Internship and online training platform
Internshala has rolled out an initiative ‘India Employed’ to help graduates
build their career.Of the millions of students who graduate from Indian
colleges every year, only 8-10% do so with a job offer in hand. Internshala has
proposed internships as a solution to help the rest of the graduates build
their careers.
Through the campaign, Internshala is pledging
to help 50,000 graduates secure an internship by March 2018, aiming to tackle
the problems of unemployability and skill gap.
Through this campaign, unemployed graduates who
are unable to find suitable jobs can apply for internships with pre-placement
offers matching their requirements. After the internship, the graduate has a
chance to land a job in the same company.
The brands offering internships with
pre-placement offers as a part of this campaign include Teach For India, Aditya
Birla, OYO Rooms, Decathlon, and Sportskeeda. Graduates, irrespective of their
year of study, can apply to over 1,600 internships.
“Every day at Internshala, we come across
inspiring stories of graduates who undertook an internship to build their
careers. We strongly believe that internships are a solution to the problem of
unemployment and can help graduates acquire the skills they require to land
their first jobs,” said Sarvesh Agrawal, founder and CEO of the platform.
“While the government of India has identified skill building as a top national
priority, our pledge to help graduates through ‘India UnEmployed’ can play a
pivotal role in solving this and make a real impact.”
Internshala was founded in 2010 and provides
internship opportunities to over 2 million users registered with it. Students
and recent graduates can find internships in a diverse range of fields
including engineering, management, applied arts, science, law, design, hotel
management, architecture, and so on. In 2016-17, more than 4,00,000 internships
(across different streams) were listed on Internshala with an average stipend
of Rs. 7,500/- per month.
