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Many bright students in remote areas often find it difficult to land their dream job. The location, many a time, becomes a hurdle to their growth. But that’s changing. A start-up launched in September last year is helping recruiters find such students and connect them to the right jobs.
HireMee, a recruitment/assessment-based platform not only helps students residing in tier II and tier III cities to get the job that fit them but also gives an opportunity to companies to widen their search for hidden talent in smaller cities.
The assessment platform reaches out to final-year students pursuing degree or diploma in engineering, humanities, sciences, commerce and business management. Firstly, the students have to take an assessment test which consists of the following subjects: verbal aptitude, logical reasoning, technical computer knowledge, behavioural aptitude, communication and technical core domain knowledge. This test helps in preparing the scorecard. In the second stage, the students are asked to upload three videos, each of 20 seconds, in order to assess their communication skills, aspirations and their technical strength.
The HireMee scorecard and video pitch give recruiters detailed analytics of each candidate, which helps in shortlisting the hire-worthy job-seekers directly from the HireMee website or app. This way it helps in bridging the gap between recruiter and student.
“There are better chances of those studying in tier III institutes of tier I city to get placed than those in tier I institute of tier III city”, said Chockalingam Valliappa, who founded the start-up. Valliappa, who is also Vice-Chairman, Sona College of Technology in Salem, said, “Despite Sona College being ranked 47th on the National Institute Ranking Framework, not many recruiters came to the campus since it is located in the interior part of the country. This is when the idea of HireMee occurred to me.”
So far, 1,600 students from the interior parts have received job offers through HireMee. Gubbi (Karnataka), Thanikella (Telangana), Thalaivasal (Tamil Nadu) are some of the areas from where students have been offered jobs.
Expansion plan
The start-up, currently active in the southern region, plans to go national next month. It is set to work with the Centre on employability gap analysis to hone the skills of students during their final year to make them industry-ready.
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