While nearly half (46 per cent) of Indian respondents are concerned that the weakening economy will affect their job search, they are far less concerned about the weakening economy than university graduates worldwide (63 per cent), an Accenture release said.
The study, based on a global survey of 286 graduating students in India and a total of 2,464 in eight countries, found that 87 per cent of India univerity seniors have started looking for a job, compared to three out of four overall, however, only half (51 per cent) of the India graduating students have already found a job.
Engineering as well as computers and maths are the top professions chosen by the Indian graduates, where Technology Consulting, Communications, or Electronics and High Tech are the preferred industry/sector for work.
Despite concerns about a challenging job market, many Indian respondents would trade-off some salary to work for a prestigious company, have interesting work or the opportunity to gain global experience.
More Indian respondents expect to have a full-time job within three months of graduation compared to respondents overall and over half (53 per cent) of the India graduates will graduate without any student loans, it said.