by admin | May 25, 2021 | Corporate Jobs, Employment, Private Jobs
Bengaluru : Driven by demand for a skilled workforce in emerging technologies such as cyber security, Internet of things (IoT) and Big Data, India will generate over 14 lakh new IT jobs by 2027, a Cisco-led study said on Thursday.
This represents a whopping 46 per cent growth in jobs primarily driven by essential digital transformation skills that organisations are seeking today, said the global networking giant Cisco who commissioned International Data Corporation (IDC) to conduct this study.
According to the findings, jobs like social media administrator, Machine Learning (ML) designer and IoT designer are among the most in-demand job roles in the country in the coming years.
“Nearly 89 per cent of hiring managers reported a higher level of trust on candidates having certifications, while 88 per cent of customers experienced an improvement in the level of service and support to end users,” showed the study.
“Witnessing the growing importance in a rapidly changing technological landscape, nearly a fifth of employees self-funded their certification courses while about 50 per cent of them underwent some training in 2017,” it added.
According to the study, as skill sets required in this digital age change for most industries, it’s also transforming how and where people work.
As a result, IT organisations might find it difficult to fill these niche roles which calls for upskilling the employee skill sets through certification programmes.
“Cisco, being a leader in certification courses, offers some of the most sought-after IT courses which were one of the pre-requisites for the 5.9 million new job postings in 2017,” according to the IDC “InfoBrief” study.
A Nasscom report in July highlighted the fact that nearly 1.4 lakh jobs are vacant in the Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Big Data Analytics segment across various sectors in the country, out of the total demand of 5.1 lakh employees.
Of the total demand, 3.7 lakh jobs are filled, it said. By 2021, the employee deficit would increase to 2.3 lakh, as the total demand goes up to around 8 lakh employees, as per the report.
—IANS
by admin | May 25, 2021 | Corporate Jobs, Employment, Markets, Technology
New Delhi : Google and US-based online education company Coursera on Wednesday launched Google IT Support Professional Certificate programme that will help create entry-level IT support jobs globally, including in India.
The industry-relevant curriculum will allow learners to share their information with companies looking to hire entry-level support professionals, including Bank of America, Walmart, Sprint, GE Digital, PNC Bank, Infosys, TEKSystems, UPMC, and Google.
The programme will help anyone with no prior experience to be ready for an entry-level IT support job in eight to 12 months.
“We developed this curriculum to address this problem head on. We are looking forward to working with Coursera, our nonprofit grantees and participating corporations to create opportunities for thousands of learners,” said Ben Fried, Vice President and Chief Information Officer at Google.
Learners in the Google IT Support Professional Certificate will have access to courses designed and taught by Googlers, hands-on labs and widgets and intrapersonal “soft skills” guidance.
“Our collaboration with Google and top employers is designed to provide anyone, regardless of their prior experience or training, with the resources they need to succeed as IT professionals,” Raghav Gupta, India Country Director, Coursera, said in a statement.
Since its launch in 2012, Coursera has grown to 30 million registered learners who can choose among 2,400 courses, 236 specialisations and four master’s degrees.
—IANS
by admin | May 25, 2021 | Corporate Jobs, Employment, Private Jobs
Bengaluru : Advocating public-private partnerships to improve India’s employment ratio, academic and industry experts on Friday stressed on skilling engineering graduates in analytics for better job prospects.
“With the advent of new technologies like analytics, students need to be trained with right skill sets. A partnership of the government, institutions and the IT sector is crucial to spur the growth in data analytics,” said IIIT-Bangalore Director S. Sadagopan at a day-long Digital Innovation Conclave here.
According to a industry study, analytics market is estimated to be $1.64 billion (Rs 10,600 crore) currently and growing at 29 per cent compound annual growth rate.
Though a part of the Knowledge Processing Industry (KPO), analytics is considered a separate industry.
In view of its importance in the career prospects of students and techies, IT industry apex body Nasscom, the Institute of Finance and International Management (IFIM) and the International Institute of Information Technology-Bangalore (IIIIT-B) had developed three courses in analytics to train about 10,000 post-graduate students across Karnataka by first training their faculty.
“As the country has a bright future in analytics, it is imperative to focus on data for businesses to grow. Hence, its curriculum should be designed to nurture the right talent for hiring,” said Sadagopan.
Though the $155-billion Indian IT sector employs 39 lakh people, global financial advisory firm McKinsey estimated that the skill-sets of half of the workforce will be irrelevant, as they are not skilled to be in tune with the changing market needs.
“There is a need to re-skill the workforce in analytics and Artificial Intelligence as the technology is being adopted across industries. As data becomes the new fuel in running industries, the need for a professional knowledge of analytics and utilising it in artificial intelligence gains importance,” said IIFM’s Centre for Developmental Education Secretary Sanjay Padode at the conclave.
The conclave culminated with the formation of a think tank in digital business, chaired by professor Chandrasekhar, Chairman of Centre of Excellence for Business Analytics, IFIM Business School.
Sameer Dhanrajani, the Chief Strategy Officer of Fractal Analytics, Nitin Sareen, head of analytics Walmart Labs, Pankaj Rai, Senior Vice President- Strategy Wells Fargo are among its members.
—IANS
