TalentSprint Unveils 24/7 Digital Programs to Help Non-urban Youth Compete With Their Urban Peers for Aspirational IT Jobs

HYDERABAD, India, June 14, 2016 /PRNewswire/ --

These Programs are Designed to Create an Inclusive, Uniform and Level Playing Field for Young Graduates Across the Country 

TalentSprint, India's leading Youth Career Accelerator, has unveiled a series of new digital programs aimed at BTech., BSc fresh graduates and final semester students who hail from non-metros and are seeking their first job in the IT sector. With a mission to empower one million youth realize their career dreams, TalentSprint intends to position these holistic, well-rounded programs as one-stop career solutions that can help rural and semi-urban youth overcome traditional barriers of gender, geography, and privilege. While young college graduates across the nation continue to aspire for the best jobs the IT sector has to offer every year, the intrinsic pattern of entry-level IT recruitment itself is undergoing a seismic shift.

Commenting on this latest initiative, Dr. Santanu Paul, Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, TalentSprint said, "Our digitally intelligent platform and these new digital courses will empower every young person to prepare for exciting, high-value IT careers. In effect, we are trying to create a backstop for the systemic failures in higher education. As we have already seen with our digital courses in the banking and financial sectors, now being accessed by youth across 350+ towns across India, the appetite for high-quality employability courses, made available digitally, is practically unlimited."

Conventional on-campus centric models are giving way to off-campus intensive models. The old first-hire-then-train model is being replaced by a new first-train-then-hire model. These disruptions are being driven by a growing appetite among new startups and established companies to reduce their bench and training costs and increase just-in-time access to the right talent. Taken together, these trends effectively shift the entire burden of job-readiness over to the job-seekers, who now have to invest in the correct industry-ready skill courses and standardized employability assessments before they can qualify for high-value, entry-level IT jobs.

On the USP of TalentSprint's digital programs, Sridhar K, Chief Digital Officer, TalentSprint added, "Our programs enable students learn 24x7, the ability to play, replay, revise lessons at their own convenience, without diluting the opportunity to get one's doubts clarified by senior faculty, which is done through live sessions. We also conduct weekly All India Mock Tests to enable one to benchmark their performance vis-à-vis others."

TalentSprint estimates that 2 million young college graduates compete for 100,000 entry-level IT jobs every year. Complicating matters, talent supply is growing at 15% per year, while new openings are growing at less than 5% per year. 60% of the talent supply resides in non-metro locations, while 100% of the openings are in metro locations. To fend off fierce competition and to maximize chances of gainful employment, non-metro job seekers as a category must now seek professional assistance and mentoring which is not accessible in their location. These programs will equip them to take up widely-used recruitment tests with confidence, and are affordably priced.

About TalentSprint 

TalentSprint is India's leading Youth Career Accelerator. Its digitally intelligent platform empowers every young person to pursue an exciting career of their choice. Funded by Nexus Venture Partners and the National Skill Development Corporation, TalentSprint aims to empower one million young job seekers to pursue careers in information technology, banking and financial services, and education. The platform delivers technology-enabled experiential learning through a mix of cloud, contact, and colleges. It leverages digital and social media for youth outreach and forward integrates with a high-quality employer network.

TalentSprint has enabled 100,000+ youth and 400+ employers since inception. It is the recipient of several national and international awards, including the TV5 Business leader Award 2015, Excellence in Education Award 2015, World HRD Congress HR Tech Leader Award 2014, CIO Review Company of the Year Award 2014, Silicon India Industry Performer of the Year Award 2014, Deloitte Fast 500 APAC Award 2014, Deloitte Fast 50 India Award 2014, NSDC Best Performing Partner Award 2013, RED Herring Top 100 Asia 2012, FICCI LeapVault Skills Champion Roll of Honor 2012, NSDC Best Non-Corporate Partner 2012, NASSCOM Emerge 50 2011 and SKOCH Digital Inclusion 2011.

For more information, please visit http://www.talentsprint.com

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