STEM offers big job opportunities: Randstad Workmonitor Survey

NEW DELHI: There is growing demand for talent in the STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) domain in India, show the findings of a survey conducted by a global HR services company.

About 90% of the respondents to the Randstad Workmonitor survey believed that more students should focus on STEM to find a steady career path.

A majority also agreed that their employer should invest more resources in developing digital skills, thus highlighting that social and digital literacy are becoming major must-haves for new-age employees.

A whopping 90% of respondents from India mentioned that they felt equipped and confident to deal with digitalization in their job. However, only 69% expected that their job would be automated within the next five to 10 years.

As much as 62% of the respondents felt their employer had trouble in finding the right talent today.

Randstad India Chief Executive Moorthy K Uppaluri said: “India being a growing knowledge economy, the rise in demand for STEM professionals is nothing new. Traditionally, India has been producing a lot of graduates in the STEM domain, with around 40% of the total graduates passing out from colleges each year with a STEM specialization.”