Centum WorkSkills India signs MoU with Adecco India

Updated on: Thursday, December 23, 2010

Centum WorkSkills India Limited announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Adecco India for creating placement opportunities in the organised and unorganised sectors across India.

Centum WorkSkills India, with its mandate to skill 1.2 crore people across 11 states and 383 districts shall provide end-to-end employability solutions starting from Youth Mobilisation and Counseling, Training Execution to Assessment and Certification in association with industry associations. Adecco India, as one of the key partners of Centum WorkSkills India, shall provide placement opportunities to the trained and certified youth in booming industry sectors such as Automobile, Retail, Telecom, Building and Construction, Hospitality and Healthcare. Adecco India is the Indian arm of the 14.8 billion Adecco Group, a global leader in HR services and a Fortune Global 500 company. Adecco India is India's largest staffing company which puts over 100,000 people to work everyday, nationwide.

The placement opportunities for the youth, under this MoU, shall provide for minimum wage guarantee, adherence to statutory compliances and have a conducive work environment across various small, medium and large enterprises. Adecco India will look into providing placement opportunities in every state and even at the district level by leveraging its rich experience in managing manpower requirements across the country.

Speaking on the occasion Sanjeev Duggal, CEO and Executive Director, Centum Learning Limited said, “One of the leading Indian multinational with operations now in 19 countries, we have established Centum WorkSkills India to make people of India globally employable and promote inclusivity. Our strategic MoU with Adecco India is a step forward to empower Indian youth and ensure that full and meaningful employment emerges as a key differentiator for the brand. With such partnerships we are sure to achieve our vision to bring a sustainable transformation in the employment landscape of the country.”

Sudhakar Balakrishnan, Managing Director and CEO of Adecco India stated, “We see great synergies between the two organisations, as Centum WorkSkills India will create employability and Adecco India will provide placement opportunities for skilled youth. Today, an estimated 12 to 15 million people move from unorganised workforce to organised industry on an annualised basis. When skilled, they become readymade fits and are more prone to be employable in the Industry. Skills development is a dire need today especially among youth in the semi urban and rural areas and for national development. Our endeavour along with Centum Workskills India is to build a robust ‘talent supply chain’ to meet the demand.

Centum WorkSkills India is actively engaged with the State Governments in the country to develop globally deployable skilled manpower and effectively build the employability quotient of both the urban and rural youth. In the skill-building domain, it is partnering with Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Govt. of Orissa to train over 40,000 representatives of Panchayati Raj Institutions, across 10 districts of Orissa. Besides, it is enhancing employability of tribal youth in partnership with DECT, Govt. of Assam and providing vocational skills to youth comprising surrendered militants, in the Indo-Bhutan border of Assam, in association with Sashastra Seema Bal. It is also empowering over 38, 000 rural youth to become entrepreneurs (Rural Sales Distributors) in the telecom domain.

Centum WorkSkills India signs MoU with Adecco India

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