1. What do employers
want?
Stephen Manallack
Presentation to Indian University Students
Author 4 books
Blogger INTO INDIA
International Speaker
Stephen Manallack "Employability"
4. How to make them
want YOU
Get your best degree!
Let your light shine!
Stephen Manallack "Employability"
5. The results are in – we
know what they want
The QS Global Employer Survey
2018
More than 11,000 employers were
surveyed around the world
Answers were compared to16,000
prospective students…
Stephen Manallack "Employability"
6. The first thing
employers want
Get your best degree
or post-graduate
qualification
Stephen Manallack "Employability"
7. What students think
employers want
1. Creativity
2. Organisation
3. Problem solving
4. Leadership
5. Teamwork
…but employers?
Stephen Manallack "Employability"
8. What employers really want
• Problem Solving
• Teamwork
• Communication
Stephen Manallack "Employability"
12. How employers and
students compare
EMPLOYERS STUDENTS
1. Problem solving Creativity
2. Teamwork Organisation
3. Communication Problem solving
Stephen Manallack "Employability"
13. Where students are
heading the right way
EMPLOYERS STUDENTS
1. Problem solving Creativity
2. Teamwork Organisation
3. Communication Problem solving
Stephen Manallack "Employability"
14. What students need to
forget prioritising
EMPLOYERS STUDENTS
1. Problem solving Creativity
2. Teamwork Organisation
3. Communication Problem solving
Stephen Manallack "Employability"
15. What students need to
focus more on
EMPLOYERS STUDENTS
1. Problem solving Creativity
2. Teamwork Organisation
3. Communication Problem solving
Stephen Manallack "Employability"
17. You face huge
competition for jobs
About 600 million people,
more than half India’s
population, are under 25
years old
…But there’s more!
Stephen Manallack "Employability"
20. Industry 4.0
• The biggest industrial revolution in
human history
• The convergence of AI, digitisation,
mobilisation etc – 10 converging
changes
• Bigger than the wheel, steam or the IT
revolutions
What does this mean for you?
Stephen Manallack "Employability"
24. Jobs to appear AND disappear fast
• The job you get might not even be
invented yet
• The job you want might disappear
• You might need to create your own
job! Entrepreneurship to grow
• Show you can be a team player – in
fact, why not get a group of fellow
students to become a job team!
Stephen Manallack "Employability"
25. The 5 things YOU
need
1. Your PITCH
2. CV that persuades
3. Linked In
4. Q & A interview skills
5. Cross-cultural skills
Stephen Manallack "Employability"
26. Steve’s Pitch
My name is Stephen Manallack.
Did you know recent research
revealed a major problem for
Victorian education – too many
Indian graduates cannot find work
matching their degree.
Stephen Manallack "Employability"
27. Steve’s Pitch
So we voluntarily did a Pilot Study
to see if we could rapidly improve
their employability – with
immediate results that will lead to
jobs.
We are now seeking support to
turn this into an Australia-wide
program…
Stephen Manallack "Employability"
28. So – how will you let
your light shine?
Speeches/presentations
Learn soft skills/Global
communication skills
Be ready with your “pitch”
Sharpen your CV and LinkedIn
Volunteer
Stephen Manallack "Employability"
30. YOGANANDA inspires
“There is a magnet in your
heart that will attract true
friends. That magnet is
unselfishness, thinking of
others first; when you learn to
live for others, they will live for
you.”
Stephen Manallack "Employability"