90% engineering job seekers feel soft skills are important for employment

 The Covid-19 pandemic has induced a financial crunch for many companies and the world and they have had to lay off many of their employees. It has also affected hirings across all sectors. This has highlighted the need for an enhanced skill set among the employees and job-seekers to pivot through such unforeseen circumstances.

Taking note of the same, one of India’s largest IP-driven incubation lab, BridgeLabz, surveyed on the theme ‘Skills engineers should hone to stay relevant in the upcoming years’ which found that 90% of engineering job seekers feel that they need good soft skills along with domain knowledge to get good jobs or hold on to jobs if they already have them.

The responses from over 1300 engineering job seekers shows that they want to get a robust, comprehensive skillset that would help solidify their position as an employee in the future.

Speaking on the survey findings, Narayan Mahadevan, Founder, BridgeLabz, said, “The pandemic has not only changed business models but also the hirings and promotion structures. Today, an employee is expected to be computer engineering vs computer science multiskilled to guide peers or assume extended responsibilities in times of crisis. flexibility is the keyword here.”