Salem : FLAG 2015 offered by EmployabilityBridge in association CII held it’s first event for this year today at Narasu’s Sarathy Institute of Technology with overwhelming response from students and companies. FLAG 2015 received response from over 1000 students while leading companies made over 117 offers and shortlisted a few students to next level interviews.

The Salem FLAG 2015 had participation of companies from multiple industries including IT, robotics, web development, networking and mobile applications development. The companies were hiring for openings in cities across India.

Milagrow, A&T Video Networks, Headrun, Divum, Baabte and a leading IT company were the companies that participated and they were enthused by the response from colleges and students for the FLAG 2015. Handing over the offers to the selected candidate the participated companies said FLAG by Employability Bridge is a one stop-shop for our recruitments. It also communicates that good candidates were spread across and not just only in well established institutions.

Commenting on the program Emmanuel Justus, CEO, Employability Bridge said that “FLAG is a series of intelligent graduate hiring events offered by Employability Bridge in association with CII to ease the hiring process for the leading corporate and they were able to meet students from 18-20 colleges in tier II and tier III city colleges today. We were delighted to see the eligible candidates get access to opportunities with some of the India’s leading companies. We appreciate the interest by the companies and colleges for FLAG.”

“70% of the colleges in India are located in tier II and tier III cities. Few institutions in bigger cities have access to corporate for placements. While the others have minimal or no access with the corporate for placement. This restricts the right opportunity for the right candidate merely for a reason he/she is from smaller cities. EmployabilityBridge addresses this issue by aggregating colleges and corporate.” he added.

Mr. Mohan, CII Chairman, Salem said “Salem and nearby regions are known for its quality education. The region has many colleges with good infrastructure facilities and gives out many technically qualified candidates to the society every year. But due to lack of awareness both among the students on job availability and among the companies about the institutions the good opportunities were missed. But events like FLAG play an important role in bridging the gap and empowering the students.”

Ambalavanan, CTO, EmployabilityBridge said “EmployabilityBridge plays a critical pivotal role in the entire job ecosystem by exposing students with opportunities available across multiple industries – IT, Manufacturing, Engineering, Servicing, ITES, Automotive, Electronics etc. These opportunities are not only available with MNC’s but also with mid size companies, SME’s, startup etc. Pre-counseling and processes before meeting the companies by FLAG helps the students to identify their skills and get good opportunity.”

B Nitish Harihar, Pro Chairman, Narasu’s Sarathy Institute of Technology said that “NSIT has been associated with EmployabilityBridge for the last three years and proud to host the first FLAG for 2015. FLAG has given the students from rural institutions access to leading companies. We are happy to have hosted students from colleges in the Salem region to participate in the FLAG. I wish more corporate should take part in the upcoming FLAG events to widen the opportunities.”

HR heads of the companies participated said that “companies are looking for candidates with technical knowledge and other employable skill-sets. Geography is not a restriction. Corporate prefer going to well established colleges as the probability of getting the right candidates are more. But this should not restrict the opportunities to the right candidates from the tier-2/tier-3 city colleges. Forum like FLAG eases the process to identify the right candidates with the criteria companies looking for at one place and saves cost and time.”

Saravanan, a student from a college in Salem said “I was apprehensive about job after studies. But I am glad I got an offer through FLAG. FLAG is a boon for students like me studying in colleges from smaller cities with limited access to companies beyond our locality.”

EmployabilityBridge will hold its next FLAG event in Chennai on 26th September at Prathyusha Institute Of Technology And Management.