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The Demand of Employable Soft Skills for the IT Industry: An Empirical Study in the State of Andhra Pradesh

The Demand of Employable Soft Skills for the IT Industry: An Empirical Study in the State of Andhra Pradesh
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Author(s): Yadamala Sreenivasulu (VIT University, India)and Akhil Kumar Jha (Madanapalle Institute of Technology and Science, India)
Copyright: 2020
Pages: 14
Source title: Innovations and Technologies for Soft Skill Development and Learning
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Suresh Kumar Nagarajan (VIT University, India)and Mohanasundaram R. (VIT University, India)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-3464-9.ch005

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Abstract

The present empirical research has been carried out in response to the e-mails received from reputed IT industry HR personnel with regard to the behaviour and soft skills issues of the newly recruited students from the working institution of the author. The present research aimed to identify the employable soft skills through survey questionnaire which again gives the opportunity to know the gaps between the soft skills taught in various engineering institutions of Andhra Pradesh and skills required for the IT jobs. Further, a structured questionnaire was administered to HR personnel of select reputed IT companies who take part in campus drives. The data has been statistically analyzed based on which the viable suggestions are provided to the engineering institutions to train students in soft skills for better employability prospects in IT Industry.

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