UNDER EMPLOYMENT

Some fifteen years ago unemployment was a severe problem in India especially in Kerala.The education level of candidates from Kerala was very high in those time compared to the other Indian states.All educated candidates where dreamed about white collar jobs-Govt. jobs.As the time passes opportunities increased rapidly as a result of  the globalization and a lot of new foreign companies brought investment to India and introduced many products in our markets.As a country India's financial growth was tremendous.
                                                                                                                                                       
                                                                       Information Technology(IT) was another big opportunity in India.Computerization was faster,opening in that industry elevated globally.The Indian candidates could largely trade this global opportunity.The income of IT professionals was very high.Cities like Bangalore and Hyderabad became big IT centers.But after 2006 there was a set back in IT industry many IT professionals failed to find adequate opening.Many of them were forced to do underemployment.The satisfaction level has gradually been collapsed in the industry.
                                                                             
                                                                         Another development simultaneously happened in Kerala was establishment of new private professional colleges.Large number of engineering colleges opened without adequate facility and faculty.Radiating advertisement showing the state of the art buildings they could attract many students to such low graded institutions.Students at the age of 18 and 19 years forced to take bank loans to support the education.After completing such education most of the candidates fail to find adequate opening.Many of them get very low salaries from which they could hardly repay the bank loans.Now a days unemployment/underemployment is among highly qualified professionals.This is not the case of engineering graduate alone but also the other professionals like nursing and other paramedicals.

                                                                             In Kerala unskilled labour gets a minimum of rupees 50,000 per month.A housemaid gets not less than 10,000 per month.Even a home nurse without qualification gets identical payment.They need not spend money and time for the education and need not repay any bank loan.Availability of unskilled labour is very low compared to the educated professionals.

                                                                              Still parents think of their children to become a professional.They spent their money and time for achieving the targets.Writer believes that in the near future in Kerala reward depend only on the nature of work.The harder to execute the work the greater will be the benefit.And in future there will be acute shortage of skilled and unskilled labour.Where there is shortage of labour the wages will be elevated day by day.Why do-not people start to think of gaining the skill ? In Kerala many skills are either inherited or done by some community.But such communities do not encourage their children to continue with such skills.This added the scarcity of skilled workers.

                                                                                  Time ahead is good for people who are willing to work.The reward will be proportional to the work.The day is not much away when a doctor and carpenter draw equal salaries.So the parents and students must understand that the carrier should be that one would feel it as comfortable for him.