"E-learning and virtual recruitment are a miraculous solution," says Ashish Aggarwal Founder - Talento"
The present time has gone haywire and the world perpetually is undergoing lots of ups and downs. Not only the post-pandemic crises have hampered the routine life but also undermarked educational institutions and business organizations, which have been consequently taken over by remote working operations. The COVID19 pandemic has ensued online learning as more centrical. The drastic yet gradual shift to remote learning and assessment has resulted in the emergence of more meticulous technology that enables educators to counterpoise for the convulse caused by a NOVEL coronavirus, and strategize effective e-learning.
Talento, incubated by IIM Calcutta innovation park is one such organization that has been using pre-eminent AI in allocating resources for e-learning, assessment & evaluation, along with skill enhancement and recruitment. The brainchild of Ashish Aggarwal has been setting milestones and has envisaged an unwavering target for skilling and providing jobs to more than 10 million aspirants at the entry-level hierarchy of job roles in the next 5 years. Talento with its diligent efforts focusses on capturing the corporate market globally by not only helping them hire new talent but also, by reskilling and upskilling the existing workforce. With a defined objective the team and AI follow a properly marshaled procedure for extracting the potentially disregarded talent from the most secluded corners of the cities. The extracted data is further created into a candidate pool on the basis of an online assessment conducted by Talento with industry-specific experts. These candidates are then upskilled/reskilled in accordance with their existing skills, interest, and career path. On the other hand, companies are consociated who have vacancies for these Talento certified applicants. Talento solely takes responsibility for aligning the recruitment process by introducing the aspirant and the recruiter abridging the gap to ensure a smooth process. Centralizing the diversified culture and accessibility the integrated skill enhancement e-courses and competency-based assessment suites are available in 13 regional languages.
It is a fact undeterred that the rapid market decline and layoffs are heightening the fear of economic collapse. Airlines, hotels, travel agencies, and event companies have all been suffering, but the most disadvantaged of all have come out to be entry-level workers such as carpenters, painters, stitching operators, mechanics, etc. who are constantly struggling for jobs and skill enhancement. Considering the need of the hour, Talento has become the flag bearer in uplifting them through its expertise in assessing and identifying the potential talent, working through a well-strategized process that incorporates:
Planning; Attracting; Developing; Retaining; & Transitioning of the candidates.
Through our technological advancement, we identify the caliber and interest of the candidates and groom them according to their skill sets and career path.
It has been 4 months that exams are on hold due to unfavorable circumstances and thus the entire process of recruitment is getting delayed for the aspiring candidates, we have voluntarily moved forward to support our government in resisting the shudder by giving opportunities of skill enhancement and voluntary internships. To cope up with the current scenario we have shifted to the hybrid nature of work style and adapted the new normal through the incorporation of rotational shifts while maintaining social distancing and proper sanitization in the premises.
