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Small Town More Employable Than Those From The Metro In India
The report also predicts a 14.5 per cent aggregate rise in recruiting plans in 2016. According to
the 2016 India Skills Survey, more than 50 per cent of the Tier II & III city population in the Tier
I cities are employable compared to 30 per cent. Generally, though, the employability rate has
improved, increasing to 38.12 per cent from 37.22 per cent in 2015. The 2014 number was just
33.95 per cent. In terms of age level the employability metric (those who scored more than 60%)
was the highest in the 18–21 category with 37%, followed by the 22–25 level with 31.59% and
the 26–29 category with 21.88% employability. The report predicts a 14.5 per cent net rise in
jobs in 2016. The industries that will see highest recruiting are banking, e-commerce, BFSI,
healthcare, telecommunications and engineering, with an rise of more than 20% in recruiting
numbers led by BPO / KPO / ITES and core industries, with a rise of more than 10%. FMCG,
catering, tech and IT, though, expect the recruiting figures to remain the same relative to last
year. The study reported that recruiting management and bachelor's degree holders would be
decreased by the BFSI market, and ITI and diploma candidates will. Market security and leisure
industries are expected to recruit more specialists’ candidates. The hospitality sector also plans to
cut diploma intake in the overall hiring mix. Similarly, the key industries will see a decline in
engineering employment while engineer jobs would go up significantly. The top states in terms
of the employable pool are Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, West Bengal, Maharashtra,
Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Haryana and others. The new entrants
include – Jharkhand, Himachal Pradesh and Haryana – as compared to last year's list of top 10
states. The states that missed their top 10 ranking slot are — Orissa, Kerala and Pondicherry.
Likewise, the highest recruiting level can be seen in terms of the employment patterns in
Maharashtra, Karnataka, Delhi, Tamil Nadu, Punjab, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh,
and Haryana respectively. While 80 per cent of workers want a younger workforce — age 30 or
under — there is a growing increase of recruiting people over the age of 30. In this year's survey,
this figure rose to over 23 per cent. The study also sought to classify the employers' favorite
sources of procurement. External recommendations come across as the most popular source of
sourcing, followed by work portals. With each passing year, the use of social media as a sourcing
tool grows, with about 14.5 per cent identifying it as the favored network. There's even a tiny
number that focuses on web and video recruiting. In particular, the internet platform represents
more than one fourth of the chosen channels for sourcing. With each passing year, the source
channel is rising, with about 14.5 per cent identifying it as their favorite network. There's even a
tiny number that focuses on web and video recruiting. In particular, the internet platform
represents more than one fourth of the chosen channels for sourcing. The India Skills Report
2016 is a joint initiative of Wheebox, PeopleStrong, Indian Industry Confederation (CII),
LinkedIn and Indian Universities Association (AIU). The study gathers perspectives from the
largest employability exam that was extended across India to 3000 educational campuses,
assessing five lakh candidates. It also obtained input from the hiring intent survey carried out by
the country, which reached over 150 employers across 12 major sectors. People from small
towns, in search of better opportunities in studies or jobs, frequently migrate to metro cities. But
going to another city or a metro city too isn't or straightforward and is more like a culture shock
for many people who come from small towns. Getting many friends from small cities, I have
always come across tales of them coming to metro cities and what they're all going through.
Even when thinking about general issues, such as the number of inhabitants, cultural disparities
and more in a metro area, one thing that fascinated me was that they faced any complexes or
biases from the inhabitants in those metros. And the responses I got were definitely fascinating
not just from my peers but also online:
Finding a House for Bachelors Is a Nightmare A friend on WhatsApp told me how some of her
friends who came to Pune to study engineering had trouble finding a place to stay. Bachelors
were not seen as trustworthy, particularly men, and so found it difficult to get a place on contract.
She had recalled that there was little issue with girls in this area and had no trouble finding a
home. She did, though, throw on a word of warning to get a place to rent if the landlord fails to
get an urgent agreement. She said, "Most people here struggle to get it-once you have it, you're
going to be protected by regulation in a way. Try getting 2-3 girls to get a spot. You just need a
reliable neighborhood and landlords to rely on. This has been expressed not only by a couple of
my peers but by other online users that users in the metro city are not as similar as those in small
towns. For those who come from the latter place to get used to the cold and remote ways of
metros, this is a very significant change. A friend from a small town in Northern India said
they felt like strangers in a metro city, where people stereotyped them and they didn't feel
accepted particularly without any support network. Everyone lived in closer proximity and knew
each other well, which they never thought was common in small towns. However, there are also
those who enjoy the fact that people in the metro cities open their room for visitors, something
that cannot happen in small towns where everyone is familiar to each other and has their nose in
the businesses of other visitors. This user of Quora, Arpitha Kunjur, who moved from
Mangalore to Bangalore said, "The loads of people you get to communicate with show that no
matter what language you speak or where you come from, we're all the same at heart. Or much of
the time! I love how no-one's nosy, how people themselves can be. Of which the decisions are
even less so. The constant streaming in of people to B'lore every day has taught me how to be
welcoming. In fact, this reminded me of my own friend from the North-East who told me a few
days ago how she changes her name when she communicates with people in Delhi here.
1. The way they talk and act they try to blend in the crowd right away.
2. Most of them believe city-born girls are snobs, and are very afraid to touch them.
3. The rapid mixture of guys is bullying them.
4. Very difficult for them to absorb any clear minded thoughts about relationships and other
issues.
5. Language: Language. Some of them must have learned regional language because they
wouldn't speak English fluently, but trust me by the time you finish class, their English would be
way better than yours and also their GRE scores may be better.
The reason she said that was that people can never get her name right and would change it
without knowing what her name actually is. The High Paced Life Can Get Stressful No one can
argue that the metro or major cities are incredibly fast paced and competitive, with everyone
looking after the next big thing. With those come from small towns that are accustomed to a
more comfortable lifestyle with fewer cars, automobiles, and this may be a significant change.
This is often said that the feeling of isolation is not present in small towns, and can be of great
benefit particularly in emergencies. But it's not just that townspeople enjoy their town’s cozy and
comfortable lifestyle. A writer from Quora wrote about how people from small towns often
choose big cities only because of greater work prospects. Because time immemorial moving
from villages to bigger cities has become the practice. Yet more and more people are going back
to their homes, or to smaller cities. Call it city life disillusionment or the availability of more jobs
in smaller regions, 'reverse migration' is a phenomenon that is slowly catching on. "With a
growing economy the need for expertise tends to evolve, both over time and through geographies.
Accordingly, labor mobility — whether rural-to-urban or urban-to-rural — is of critical
importance, "says Girish Bahal, Associate Fellow, National Council of Applied Economic
Research (NCAER), New Delhi."It is important to move labor from small towns to big towns or
vice versa as it means a productive labor market where the workforce is geographically chosen
on the basis of skills and human resources."With an increasingly concentrated urban market,
employers too have begun looking with renewed enthusiasm at the interiors of the region. As
technology also plays a major role in linking India, the borders between metro, small towns and
villages are being blurred." The relatively low cost of business activities and better transportation
access are key factors that push companies to look at Tier II and Tier III cities," says Priyanka
Singh, spokesperson for RuralShores, a rural business process outsourcing company (BPO),
which has 18 centers across nine states, offering work opportunities for people who want to live
in small towns. The firm, which began in 2008 with just 170 staff, today employs 3,700 people
in places like Ratnagiri (Maharashtra) and Barmer (Rajasthan). So it is not just commercial
businesses that court the rural people. The Union government is also looking to increase
opportunities for jobs in these regions. It recently accepted a 'India BPO Promotion Scheme' with
an outlay of around Rs 493 crore, envisaged under the New India Programme. Under the system,
over 190 new BPOs — with a total seating capacity of 1,25 lakh workers (per shift)—are
expected to arrive in the country's smaller pockets. Tata Consultancy Services has already
launched a center in Patna and will follow up on it in Varanasi with another. Other companies set
up BPOs in locations such as Allahabad, Bareilly, Ghazipur, Lucknow and Siliguri.
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metros/
https://www.edtimes.in/do-small-town-people-feel-complexes-from-metro-city-crowd/
https://www.financialexpress.com/lifestyle/done-with-glitz-and-glamour-why-professionals-are-
opting-to-move-back-to-their-hometowns/734335/
