AdmitKard, an edtech startup, has announced its plans to further increase its talent pool by 100%. With an existing team of over 50 people, the startup plans to provide career and growth opportunities to candidates in the field of business management, sales, analytics, and communications. AdmitKard aims to add growth managers to support their prolific rise.
In order to recruit the new aspirants, the brand has put in place a virtual onboarding procedure. The SOPs shall include online interviews, scrutinization, Virtual Ice-Breaking sessions’ digital induction etc, according to a statement.
Launched in 2017, AdmitKard is a venture capital funded edtech. Incepted by IIT-IIM Alumni (Piyush Bhartiya & Rachit Agrawal), the brand has raised USD 1 mn until now, and has some key investors from Australia, Singapore and India. The platform claims that it has already facilitated counselling for over 25000 students during the pandemic alone.
“Unemployment rate has only risen in the country, with the latest rate being 9%. As a result of covid-19, major IT companies have gone on layoffs and the number of jobseekers is only rising. During the pandemic, a lot of talented professionals have lost their jobs, and the newly qualified aspirants are seeking relevant opportunities. This actually might be the best time to acquire quality new joinees for the AdmitKard team. We understand this will prove beneficial in catalysing the aggressive tech development that we are working on,” said Mr. Rachit Agrawal, AdmitKard.
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