Press Releases

  • Employabilitybridge works with 10000+ Educational Institutions particularly diploma and ITI colleges in 26+ Indian states to conduct recruitment drives to fulfill its clients’ freshers and bulk technicians (for manufacturing industry) requirements. Happy to share the feedback received from one of the Diploma colleges from Sikkim on how Employabilitybridge helped in getting diploma students from Sikkim with manufacturing job opportunities in Hosur, Chennai, Pune, NCR, etc…
    25/Oct/2021
  • Employabilitybridge flagged of the placement activities for the 2022 graduating batch of the Saradha Gangadharan College(SGC), Puducherry on Oct 12, 2021. As part of this inauguration event Employabilitybridge’s uReka – the Job App was introduced to SGC students and Mr.Ambalavanan Ramachandran – Director & COO of Employabilitybridge briefed the students on corporate expectations and how students should prepare themselves for succeeding in getting the first job. Also in this event Ms.Padma Jayaraman, Associate Director- CSS Corp briefed about the various opportunities available for Arts & Science students at CSS Corp and the interview process, and Ms.Rowena Scurville, Senior Consultant, Ma Foi Educational Services spoke about the top 10 employability skills/competencies required for the graduates and how do develop them.

    Hindu 13/Oct/2021
  • Saradha Gangadharn College(SGC), Puducherry has signed a Memorandum of Understanding(MoU) with Employabilitybridge to conduct career guidance and employability skill enhancement sessions for the students of SGC and provide placement support
    The Hindu 06/Sep/2021
  • EmployabilityBridge team headed by Preeti Shukla, Senior Recruitment Manager conducted recruitment drive for Suzuki Motors Gujarat(SMG) at Katni ITI MP on January 8th, 2021

    Bhaskar Hindi 08/Jan/2021
  • SMG ITI FTC drive – Katni, Madhya Pradesh – Selected candidates

    BhaskarHindi 16/Oct/2019
  • SMG ITI FTC drive – Katni, Madhya Pradesh

    15/Oct/2019
  • FICCI, Schneider Electric, Yes Consultants, Tech Mahindra, Employability Bridge involved

    Apart from an MoU signed between the Odisha Skill Development Authority (OSDA) and the ITE Educational Services (ITEES), Singapore on Monday, five more MoUs were signed with different skill development institutions in the Make in Odisha Conclave here on Tuesday.

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    The Pioneer 14/Nov/2018
  • City rides on five MoUs to become India’s skill capital

    The Times of India 14/Nov/2018
  • State Govt inks five pacts in skill sector

    The Indian Express 14/Nov/2018
  • Another firm, Employability Bridge / Surgeforth Technologies, Private Ltd, Chennai will connect trained and assessed candidates with companies for suitable job opportunities. It will collaborate with Central Placement Cell of DTE&T, Odisha

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    PRAGATIVADI 13/Nov/2018
  • The other four MoUs comprises the FICCI and Odisha Skill Development Authority (OSDA) collaboration to strengthen the employers engagement program to promote robust ecosystem of training and recruitment, Schneider Electric India Foundation will collaborate to set up modern laboratories at Government it is at Cuttack, Yess Consultants, Tech Mahindra and Surgeforth Technoplogies Private Ltd are among other collaborations.

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    Odisha Live 13/Nov/2018
  • Premier Mills Recruitment Drive @ Government ITI, Chittoor

    24/Oct/2018
  • SMG ITI FTC drive – Vivekanand ITI Kishangarh

    09/Oct/2018
  • SMG ITI FTC drive – Surat

    22/Jun/2018
  • SMG ITI FTC drive – Surat

    22/Jun/2018
  • SMG ITI FTC drive – Bihar

    Prabhat Khabar 28/Apr/2018
  • SMG ITI FTC drive – Bihar

    Prabhat Khabar 28/Apr/2018
  • Co-founder of Employability Bridge Ambalavanan Ramachandran says that companies from different sectors are now visiting campuses. Smaller firms, start ups and product companies earlier used to recruit five or 10 and now there is 30 per cent to 40 per cent increase.

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    THE HINDU 30/Nov/2015
  • If you’re an engineer then landing a decent job during placement season – which began last week with NASSCOM’s blessings – ought to be a cinch. But this logic that is already wearing thin for metropolitan colleges, is only worse for smaller colleges in tier-2 and tier 3 cities. While students crib that a majority of leading companies visit only elite institutions in major cities like Chennai, Coimbatore, Bangalore and Hyderabad, the recruiting companies claim that students in non metro cities lack basic guidance on campus placements.

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    The New Indian Express 12/Sep/2015
  • The State has around 400 IT companies, including start-ups that recruit engineering graduates every year.

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    The Hindu 09/Sep/2015
  • The State has around 400 IT companies, including start-ups that recruit engineering graduates every year.One of the problems that colleges and students in smaller cities face is lack of of knowledge about what the companies expect of students.

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    NEWS NOW 08/Sep/2015
  • Around 90 students from the southern states got offer letters from reputed sector wide companies on Saturday, as CII and  EmployabilityBridge conducted joint hiring sessions for top companies
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    The New Indian Express 30/Jun/2015
  • The 38th edition of FLAG recruitment drive gets good response both from the students and companies. 120 students dream of pursuing career in engineering was fulfilled
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    The Hindu 19/Apr/2015
  • On behalf of CII, career fair is organised on 18 April at Trichy. CII has organised 38 FLAGs in association with EmployabilityBridge till date. CII and EmployabilityBridge has committed to increase the job access to students from tier II and tier III cities

    Dina Thanthi 16/Apr/2015
  • Online portal EmployabilityBridge, a plotform that provides students from tier II & III cities access to employment opportunities, is planning to expand the initiative across India after tasting success in the southern reagion. With a presence in Tamilnadu, North Kerala and Bangalore, it plans to expand the programme towards the east and west of the country
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    Business Line 15/Apr/2015
  • 120 students get offers from top cos at FLAG ’15. Top companies offered specialised jobs with pay package of up to Rs. 6 lakhs.

    The Times of India 15/Apr/2015
  • India’s higher education system i the third largest in the world after China and US. Among the Indian states Tamilnadu is the one of the most literate state. And Trichy is considered as one of the major education hub with reputed intuitions. FLAG in Trichy will tell the companies for sure that their required students are available here

    The Times of India 15/Apr/2015
  • CII and EmployabilityBridge organise FLAG at smaller towns and cities to provide access to students form tier II & II cities. Campus drives usually conducted in tier I city colleges from Chennai, Bangalore but FLAG is organised in non-metros to demonstrate that eligible candidates are also available in smaller towns. FLAG is really boon for the students from smaller towns

    Dinakaran 15/Apr/2015
  • EmployabilityBridge and CII will hold a recruitment drive in Trichy on April 18. FLAG helped to demonstrate the companies about the availability of qualified and employable candidates in tier II & III cities. There was no dearth of good candidate in cities such as Trichy, Madurai and Salem said Emmanuel
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    The Hindu 15/Apr/2015
  • CII and EmployabilityBridge together organising its 38th FLAG in Trichy on 18 April, 2015. Companies from across India will take part in the FLAG

    Dinamani 15/Apr/2015
  • EmployabilityBridge’s 38th FLAG at Trichy since its first one at Trichy in 2011 conveyed a message that recruiting from these smaller towns and cities will add value to the companies. Since its first FLAG over 3500 students’ corporate have been fulfilled

    Deccan Chronicle 14/Apr/2015
  • EmployabilityBridge organised its 37th FLAG at Namakkal. Students from in and around Namakkal and other tier II and tier III city students got benefited

    Deccan Chronicle 02/Apr/2015
  • All Women FLAG, a recruitment drive organised by EmployabilityBridge and CII to fill more than 1000 openings

     

    The Times of India 09/Mar/2015
  • Over 700 girl students took the first step towards their career at All Women FLAG organised by EmployabilityBridge and CII. Students from Tamilnadu, Kerala, Karnataka and AP enthusiastically take part in the FLAG.

    Deccan Chronicle 09/Mar/2015
  • As many as 70 students gets their offer letter at All Women FLAG. Each FLAG registers 12 to 15 employment said Emmanuel. Small units which is going to have vital role in Make In India project should use FLAG to identify right manpower, told CII
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    The Hindu 09/Mar/2015
  • A job placement drive exclusively for girl students. The placement program aims at providing at least 1000 openings for the job seeking women

     

    Deccan Chronicle 05/Mar/2015
  • On the occasion of Women’s Day EmployabilityBridge is conducting its first ‘All Women FLAG’. Thus FLAG provides an opportunity for the girl students to get placed immediately after their studies

     

    Dinakaran 03/Mar/2015
  • FLAG on Women’s Day gives an opportunity to the students to meet more than 2 companies. For the first time FLAG opens up opportunities for Arts and Science disciplines as well.

     

    New Indian Express 03/Mar/2015
  • Girl students are invited to gear up themselves to meet their recruiters at FLAG on Women’s Day at Coimbatore.
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    The Hindu 03/Mar/2015
  • Students in remote areas are often at the losing end when it comes to placements. Opportunities were missed as companies prefer to go to tier 1 cities for their requirements. FLAG by EmployabilityBridge and CII will bridge the rural-urban gap when it comes to placements

     
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    New Indian Express 21/Feb/2015
  • Why don’t corporate go beyond the metros in their hiring drives? This question was the birth reason of EmployabilityBridge in the year 2011. EmployabilityBridge helps find rural talent and gives them a window of opportunity similar to what urban counterparts enjoy through its platform employabilitybridge.com.
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    The Economic Times 18/Feb/2015
  • EmployabilityBridge’s Kerala entry

     

    Financial Chronicle 13/Feb/2015
  • EmployabilityBridge and CII expanded it operation to Kerala to fulfil its commitment to increase the job access to the smaller town students

     

    Mathrubhumi 11/Feb/2015
  • Engineering students in smaller towns and cities can’t normally dream of getting head hunters visit their campuses for placement, but the FLAG event hosted by EmployabilityBridge in association with CII not only helps getting such students placed but also increases the access to many jobs opportunities
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    Business Line 05/Feb/2015
  • FLAG has established the fact that companies can still run their own hiring process at any tier 2/3 city. It has also broken the myth that good students are only available in the premier college. With the aggregation of colleges and students companies now found accessing them is made easy as the students in tier I cities.
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    SME World 02/Feb/2015
  • When the daughters of a truck driver and a brick kiln entered the final year of engineering, both were rather nervous about landing a good job as she wasn’t from a top ranked college. A few months later they bagged a job in a reputed manufacturing company with a help of FLAG by EmployabilityBridge and CII.
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    The Times of India 04/Dec/2014
  • Placements are often demographically driven, whether one likes or not. This robs candidates of opportunities for the mere reason he/she is in a small city. FLAG aims opening up access to better job opportunities by aggregating the students and companies in a pre-planned manner
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    The Hindu 17/Nov/2014
  • FLAG at Dindigul saw participants of 900 students and over 120 offers were made to the students who cleared the interview by the companies. Companies including Reliance, Mindtree, SaintGobian attended the FLAG 2015.
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    New Indian Express 10/Nov/2014
  • Opportunities also lies in companies other than bigger ones. Students are not taking initiative to search for the same. Awareness level on job scenario is also less among students. Students should do research on what job will fit for the subject they have studied and choose it for career success – Emmanuel Justus

    Dinamalar 20/Oct/2014
  • Providing students from tier II and tier III cities and towns with access to leading companies, EmployabilityBridge is different from other job fairs. It offers an open window to both the student and the recruiter through its flagship program FLAG. The company has partnered with CII and NSDC
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    The New Indian Express 13/Oct/2014
  • EmployabilityBridge organized its 27th FLAG at Chennai. 900 enthusiastic participants took part and eligible were offered with suitable job

    Deccan Chronicle 30/Sep/2014
  • FLAG 2015 by EmployabilityBridge received overwhelming response from the students across the state. Companies from different industries attended to find out their suitable candidates

    Sakshi 30/Sep/2014
  • EmployabilityBridge in association with CII organizes FLAG 2015 – Received overwhelming response.

    Trinity Mirror 27/Jul/2014
  • The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in partnership with Employability Bridge (EB), organised a FLAG 2013 (First Look at Aspiring Graduates 2013) programme at KLN College of Engineering with focus on improving hiring from Tier-2 and Tier-3 cities, here on Saturday.

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    The Hindu 09/Feb/2013
  • The Hindu 09/Feb/2013
  • The New Sunday Express 09/Feb/2013
  • ‘Flag 2013’, an event of Confederation of Indian Industry and Employability Bridge, was held at Jansons Institute of Technology here recently. Nearly 650 students from 16 colleges attended the recruitment drive.

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    The Hindu 20/Dec/2012
  • The Hindu 20/Dec/2012
  • The Hindu 20/Dec/2012
  • Over 800 students from nine colleges across Tamil Nadu who are part of CII-Employability Bridge initiative participated at the first job fair organised under the initiative in Tiruchi on Saturday.

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    The Hindu 19/Mar/2012
  • The Hindu 11/Mar/2012
  • CII is organising a job fair on March 17 in Tiruchi to facilitate recruitment of engineers and management graduates from colleges (based at Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities) who have participated in the employability enhancement programme offered through the CII Employability Bridge initiative. The event provides a unique opportunity for the participating companies, as they can select from a pool of industry-ready talents.

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    The Hindu 27/Feb/2012
  • The Times of India 10/Aug/2011
  • Deccan Chronicle 09/Aug/2011
  • The Hindu 09/Aug/2011
  • The Hindu 09/Aug/2011
  • The New Indian Express 09/Aug/2011
  • The Hindu 19/Jan/2011
  • Malai Sudar 19/Jan/2011
  • New Indian Express 19/Jan/2011
  • Financial Express 18/Jan/2011
  • CII’s Employability Bridge initiative would help around 100 companies in Tamil Nadu  to identify potential candidates for fresh recruitment from over 30 colleges in Tamil Nadu.    To ensure quality education and bridge the gap between industry and academia, CII  launched the ‘Employability Bridge’ early this year.     Around 15000 students are expected to benefit from this initiative. CII has identified Surgeforth Technologies as the program management partner for this initiative.

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    IndiaEducationDiary 18/Jan/2011
  • With complaints that the overwhelming majority of 3.5 million graduates churned out annually by India’s 509 universities and 31,000 colleges are nowhere near industry ready growing louder by the day, in a renewed attempt to address the growing mismatch between college education and needs of India Inc, on January 18 the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) southern region (membership: 1,400 member-corporates and 100 colleges), launched an online portal titled Employability Bridge (EB) in partnership with Chennai-based SurgeForth Technologies Pvt Ltd, a workforce management solutions company. The objective of this online portal (www.employability-bridge.com) is to provide a common platform for corporates, and government and private arts, science, engineering and management colleges. Additionally, EB provides industry-driven employability training to students, a placement management system for academia and cost-effective placement aggregation services for industry for on-and-off campus recruitment.

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    Education World Online 18/Jan/2011
  • Chennai, Aug 8 (PTI): Industry body CII today said it would train about 1,500 students of various colleges in rural areas in Tamil Nadu through its ‘’Employability Bridge” programme.
    The programme aimed at training the students to suit industry needs making them more employable. It has been developed with special curriculum which would be taught in colleges, CII Tamil Nadu State council Chairman N K Ranganath told reporters here.

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    InvestorCentral 18/Jan/2011
  • The Confederation of Indian Industry’s (CII) Employability Bridge drive is expected to help close to 100 companies in the South to identify potential candidates for fresh recruitment from over 30 colleges, predominantly in Tamil Nadu.

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    The Hindu 18/Jan/2011
  • Chennai, Aug 8 (PTI): Industry body CII today said it would train about 1,500 students of various colleges in rural areas in Tamil Nadu through its ”Employability Bridge” programme.

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    Money Control 18/Jan/2011

Audio-Visual Coverages

  • Employability Bridge / Surgeforth Technologies, Private Ltd, Chennai, a technology integrated ecosystem in the placement linkage area of Automotive, Manufacturing, Electronics, IT & ITES, the Agency will connect trained and assessed candidates with companies for suitable job opportunities and collaborative with Central Placement Cell of DTE&T, Odisha for placement of students pursuing Diploma Education & ITI Training in leading organisations.

  • EmployabilityBridge feeling proud for the successful on boarding of Female candidates from JITM Skills, Jharkhand at Natchi Apparel, Vedasandur, Dindigul with the coordination of our Odisha Partners Mr.Partha Bakshi & Mr. Prasanjit Patnaik on 4th & 5th October, 2018

  • FLAG @ Behara Polytechnic College @ Visakhapatnam on 02/Jun/2018

  • FLAG @ Shri Ram ITI – Jodhpur

  • Chennail Live 104.8 FM Channel RJ Jane on her morning show “Platform” interviews Emmanuel Justus, CEO, EmployabilityBridge.

  • Emmanuel Justus, EmployabilityBridge in Panel Discussion on Job Opportunities in IT Sector – Opportunities Available, Companies expectation, How to prepare for success and answers questions from job seekers in IT Industry

  • News coverage on how Employability Bridge helps students prepare in advance for success and how it helps the right student get the right opportunity and interview with Emmanuel Justus, EmployabilityBridge