HR Learning: 13 Dec, 2021

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ELGi is building digital skills in employees for future of work

The Company is partnering with NASCOMM to make this happen. ELGi, the Indian air compressor manufacturing company, has announced that it is going to build foundational digital skills so that employees can work in a digitally-enabled environment and add value to work, beyond what is automated by machines and technology. Employees will need these skills to continuously adapt to the evolving digital environment at workplaces. More than 1000 employees at ELGi will benefit from this digital skilling programme called Future Skills Prime. The initiative has been taken by Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, the Government of India, NASSCOM, and the IT industry.

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TSSC, BetterPlace to help bridge skill gap in the telecom sector

The collaboration will ensure employment of blue-collared workforce in the areas of 5G, drone technology. The Telecom Sector Skill Council (TSSC), the Indian skill development institution for telecom, and BetterPlace, the tech platform, have come together to help bridge the skill gap that exists amongst the blue-collared workforce in the telecom space. The two entities have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to this effect, under which they will facilitate the hiring of workers in the fields of 5G, drone technology and other roles associated with information and communication technology (ICT). Not only will the candidates be trained, skilled and placed, but will also be offered counselling sessions. BetterPlace will carry out placement drives on behalf of TSSC through its online portal for community building of trained workforce professionals. The programme will leverage the BetterPlace database of candidates to create awareness about the telecom sector job roles and government skill programmes, even while providing the necessary networking opportunities.

 

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Codelattice to hire, train 100+ for FreshToHome, UAE

Initially, the Company will hire 20 developers, train and groom them and send them to UAE.  Codelattice, the Kozhikode-based startup, is hiring for the Centre of Excellence (COE) it is setting up for FreshToHome, UAE. As part of the build-own-operate (BOOT) contract for the COE, Codelattice is on the lookout for full-stack developers with minimum four years of experience, as well as architects and scrum masters for the end-to-end team it is creating for the e-commerce company in the fish and meat retail space. As Vikas Mohandas, CTO, Codelattice, rightly points out, “There’s nothing more crucial to the success of an organisation than bringing the right people on board and encouraging their growth.” Therefore, it will take on at least 100 high-end developers conversant with technology and possessing leadership skills, to be part of the team for FreshToHome, the backward- integrated fish and meat platform. It is looking out for techies with “an attitude of excellence”. The hires will be trained in advanced engineering operations in a range of technology development and support services for the operational requirements of FreshToHome.