Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) is offering a 15-day online, free course for freshers, undergraduate (UG), and postgraduate (PG) in order to sharpen the employability skills of youngsters and make them job ready. As notified by the official website, "there are no prerequisites for taking this course."
The course is designed in a self-paced manner which will enable the candidates to improve their basic skills such as communication, collaboration, business etiquette, financial and digital literacy, and make themselves job-ready. As per the official website, "the course has been designed with the intent to equip the youth of today with core employability skills to take on the future."
Nmaed as ‘Career Edge-Young Professional’, the course is being offered by TCS’s business unit iON. Candidates interested to join the course can enrol themselves by registering on the official website at tcsion.com.
"In the two-week course, students will be required to attend a minimum of 7-10 hours of coursework per week. Each module can be completed in 1-2 hours duration", says the official website.
Takeaways from the Course
As per the official website, candidates applying for the course will be able to learn -
- Behavioral skills to build workplace camaraderie
- Presentation and communication skills to create an impact
- Create effective resumes that give strong profile visibility
- Business etiquette appropriate in a corporate setting
- Fundamentals of Accounting and IT
- Concept of Artificial Intelligence
The website says, "An online assessment at the end of each module will be conducted, except for Gain Guidance from Career Gurus, Gain Foundational Skills in IT, Understand Accounting Fundamentals and Understand Artificial Intelligence (Part 1 and Part 2). In addition, there will be an end-of-course assessment which has to be completed. Following successful completion, candidates will be given a certificate."