Have you ever wondered, why are
we here in
this renowned college? Not
to mention, we
all forget that we are being sent here basically to
learn and grow both physically and mentally to face the reality of the
world, beyond the campus of this
college. Yes, many of us proudly say that we are the future nation builders, the leaders of tomorrow, but did you
ever question, “Why are graduates
still unemployed?” How many of us really thought about this? Maybe, one
third or even lesser than that. To find
an answer
to this question, I could not sleep peacfully last night, therefore, I have asked some of our senior
graduates regarding this issue, who are still hunting for jobs, working hard day in, day out to earn a living.
Various factors contributing to
graduates unemplyment are: Firstly,
the attitude
of the youth which plays a very crucial role in presenting oneself in front of the interview panel members, secondly,
the mismatch
of vacancies and course taken, where
the announced vacancies are not relevent to the courses taken by the students back in their colleges. Thirdly, due to the increased number of graduates every
year, the vacancies are limited thus when driven by the competition, graduates
with low marks are being left out as the shortlisting is based on marks. Low
marks in college can be related to factors like the choice of stream in class
XII, where students choose the stream not based on their interest and aptitude
but taking blindly driven by marks and family pressure, affecting performance
in college.
Fourthly, graduates are not being able to take
up business venture of their own and get involved in entrepreneurship, due to
lack of limited funds and lesser scope in Bhutan, thus remaining unemployed, looking
for civil service, which takes limited number of graduates every year. Lastly,
graduates are not keen in taking so-called the blue collar jobs, which are plenty
in private due to low income and lack of dignity of labour. Job security plays
an important role in working private, thus discouraging graduates to join
private companies as the job in private is not as secure as in government. Not
to forget about the corrupt practice in selecting the relatives and known ones
for various vacancies leaving behind those graduates from the poor family
backgrounds, though they have good marks.
To conclude, unemployment is related to various
factors like; the limited vacancy in the civil service, the increased number of graduates
leading to intense
competition, lack of the entreprenurial skills where
many graduates are afraid to take risk,
and the mismatch of youth’s job preference
and the available opportunities in the market, where the graduates prefer
white collar jobs to blue collar and finally, the cases of both seen and unseen
cases of nepotism.
Thus, taking this opportunity to write this, I want
to convey the message here. Everyone of us
here in this college is due to our good performance
and interest
or maybe due to the external preconditions being
imposed upon by our family, now it is high time for all of us to learn and grow, pursue the dreams that we want to achieve,
not somebody’s. Let us not
just seat and act like a poodle toy
rather let
us be fearless and brave to tackle the challenges that lie beyond this campus, keeping in mind that everything
is possible if you do with your heart not being forced upon by someone.
