Avinash, Dharvesh and many other freshers and job seekers have found themselves attractive jobs in the city. They are glad that they enrolled themselves in programme Satori, which helped them in this venture. First Planet, a four-year-old social enterprise, has formulated Satori. Through the programme Satori, First Planet aims to help at least one lakh job seekers find suitable jobs in the IT industry, according to Kumaran Mani, CEO, First Planet.
The programme was started in March in which 25 participants took part. Over the next three weeks, another 50 were recruited and they underwent a training of 96 hours.
The CEO says, “Satori is free for any IT jobseeker. IT freshers of BE / B.Tech / MCA / B.Sc / M.Sc. can benefit from this programme.
The job aspirant gets the best infrastructure and atmosphere for learning the latest tools and technologies. The tools include JDK, Eclipse IDE and JSF. They will be put under trainers who will guide them to be familiar with various software. They also get hands-on learning experience from installation to deployment for every tool. Satori also gives aspirants a practical exposure to self learning and thus inspires them to learn more about the field. They are also coached in group discussion, aptitude test and interview skills.
On completion of Satori, job seekers can take up a skill assessment test. A certificate is given at the end of the programme. Their e-portfolio with online resume, photo, video and overall making and scores are promoted with various job providers. They then participate in job tours and face interviews with top IT companies.
Banupriya (BE from Annamalai University) has found herself in Hexaware after completing Satori. “It was immensely useful and taught me how to interact, communicate with and handle colleagues. It improved my knowledge about creating documents and present concepts.”
Reading, writing codes and presenting methodologies are part of Satori training. Towards the end, the students are given a video of all the concepts they have learnt. “This training gives us the confidence to communicate our technical abilities,” says Shri Vishnu, who is now with Financial Software Solutions. “It also gave us a fine idea about serving in an IT industry, understanding latest tools and technologies with effective guidance.”
Till date about 350 persons have completed the programme and attended interviews in at least three top companies and about 75 of them have been placed in the IT sector.
The next batch starts tomorrow (June 13) and to register, job seekers can call 4296 1000.
First Planet does not stop with interviews and placements. Through a module, FP Seeds, it also funds job seekers to launch and generate with their ideas and support their commitment for a social cause in building free NGO sites.
First Planet is nurtured by Tenth Planet Open Source Foundation, a corporate social entity of Tenth Planet Technologies. It is located at 807, 6th Floor, P. T. Lee Building, Anna Salai.
Satori is a free programme formulated for IT job seekers.
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