Modern Technology & Employement (PART-I)

The Jack of all Trades but Masters of None:

With old ideologies buried deep into the vaults of history, and the new thrust of liberalization and free-market economy becoming a ‘fait accompli’ the contours of employment arenas are also becoming highly competitive, contractual, and global on content and context. Under the towering tutelage of technology, patterns of employment are getting more and more daunting and rewarding. If, in the years gone by, the expanding public sector was the biggest source of employment in countries like India, in the years to come, it will be the private or corporate sector that is going to play the pivotal role. Patterns of employment, in the fast changing scenario at home and abroad, would not remain static but would be moulded by the demands of market forces under the over-all umbrella of technology. In the new emerging landscape, the need for those holding degrees or diplomas in liberal education, or those claiming to be ‘the jack of all trades but masters of none’, may not find the going as lucrative us the demand for those who are specialists.