A STUDY ON AWARENESS OF JOB READINESS AMONG STUDENTS IN CHENNAI –A STUDENT’S PERSPECTIVE

India has a huge population and only with the right education and training they can be called human resources. Education imparts technical skills and most of our students are jobless even after a four year degree course. The students are unemployable say various studies and it is sad that even after employment their inadequate skill sets are glaring. We are not in a position to draw full benefit out of the education and training we provide and it cannot be denied that there is a huge gap between the expectations of the industry and the output of our universities. The intellectual capital has to be managed skillfully, so that they become the drivers of our future economy. But for this, the first step is creating awareness among students regarding the need to be job ready by the time they finish their education. Being job ready is one of the most important set of skills to become employable. The purpose of the study is to assess how job ready our students are in Chennai.