Why You are Going to

school?
• To get a job

• It is either medical or engineering.

Why blame universities for the personal

choices of people to major in a field with
oversupply?

The market is flooded with engineering

graduates
 Statistics
The Institute for Policy Reforms (IPR), a think tank, has released a
factsheet on Employment Situation in Pakistan.
The factsheet is based on the findings of the latest Labour Force
Survey of 2014-15 released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
According to IPR’s factsheet, between 2012-13 and 2014-15 the
number of jobs created was 1.4 million. Accordingly, the
decrease in the number of unemployed workers was 100,000.
As such, by the end of 2014-15, the number of unemployed
workers was 3.6 million.
However, if the number of discouraged workers is included and
the normal increase in labour force allowed for, the total
number of unemployed rises to 5.3 million.

Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.

• the expected forecasted unemployment rate will
increase from 5.9 percent to 6.1 percent. It will
further deteriorate the employment ranking of
Pakistan from the 33rd to the 43rd position in Asia
(with calculations based on existing unemployment
rates in Asia)
• 2,000,000 jobs under special economic zones (SEZs)
to 7,000,000 direct jobs under all projects CPEC
(CPEC-CoE).

Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates

5.90 5.90 7.80 3.10 1985 -
2016
Pakistan
Labour Last Previous Highest Lowest Unit
Unemployme 5.90 5.90 7.80 3.10 percent
nt Rate
Unemployed 3620.00 3580.00 3730.00 903.00 Thousand
Persons

Employed 57420.00 56520.00 57420.00 26961.00 Thousand

Persons

Population 207.77 189.87 207.77 45.85 Million

Living Wage 28800.00 29000.00 29000.00 27500.00 PKR/Month

Family
Living Wage 14400.00 14500.00 14500.00 13300.00 PKR/Month
Individual

Wages High 49800.00 41100.00 49800.00 41100.00 PKR/Month

Skilled
Wages Low 20700.00 17000.00 30700.00 17000.00 PKR/Month
Skilled
Country Last Previous Highest Lowest
Spain 16.55 Dec/17 16.39 26.94 4.41 % Quarterly
Brazil 12.00 Nov/17 12.2 13.7 6.2 % Monthly
Italy 11.00 Nov/17 11.1 13 5.7 % Monthly
Turkey 10.30 Oct/17 10.6 14.8 7.3 % Monthly
France 9.70 Sep/17 9.5 10.7 7.2 % Quarterly
Euro Area 8.70 Nov/17 8.8 12.1 7.3 % Monthly
Canada 5.70 Dec/17 5.9 13.1 2.9 % Monthly
Australia 5.50 Dec/17 5.4 11.2 4 % Monthly
Indonesia 5.50 Sep/17 5.33 11.24 2 % Quarterly

Russia 5.10 Dec/17 5.1 14.1 4.8 % Monthly

Netherlands 4.40 Dec/17 4.4 7.9 3.6 % Monthly

United 4.30 Nov/17 4.3 12 3.4 % Monthly

Kingdom
United 4.10 Dec/17 4.1 10.8 2.5 % Monthly
States
China 3.90 Dec/17 3.95 4.3 3.9 % Quarterly
Germany 3.60 Dec/17 3.7 11.5 0.4 % Monthly

South Korea 3.60 Dec/17 3.6 7.1 2.9 % Monthly

India 3.46 Dec/16 3.49 8.3 3.46 % Yearly

Switzerland 3.30 Dec/17 3.1 5.4 1.6 % Monthly

Mexico 3.10 Dec/17 3.4 6.42 2.22 % Monthly

Japan 2.80 Dec/17 2.7 5.5 1 % Monthly
 What is
Vision / Goal / Mission ??
• The ability to think about or plan the future with
imagination.
 “Is field ka scope bohat hai islie
isme jaoo”.

A field doesn’t have scope, you

(Students) should have scope
• Engineering will definitely have it’s scope when
there will be heavy industry of vehicles. Just like
Honda, Hyundai, Ford etc. Pakistan has no such
industry which can manufacture her own vehicles.
This is the reason why mechanical engineering
Civil engineering has got it’s scope, right now. Presently, property business
is at it’s peak. New towns, societies and infrastructure is under-construction.
Pursuing civil engineering will earn more then other engineering fields. Tens
of highways and motorways are planned through CPEC—with that lot of
apartments and private/public sector buildings plus water dams are under
construction. A good civil engineer has serious chances to avail.
Chemical engineering has always had an average scope in Pakistan.
Chemical engineer can only fit him/herself in the field of medicines. But
seriously, pays are not satisfactory for a fresher. Chemical engineers can
earn more in Pakistan through their own private business—otherwise
there are less chances to have lucrative salary.
Aeronautical engineering has just come into limelight. With the
addition of JF thunder, PAF is keen to develop some other killer birds.
Though scope of Aeronautics is still not too popular but maybe, in next
fifteen years, chances will grow in this field. Right now just Kamra
Factory isn’t enough to meet the need of all aeronautical engineers.
Electrical engineers have chances but again there is less earning. Due to
lack of space in govt sector, engineers look uncomfortable in private
jobs.