How Careerera Is Revolutionizing Education For The Better Future Of Individuals

• ByStartupStory     |    July 30, 2021

“Many times, failure is more visible than victory. Whenever we have an unorthodox notion, we worry about it, even try to avoid it and question ourselves. However, the truth is that no achievement can be accomplished without some level of failure. Failures are another great way of gaining knowledge. Be patient and consistent. Learning is a process, and one needs to work hard to get expertise in our fields,” says Vivek K Singh, Founder, Careerera in an insightful interview with Startup Story.

 Memory Down The Lane

Vivek took Startup Story through his journey, he told us he always wanted to start his venture and be a businessman. ‘That is how I always pictured myself; running some kind of a business.’ He did his master’s in Economics and MBA. He has also done PGP in Management from IMI-Belgium. He hails from Bihar. Vivek said that in Bihar parents have high expectations from their children of getting a quintessential job such as a government job. ‘Now, can you imagine the pressure of telling your parents that you want to start your business? My brother and I gathered a lot of courage, and we finally had to break the news to them. So, after a lot of debates, discussions, analysis, and dialogues. Here we are! Today, Careerera is a Globally known EdTech company.’ Before Careerera, Vivek owned an online career counseling firm and that’s where he got the experience into online education world.

Spark Of An Idea

When Startup Story asked Vivek about the idea behind the setup of Careerera he replied, ‘I have always been keen and focused on my goals right from my teenage days, and I did not let go of that passion and levitated Careerera.’ His first business gave him a first-hand experience and insight into an individual’s struggle in the outside world. Difficulties which they face in bagging a job or getting an appraisal due to lack of skills, despite having a degree.

He realized that there’s a need to introduce upskill programs for the students to make them industry-ready, without losing their current jobs and study at their comfort. Vivek believes Students need to be trained in such a way that can help them move up the global corporate ladder.

‘Guiding students for a better career, better future was the initial idea.’

His vision was always to run a successful business and do well-being for society.  Careerera started its journey from India and today it has paved its way to 60 other countries across the world. ‘Within a decade, keeping ourselves updated in terms of new courses as per the industry requirements has helped the business expand by leaps and bounds. I have never shirked away from any form of work – be it working on the field or convincing clients, I am available 24X7.’

About Careerera

Careerera was established in the year 2009 when the possibility of an online institution was at an incipient stage in India. Careerera is one of the most popular eLearning platforms in the world because of its blended learning strategy, partnerships with renowned colleges, and well-versed trainers.  It’s a universally renowned education provider. Over the period of 12 years, it has effectively reflected the journey of India’s online training landscape. The organization has arisen all through the entire developmental period, with the quickly changing scenario, and has escalated to be the most favored online EdTech.

‘At Careerera, we endeavor to convey an all-rounded quality education and training, which not just improves pragmatic expertise but also redesigns abilities that help an individual to get better career opportunities,’ said Vivek. Careerera set the pace in delivering focused, fast and effective training. Its consistent learning-centric approaches improve practical knowledge, upgrade skills that lead to enhanced productivity for employers. All the courses in Careerera are designed keeping in mind the demands of the global job market. They cater to the upskilling and test exam preparation needs of freshers as well as working professionals. The faculty holds decades of industrial experience and we believe in adopting transparent processes to deliver the best programs and practices.

Services Offered By Careerera

‘Our claim to fame is that we serve the learning needs of learners of every age, starting from abacus for kids to PGP in Data Science, Artificial intelligence, and machine learning for working professionals. The exceptional ingenuity, brilliance, and intelligence of our team made Careerera what it is today. Our passion to serve society in the global market made us rise and shine,’ said Vivek.

He further added, ‘Its live instructor-led classes set it apart from the competition.’ Besides that, it offers study materials, a live chat option, discussion rounds, and recorded sessions, all of which assist students in gaining more knowledge during and after the course. It provides cutting-edge training to its students in order to help them compete in today’s economy. The icing on the cake is capstone projects and 100% guaranteed placement aid on specific programs.

Careerera focuses on providing quality and value-based education. It upholds and promotes advancement in the field of education. Careerera striving hard to vanquish the barriers in eLearning and be the premier choice for education. It has been extensively acclaimed for transforming society through education and innovation. It creates a differentiated education model, a model that will focus and will be committed to building better career prospects for every professional. Careerera is the one-stop solution for all future-proof courses.

‘We compete with ourselves; we believe that one should strive to be better today than it used to be yesterday. We make sure that our goals are clear, specific, measurable, and attainable. We break down bigger targets into smaller ones and celebrate every little achievement. This is what makes us unique,’ said Vivek.

Effects Of Covid On Careerera

About covid impact on Careerera Vivek told Startup Story, ‘Covid-19 coerced businesses across the world to suffer. But we have noticed exponential growth in our number of learners since more and more people were inclined towards exploring and adding to their skill sets during the lockdown.’ Last year, Careerera hired 300 employees across the globe to pick up the pace that the company has gained. These new joiners had helped the company in promoting and handling the courses that were new additions to our portfolio.

Team Behind The Success Of Careerera

When asked about the team of Careerera, Vivek responded, ‘My team is the best working team one can ask for. We strongly believe in teamwork. Learn, Grow and Excel is the motto of every individual at Careerera.’ The goal is to become the most preferred and extraordinary virtual campus delivering quality education to learners across the globe and to serve the community at large by making appropriate use of the most advanced systems and concepts to consistently deliver quality results. He further continued saying, ‘We aim to proffer a learning environment for not just acquiring knowledge but also for the overall development in personality, confidence, work ethics, and professionalism of the learner.’

Key To Healthy Work Environment

We asked Vivek how he maintains a healthy work environment in Covid times, ‘During these difficult times, health and wellbeing of partners and team members is important to us. So, we make sure to let our employees feel that we are in this together. We lead them with empathy, knowing that the times are hard for everyone.

Our managers and team leaders ensure how their teams are doing on a personal level. We make sure none of our employees feel isolated, we keep them feeling in the loop: making them informed of what’s going on across the organization and personal lives. We create engaging ways to augment healthy and supportive coworker relationships, virtual coffee breaks, and lunches. Prosocial behaviors support needs in the workplace and create a feeling of connection. Apart from this, we provide our employees with flexible working hours. Breaks for refreshments, regular sanitization, and hygienic work environment.’

Market Expansion And Funding

On asking about Careerera’s process of market expansion by Startup Story Vivek said, we are going to increase the number of courses and expand our geographical boundaries. Earlier the company used to cover Tier I and Tier II cities in India but now the target will be Tier III and Tier IV cities. Realizing the barriers caused by languages in learning we are going to introduce our courses in different languages so that more people will be able to avail upskill courses. This provision is made so that bright students are not deprived of technical education due to a lack of knowledge of the English language. Training conducted in the native language of the learner could be easily understandable and applied easily at work. Learners would be able to give their complete attention to the content in their native language, without needing to mentally translate the information into their first language.

Vivek told the Startup Story about funding that Careerera is a fully bootstrapped company. ‘We started with extremely limited resources. But with the help of our dedicated team, our journey became successful. All of our energy goes into the services that we provide, not into pitching venture capitalists or other potential sources of capital investment.  We are looking forward to achieving a target of 100 crores in the coming 1.5 years. Once we reach our target, we will plan for funding.’

How Does Careerera Help Its Students To Overcome The Hurdles Faced By Them?

Lack of learning equipment with learners, like slow internet, laptops, etc. along with basic knowledge of computers has always been a challenge for the students. So, we try to overcome these issues by providing educational loans to the students so that they don’t face such hurdles while acquiring knowledge. Careerera has partnered with a few financers so that students from financially weak backgrounds can take loans to upskill themselves. The loan amount has been customized as per the learners’ requirements.

Vivek’s Advice To Future Entrepreneurs

“To stand out of the crowd, one needs to do uncommon things. Focusing only on gaining profit does not make us a good entrepreneur, but focusing on the target audience does. My advice for every entrepreneur is to focus more on quality and a bit less on gaining profits.”

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