay curious to new possibilities.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class='watch-action'><div class='watch-position align-left'><div class='action-like'><a class='lbg-style1 like-753 jlk' href='javascript:void(0)' data-task='like' data-post_id='753' data-nonce='e0abe6ebb9' rel='nofollow'><img class='wti-pixel' src='https:\/\/vidwaan.simapt.com\/cxo-blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wti-like-post\/images\/pixel.gif' title='Like' \/><span class='lc-753 lc'>0<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class='action-unlike'><a class='unlbg-style1 unlike-753 jlk' href='javascript:void(0)' data-task='unlike' data-post_id='753' data-nonce='e0abe6ebb9' rel='nofollow'><img class='wti-pixel' src='https:\/\/vidwaan.simapt.com\/cxo-blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wti-like-post\/images\/pixel.gif' title='Unlike' \/><span class='unlc-753 unlc'>0<\/span><\/a><\/div> <\/div> <div class='status-753 status align-left'><\/div><\/div><div class='wti-clear'><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Covid, Pandemic , Unprecedented times \u2013 Now that I have got your attention let me assuage<br \/>\nyou that I am not going to be a harbinger of bad news imapt the number of soothsayers<br \/>\nand crystal ball gazers have increased, and my attempt is not to venture into that territory<br \/>\nat all. Situation has caught us off guard and we are going through testing \/ trying period in<br \/>\nhuman history. How we deal with it will determine our future as a collective human race.<br \/>\nTherefore, it will be stupid on my part to predict the future.<br \/>\nHowever, crisis always makes us look hard at our current practices, take a deep look at<br \/>\nshifting behaviors and help us measure our own relevance with the changing world.<br \/>\nCompanies\/ people who are able to demonstrate this adaptability and course correct always<br \/>\nthrive. I was recently called upon to learn and interact with academia who are always<br \/>\nthinking ahead on such matters to discuss this issue at large. In the course of this writing I<br \/>\nwould like to present my views on this issue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":760,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,125],"tags":[48,10,11],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vidwaan.simapt.com\/cxo-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/753"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vidwaan.simapt.com\/cxo-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vidwaan.simapt.com\/cxo-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vidwaan.simapt.com\/cxo-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vidwaan.simapt.com\/cxo-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=753"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/vidwaan.simapt.com\/cxo-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/753\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":953,"href":"https:\/\/vidwaan.simapt.com\/cxo-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/753\/revisions\/953"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vidwaan.simapt.com\/cxo-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/760"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vidwaan.simapt.com\/cxo-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vidwaan.simapt.com\/cxo-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vidwaan.simapt.com\/cxo-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}