upGrad launches upGrad Mentorship, online career counselling space

• BySheetal Sidhu     |    September 6, 2021

Higher education startup upGrad, has launched a new offering in the online career counselling space. The new product, upGrad Mentorship, offers a range of personalised career services, including 1:1 mentoring sessions with industry experts to help working professionals get past the challenges in their career trajectory. From helping them write resumes and LinkedIn profiles to building new skills and prepping for interviews, to finding candidates suitable job openings and enabling smooth career transitions — upGrad Mentorship wants to be the one-stop solution for all.

Mayank Kumar, Co-founder & MD, upGrad, said in a statement,“The market is constantly evolving and is creating skill pressure on the current workforce and also on freshers who are looking to join the work ecosystem. This is a point where appropriate career guidance and technical know-how can make or break their chance of receiving best of career opportunities. Drawing insights from market research, we have come up with upGrad Mentorship – a one-stop solution to guide learners through a personalised job strategy.”
“We are very focussed on our path to being in the top three to five companies in global edtech, and serving a one-billion workforce across the 18 to 60 age group,” Ronnie Screwvala, Co-founder and Chairman, upGrad, said in an earlier statement.

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