GradFIRST is the world’s first entity created exclusively for converting the young graduates into employable and self-employable by providing them training into reskilling and upskilling programs. These reskilling and upskilling programs are specifically targeted towards imparting the skills required on job. These skills include softskill training and training for specialized skills required in the various types of industries. While undergoing the skill enhancement training in GradFIRST, the young graduates acquire a strong grasp over their field of expertise and they become ready to take on the challenges of the workplace.

GradFIRST is created with a sole objective of empowering the youth of the new knowledge economy by providing them the knowledge and enhancing their employability quotient.

GradFIRST is created exclusively for the final year and pre-final year students studying in various colleges, institutes and universities all across the globe. These students may register for availing the services of GradFIRST from their nearest knowledge hub which are manned by franchisee partners. This enables them to gain an access to various services of GradFIRST.

The profiles of the students of GradFIRST are accepted at the time of registration only. These profiles of reskilled and upskilling candidates are validated and are passed on to the prospective recruiters through Job Ready Portal.

GradFIRST provides the one-stop solutions to the registered candidates getting Job-Ready and also finding their dream job.

Once a candidate’s profile is uploaded in the database, it becomes available for the prospective employers to browse. Further, all the profiles registered with GradFIRST are validated by Mindlogicx and bear a Seal of Authentication. This gives an added advantage to the students as their validated profiles become available to the employers all over the world. Each student’s profile is given a Global Access Code (GAC). The GAC becomes a passport for the student to showcase his profile anywhere across the globe.

GradFIRST offers the programs in reskilling and upskilling. These are the programs which provide the specialized skill enhancement training to the candidates, and assist them in getting their dream jobs. These programs are offered to the fresh college and university passouts, so as to provide them world-class and “On Demand” access to the learning material. For further details on the programs offered through GradFIRST visit to Program Details.

Yes, After completion of Online Upskilling programs, the Certificate of Completion is given to the candidates. Further the certifications obtained by the candidates through GradFIRST are also added in their profiles accessible through GAC.

After completion of Upskilling program, the candidates profile is moved from general database to the premium or platinum databases respectively. These are the databases which are provided to the prospective employers to shortlist the candidates depending upon their specific skill sets.

While designing the curriculum for the programs, the job-specific requirements for the program are kept in mind. Hence the employers are ensured that the Premium and Platinum Database contains 100% valid and authentic profiles of the candidates who are properly tuned as per their requirements for a specific job position.

The Reskilling and Upskilling services are offered to the candidates in GradFIRST on demand. Each program contains a 16 digit Knowledge Access Code (KAC) on it. The candidates can gain access to the service by keying-in their KAC and Password. The on demand services are available for the entire spectrum of Reskilling and Upskilling programs offered at GradFIRST. In addition to it, there are resources for competitive and entrance examination preparation. These services by GradFIRST are available for sale from the Franchisees all across the country. As an alternative, the reskilling and upskilling services may be ordered for purchase by calling our customer support or sending an email to our Customer Support Department.

The registered candidates may order any service available on the platform when they join a Reskilling or Upskilling Program. The payment can be made online with the help of various payment gateways.

The services are provided to the candidates registered for various Reskilling and Upskilling programs through a Service AI Enabled software suite called VEDAS. The major modules comprising VEDAS consist of CMS (Content Management System), Self-Assessments System, Learning Path for real time performance monitoring and Interactive Graphical Tool called Dashboard for performance forecasting. In addition to this, there are other facilities such as Closed User Group, Knowledge Forum, Media Library and Digital Library. These facilities enable the candidates to share their ideas and resources among each other, thus enhancing the effectiveness of the entire learning framework i.e. VEDAS.

The Prospective Employers are the corporates and public sector organizations from IT, ITeS, Engineering, Pharmacy, BFSI, FMCG, Construction and Retail sector. We are tying up with these organizations from public as well as private sector at a rapid rate. The sole advantage which GradFIRST offers these Recruitment Partners is the access to 100% authentic database of candidates. The fact that the candidates have already undergone reskilling and upskilling programs at GradFIRST, ensures their ingenuity.

Further, GradFIRST reskills and upskills the candidates as per the requirements of the industry, thus making them employable. This, in turn, assists the Recruitment Partners to get the highly skilled and trained manpower from GradFIRST database.