India Tops US In Job Opportunities - June 4, 2008

For students graduating this year, India is seen as having the most job opportunities, with the US a close second, a study released on Tuesday by Accenture said. While nearly half (46 per cent) of Indian respondents are concerned that the weakening economy will affect their job search, they are far less concerned about the weakening economy than university graduates worldwide (63 per cent), an Accenture release said.

The study, based on a global survey of 286 graduating students in India and a total of 2,464 in eight countries, found that 87 per cent of India university seniors have started looking for a job. However, only half of the India graduating students have already found a job.Engineering as well as computers and math are the top professions chosen by the Indian graduates, where technology consulting, communications, or electronics and high tech are the preferred industry/sector for work.Despite concerns about a challenging job market, many Indian respondents would trade off some salary to work for a prestigious company to gain global experience. More Indian respondents expect to have a full-time job within three months of graduation compared to respondents overall and over half (53 per cent) of the India graduates will graduate without any student loans.