Leading online education company, upGrad, has set up a placement cell to assist its
learners with the best in class career counselling and job assistance across India and
across all learning domains. Average salary hike for an upGrad learner increased to
57% in 2019, from being at 47% a year back. The company’s software development
program recorded the highest average at 66%, followed by Data Science at 58%,
Product Management at 50% and Digital Marketing at 42%. The graduated learners,
who were previously in profiles like Software Testing, Software Development,
Traditional Marketing, Sales and Operations, etc. are now working with some of the
leading companies like HDFC Life, Facebook, IBM, Uber, Zomato, and Microsoft
amongst others.
upGrad placement assistance team helps its learners with industry mentorship and
career services. Programs at upGrad increase the chances of their learners to earn
up to 30 times the investment they are making at formal education. The placement cell
has more than 100 vacancies across India and across all learning domains at any
given point of time.
upGrad Co-founder and Managing Director, Mayank Kumar said, “In today’s dynamic
economy, technology is the key focus and it is very important to adapt to lifelong
learning in order to stay relevant and sought-after. Being a learner-centricity education
company, it’s pertinent that we help our learners realize tangible outcomes at the end
of the program. Keeping this in mind, we started our in-house placement support team
which provides holistic placement services like resume building, interview preparation
support, salary negotiation tips and more. As of today, we have more than 300
corporates who have hired from upGrad’s talent pool and we plan to add 50 new
companies every quarter. Within a year of setting up the team, the outcomes have
been terrific – the top 20% of the transitioned learners graduated with an average hike
of 177%, which is way above any industry benchmark.”
Empowering professionals with the right skillsets and helping them transition towards
a better career has always been the core mission for upGrad.