| CareerSmart, a CD-cum-web-enabled programme, offers a range of assessment solutions to identify individual's skills that will hinder or help in the job search process. |
| Addressing a press conference, R Kannan, chief executive officer, CareersUniverse Pte Ltd, said the product had been developed to address the mismatch between supply and demand. This issue should be addressed not only by educational institutions, but also by job seekers, who should improve their soft skills to make them easily employable, he added. |
| Kannan said that the group's experience in offering pre-screening services to a number of leading companies over the last six years had helped in designing such a product. |
| CareersUniverse was incorporated in Singapore in 2005 as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Careersindia, founded in 1998 as a private limited company in Chennai by a group of HR professionals. |
| Careersindia currently provides online pre-screening services to about 50 companies that include Scope International, E-serve, Airtel, ITC, HPCL and Murugappa Group, across all sectors. |
| Besides providing online competency assessment services in the context of pre-screening candidates for selection, the company also provides competency assessment for existing professionals to identify developmental areas. |
| CareerSmart will be launched in other cities across the country over the next couple of months. The CareerSmart CD, priced at Rs 499 (plus taxes) will be available at all leading retail stores, Reliance Web Worlds and Sify Malls. The company is also exploring tie ups with educational institutions. |
| Kannan declined to divulge the financial details. He, however, said the company was funded by a Bangalore-based venture capitalist and was reporting 70 per cent growth over the last few years. |
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