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Over 75 percent Indians feel one boss for life outdated
Over 75 percent of Indians believe that the notion of working for one employer your entire career is "old-fashioned" and so is the traditional retirement, according to a survey.
New Delhi: Over 75 percent of Indians believe that the notion of working for one employer your entire career is "old-fashioned" and so is the traditional retirement, according to a survey.
Twenty-five percent Indians would want a second innings post-retirement in a career they love, it said. The survey also pointed out that 84 percent Indians ended up choosing a career based on what they majored in but 31 percent ended up switching careers eventually. According to the survey, 78 percent Indians believe that students today have technology to support their learning and make it easier and more fun.
There is a strong belief (74-79 percent) that smart devices will play a greater role in learning, virtual learning will become more common, print textbooks will become obsolete and YouTube will become a primary learning tool. More than 11,000 people from across 19 countries, including over 1,000 Indians in the age group of 16 to 70, participated in the Pearson Global Survey. At least 22 percent indicated that formal education is good, but not necessary; 22 percent said formal education is not relevant today as one can be successful without it, the survey report said.
Of those who went to college, 39 percent said if they had to choose again, they would get some kind of trade or vocational training instead of going to college while 15 percent said they would go straight to work after leaving high school, the report stated. Fifty-nine percent Indians believe that the country's education system works well for the current generation, it added. Around 25 percent said that when they retire, they would want to start their own business.
Twenty percent would like a second innings doing something they love and 15 percent would like to take up a part-time job, the survey data showed. The report stated that 76 percent Indians, in the last two years, found themselves in need of pursuing further education for their jobs. Their jobs have changed and the new skills required involve learning new technology or software (44 percent) or accounting for skills they did not learn in college (45 percent), it said.
"This tended to be accomplished by finding things on the Internet and being self-taught (50 percent), or taking a short course offered by employer, association or boot camp (48 percent)," the report said. Seventy-eight percent of the respondents said there was need to do more to develop their soft skills, it said.
