When folks are students, their minds are free and uncluttered. They are willing to do anything, work at anything to dirty their hands to get the "experience" of it all !
What happens when they get qualified and educated ? They lose their ability to think, the fear of failure grips them hard, they get into conditioned responses and attitudes and invariably, become unemployable ! No qualification today, bar a CA or an IIM, MBA demands a rigorous grind frm the students. Any other degree is a easy route to the degree itself. If folks have made it with lesser degrees, it is because of the grind that they have put in - in their early years. Folks are increasingly unwilling to work on the grind anymore. They know it all. If at all, then they need to work in "corporate" jobs. In the meantime, they would rather be "umemployed" - small businesses, where you may end up doing a more meaningful role, are not in consideration at all ! And this is happening in "retail" - a complete sunrise industry.
Both my husband and me have been working for almost 22-25 years now, and can hardly remember "non-grind" years. If today we have a surplus both of time and money, its directly attributable to that grind. I do not see others younger do it anymore. Either they have too much money, or they rationalize things for themselves. Its sad.
This is a generation born when India has been booming for a consistent period. They do not know "want"
So, i find as i look around to employ people, that there a whole lot of folks un or underemployed, but not employable anymore.
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