Mumbai: TCS iON, a strategic unit of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) (BSE: 532540, NSE: TCS), a leading global IT services, consulting and business solutions organization, announced a free, a 15 days self-paced digital certification program called Career Edge, to sharpen career skills of college going students and professionals during this period of lockdown.

 

Career Edge is a free two weeks online digital program followed by an online digital assessment and certification. The program is offered from TCS iON’s Digital Learning Hub platform. This program is specially designed for the college students/working professionals to enhance their career skills by helping them effectively utilise the time at hand during lockdown. The program consists of nano videos, case studies and assessments that will help the learners to understand, evaluate their strengths and weaknesses. Career Edge also carries useful recorded webinars hosted by TCSers to make it interesting and practical.

 

Commenting on the announcement, Venguswamy Ramaswamy, Global Head, TCS iON said,               “These are unprecedented times and our response has to be quick and effective — leading from the crisis of today to the next normal that will emerge after the pandemic. While we can’t predict the future, we at TCS iON are trying our best to reach all segments of the society and prepare them for the new Indi where remote working and digital skills will become the norm. However, as the world continues to go digital, soft skills are going to be more important than ever. Therefore, while TCS iON Digital Glass Room will reach out to schools and colleges, Career Edge is for the youth in the colleges to enhance their career skills and make them future ready.”

 

The ongoing pandemic can a have far reaching impact on Indian Labor Force. Youth unemployment and underemployment can be two key factors that could refrain India from optimizing its demographic dividend to the fullest. The job market too is set to get more competitive than before as businesses try to cut costs and deal with the crisis.  As the world goes on a lockdown, young professionals will be required to upskill and put their best foot forward to win in the job market. However, if used smartly, this period can also be a self-transformational stage for college students as they register for a free     15-day Career Edge program with TCS iON. The program is device agnostic, and can be accessed from cellphones, laptops and desktops.

This is the second initiative by TCS iON in the context of COVID 19 epidemic. Earlier, it had offered access to TCS iON Glass Digital Room, a free virtual learning platform, for educational institutes across the world. Using this, educators and students can connect in a safe, secure virtual environment, moving lessons from classrooms to interactive digital glass rooms. The offering is live starting 1^st April, 2020, on, https://learning.tcsionhub.in/courses/career-edge/and is available free of cost for everyone across the globe.