Enhancing Employability

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According to the 2011 census Sixty-five percentages of India’s 1.2 billion people are below the age of 35 and by 2021 India is set to become the youngest country, with an estimated youth population of 464 million. However one of the biggest challenges faced by India today is employment generation.

Harnessing the demographic dividend through appropriate skill development efforts would provide an opportunity to achieve inclusion and productivity within the country and also aid in bridging the skill gap.

But unfortunately a large part of this population is on the brink of a very insecure future as the overall marketable skill capital pool in India remains dismal.

'Enhancing Employability' Programme was conceptualized by Joining Hands, to enhance skills of the less privileged youth and to make them employable in the organised sector.

Skill Enhancement Programme

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With a focus on overall development, Joining Hands initiated a three months intensive training programme in the Badarpur area of New Delhi, where the youth is trained in basic skills such as computer literacy, English, life and soft skills.

We have developed a need based and a market oriented curriculum which has been further supported through guest lectures by industry professionals. With an attendance as high as 82%, the drop rate is as low as 4%. Till now, over 750 youth have been trained under this programme and we have been successful in placing over 70% in reputed organisations like Costa Coffee, KFC, Pizza Hut, Café Coffee Day, Marks & Spencer , Reliable Private Limited, Competent Software, Kidzania, Cinepolis, Big Bazar, PamacFinserv Private Limited, Nandos, Subway, Save the Children, CRY, SOS Village, Khushii, Concern India Foundation etc.

With an average income of Rs. 10000 a month, they have become important contributors in their families both socially and financially. Some of them have also contributed towards the education of their siblings.

The Hospitality skills development programme

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The ever growing hospitality sector has abundance of employment opportunities but at the same time a gap in availability of trained and skilled resources. Joining Hands, in collaboration with Le Meridian, New Delhi runs the Hospitality Skills Development programme for the less privileged girls. Through this fast track module on hotel operations training we equip the beneficiaries with skills that help them to get appropriate jobs in the hospitality sector.

By now we have trained around 50 such girls with placement rate of over 70%. Most of them have been placed in reputed restaurants/ hotels like Nandos, Aloft Hospitality, Sevelte Hospitality, Rockland Inn, Le Meridien Gurgaon, Subway, Costa Coffee, Café Coffee Day, KFC etc.