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US career aptitude council comes to India:
New Kerala - Ernakulam,Kerala,India
US career aptitude council comes to India
World News, Bangalore : The US-based Professional
Aptitude Council (PAC) has entered India to conduct globally
accepted tests for Indian jobseekers in the IT industry.
Bangalore, March 16 : The US-based Professional Aptitude
Council (PAC) has entered India to conduct globally accepted
tests for Indian jobseekers in the IT industry.
In association with industry leaders, academic partners and
its own global testing advisory group, the US-based provider
of pre-employment aptitude tests for IT professionals has
designed an examination to assist engineering graduates
secure software or hardware (product) related jobs
internationally.
PAC India country manager Guhesh Ramanathan told reporters
here Wednesday:
"The PAC exam helps job-seeking freshers to assess their
capabilities in the three areas the industry considers
critical - applied technical skills, technical aptitude and
personality constructs.
"Since the exam is focused on the attributes that IT firms
look for, it levels the playing field for all students with
an equal chance to excel. The exam prepares candidates for
the industry's pre-interview hiring process."
Over the last two years, the San Francisco-founded PAC
helped about 15,000 graduates in the US to qualify for jobs
by going through its aptitude test.
Launching its operations in four major Indian IT cities -
Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chennai and Delhi - PAC plans to hold
the first exam in May-June through 150 campuses in the four
states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Delhi.
"We propose to hold the exam offline as well as online, for
which the eligible students will have to register with us
for a fee of $43 (Rs.1,849) at our offices or through our
web site (proaptitude.com). The exam will be held twice a
year," Ramanathan said.
For the IT industry, PAC offers the advantage of a globally
standardised technical aptitude exam for screening and
indicating the potential success of a candidate.
PAC is also in touch with leading IT companies, including
Infosys, for conducting its exam even for recently hired
employees.
Though PAC does not guarantee a job, it enables students to
take one exam instead of multiple exams to qualify for jobs.
It allows them to compete with the best in a global market
instead of restricting their prospects to campus
recruitment.
With over 400,000 students passing out of about 1,800
engineering colleges every year in India, PAC plans to
target freshers from at least 1,300 institutions across the
country in the next 12-18 months.
Foraying into the Asia-Pacific region through India, PAC
plans to expand its presence in China later this year and
then across Australia, Japan and Europe in 2006.
"Our mission is to assist students find great jobs and help
companies get the right people. India with its large pool of
talented students was our natural choice to introduce the
PAC exam in the sub-continent," said PAC chairman and CEO
Christopher Markesky.
Indo-Asian News Service |
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