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Today’s youth are the trend-setters, makers, builders, and leaders of tomorrow. In any country, they are the most important and dynamic segment of the population. Nations with a large youth population are thought to benefit greatly from investing in young people’s education and health, as well as protecting and ensuring their rights.
However, they require the necessary support in the form of good health, opportunities, and skills to transform the future. When there are more hands available to work than mouths to feed in a country, an economic trigger occurs.
India has a great opportunity to supply a workforce to its industries and the rest of the world. This is likely to attract foreign companies to set up industries in the country. The labor is affordable and the people are willing to work for longer hours than their counterparts in developed nations. The return of investment for a foreign company is much greater than it would be in other countries.
Apart from this, the rapid adoption of digital technologies can pave the way for more job opportunities for the youth of the country, for which skill development is the key. As we continue to exchange thoughts on bouncing back, the business world will need to nurture the digital skill sets of its workforce and make efforts to enhance their cognitive, social, and emotional skills to make them agile and resilient to handle any unpredictable situation.
Upskilling for employment
It has been reported that upskilling initiatives have the potential to create 5.3 million new jobs globally by 2030. We have all seen micro and small businesses taking a digital leap amidst the pandemic to deliver service excellence to customers. From pharmacies to groceries to healthcare, entertainment, and education—people across industries embraced digital to match steps with the changing times.
Right skilling is crucial in identifying gaps in the existing system.
Some of you might be wondering, what does it mean to upskill youth?
Upskilling is assisting youth in increasing their productivity. It means to keep them in sync with the constantly changing world of work, transferring theoretical knowledge proficiency to real-world applications which are helping them in getting jobs in start-ups and various other established companies that are searching for young enthusiasts who can stay on top of new business best practices and ensure that the company is competitive.
This is beneficial as it makes the youth productive, scientific-oriented, and broad-minded. This further helps them contribute to the success of the company. It makes them adaptable and encourages them to accommodate and tune to change. Further, it benefits them to set realistic goals.
The unemployment situation can be tackled by providing skill development training at a much faster rate than is happening in the last few years. Presently, only 2 per cent of the total workforce in India has undergone skill training. Three-fourths of the youth in the country have never enrolled on a skill development programme.
While government interventions and private companies are working to provide skill training, more interventions are needed to see a sizable impact.
BharatCares, a non-profit organization in India is working towards empowering the underprivileged through skilling. Through their initiative BharatCareers, three programs are being offered.
1. Youth Job Readiness Program: This prepares final year college students for the job market. They mentor and train youth with life skills or offer entrepreneurship training to make them future job-creators.
2. Computer and Digital Literacy Program: This provides basic computer and digital literacy training for girls and women who have either dropped out from school or are currently pursuing their education. The onsite training program opens up avenues for housewives and married women who want to get hands-on training in the digital literacy space.
3. Banking and Financial Skill Development Program (BFSI): This aims to open avenues for the aspiring youth of our country who are keen on making their career in the banking and finance sector. The program focuses on equipping 12th pass students, final year undergraduates and graduates with the BFSI skills and relevant job-readiness skills.
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Roshini Muthukumar, a native of Chennai, started her career as a content writer but made a switch to journalism to pursue her passion. She has experience writing about human interest stories, innovative technology, entrepreneurs, research blogs, and more. Previously, Roshini has done internships with The Hindu, Metroplus and worked as a correspondent with The Better India.