What comes to your mind when you hear “tech skills gap”? You think of skills traditionally associated with information technology firms like coding, software development, and network security management. If compared with hard skills, the gap in applied skills reaches across all sectors. This affects everyone from artists to healthcare workers to business professionals.

There’s a huge demand for workers with tech skills and it continues to soar up every day, across all industries. To better understand the problem and its solutions, consider the following five key points and the opportunities that this Tech Skills Gap offers:

 

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1. THE GAP EXISTS ACROSS ALL INDUSTRIES

Tech skills aren't specific just to the technology sector, but it runs across every industry. The main aim of these essential skills includes the ability to use technology to benefit the organization. Many people lack the necessary skills. That's a gap many people don't anticipate, and it's also an amazing opportunity to learn new skills and hone the existing.

2. DEMAND OUTPACES SUPPLY

There are more than 500,000 computing jobs open across the nation, but less than 50,000 students graduated with a computer science background in 2016. And the main hub of the graduated ones was IT alone. And this is the same issue with other fields, such as healthcare and business.

A survey conducted amongst the industrial hub showed:

• 62% of students coming out of school aren't prepared with the necessary tech skills
• 11% agree that school is effective in meeting skill need
• Three out of four employers feel that finding an employee with all job description requirements is rare

3. EDUCATORS MUST CREATE SOLUTIONS

Educators, institutions and industry advisers need to work together to create curriculums that meet today's demands. It's not only on the shoulders of employers and employees. This will likely include the movement toward an "anytime, anywhere" educational model to bring online and onsite opportunities together.

4. STUDENTS AND EMPLOYEES MUST TAKE INITIATIVE

As more and more business require workers with applied tech and latest hard skills, the present generation is tasked to keep up with the flow to avoid falling into that gap. Advancing technology doesn't allow anyone to become contented. For those who see the gap as an opportunity, it's a great time to learn new skills and sharpen existing ones.

We at Amrutvahini College of Engineering (AVCOE), provide a distinctive excellence driven engineering education that will groom future generations of engineers and entrepreneurs. We aim to create self-disciplined, physically fit, mentally robust and morally strong engineers and technocrats with a high degree of integrity and sense of purpose. We open a new window, “window of innovation” where we put technology at the core of our field and help our students to build that ‘tech gap’ which will help them to challenge the ever-advancing technology.

A team of Engineering students from Karnataka had volunteered to develop an Android application for first year engineering students.

This app is called ‘Engienrai’ and it encapsulates the notes for engineering with all the subjects from the respective branches. Prepared and sorted by the engineering students themselves, Enginera's syllabus is purely based on Autonomous and VTU colleges. The application is very user-friendly. It contains notes and self-explanatory diagrams and drawings while giving free access to these notes of all the subjects under one roof. Once it is installed, it also works offline.

This application is very useful and informative to first years and is a must-have. It can be used in the following ways.

• Last moment preparation before the exam.
• Brush up tool for interviews and jobs.
• Peripheral introduction to basic engineering concepts before any competitive exams.

The app was developed by a team of nine students; one of them being an Animation Designer. They began working on this app in January 2017 and it was officially launched in September. The app also provides a platform for students to get their doubts clarified. The team makes it a point to answer the doubts posted by students. The team is also currently in works of developing second year engineering content. They believe that this app would be of a lot of use to Engineering students as it provides study material for free and that it will help them with their studies.

AVCOE believes that innovation like this one is what changes the world and we are always looking forward to support and encourage our students’ talent in the invention field.

A decade ago, “I am an Engineer” was something very rare to hear. But today, with the growing literate population and education facilities, it is said that “I am ALSO an Engineer”. Due to a huge crowd opting for an engineer’s degree, very few achieve what they aim. In this competitive world with shortage of jobs most of the engineers end up doing low profile jobs which is a disgrace to their degree and hard work. We see a lot of engineers taking up jobs at BPO sectors, banks, or doing support jobs, or other odd jobs.

If you are an engineer too, help yourself discover the potential in you,  Become an achiever with a few steps after your degree.

Below mentioned are some ideas that will help you do justice to  your degree.

Go for a Masters Degree -

Make it an “A++” with higher studies.

A degree after graduation is nothing but more power to you. If engineering is your passion then pursuing higher education in your subject is highly recommended. A postgrad degree is always given a lot of preference for higher positions at companies.

Masters in Business Administration -

MBA is quite a rage these days. If you are more inclined towards corporate world rather than a core engineering profile then MBA is just the best for you. Many top engineering colleges in Maharashtra offer MBA courses. One such college is AVCOE, Sangamner

It also offers different branches in MBA such as

• Marketing Management (MKT)
• Financial Management (FIN)
• Human Resources Management (HR)
• Information Technology Management (IT)
• Operations Management (OPE)
• International Business Management (IB)
• Supply Chain Management (SCM)
• Rural & Agribusiness Management (RABM)
• Family Business Management (FBM)
• Technology Management (TM)

To know more, log in to www.avcoe.org

Certification Course -

A certificate is always an add-on to your CV. There are various short term and diploma courses you can opt for after bachelors. It can be a certificate course in embedded technology, VLSI, robotics, ethical hacking, protocol testing, machine designing, etc or a diploma course in any domain.

Start your own Venture -

Who doesn’t want to be his own boss? if you believe in yourself and have proven some actual results during the study years,then give your entrepreneurial skills a go. After all established business have also taken the leap and started from somewhere.

Animation/CGI -

Animation/CGI is booming in the world today.  With computers and mobile phones ruling the roost in the urban population, game designing/animation is an attractive career destination. Coding enthusiast can go for this course as there are many entertainment industries that are ready to absorb their skills and talents in animations and graphics

There is a wide range of career opportunities to explore after engineering. So don’t hesitate in getting out there and getting in the best for you.

There are many institutes in Maharashtra which offer engineering as well as MBA and other certificate  courses. One of them is Amrutvahini College of Engineering, Sangamner. It is an institute which offers various engineering and other courses giving students a chance to explore. To know more, visit www.avcoe.org