Study on Employability skills among Graduates of India in digitalized era

Abstract

This paper investigates the concept of employability skills of college graduates. The main purpose of this work is to ascertain the mean ratings of employability skills possessed by college youths. This research paper highlights the importance of the competent employability skills for the college youth in this information era. Therefore the graduates must be imparted proper training through the methods which are in the global standards. Globalization, rapid technological advancements and changing pattern of work are bringing about far-reaching changes in every sector of economy and societal transactions. In particular Information explosion is posing a huge challenge of locating the most relevant information pertaining to the task on hand. In this context, developing information literacy skills among all college youth is imperative. It is considered as one of the critical skills for productivity in the digitalize era . No wonder, increasing importance of information literacy has led to the development and implementation of a variety of training or instruction programmes at all educational levels. Such training programmes are successful provided the learners are able to use the learnt skills in real life settings.