An NGO effort in building youth to work in Tamil Nadu. TREF has conducted more than 100 workshops across colleges in Tamil Nadu & Karnataka on career awarness. Its "What Next" program has reached close to 10000 students in Engg, Arts & Sciences college.

1. Supporting tomorrow’s workforce
Vasanthi Ranganathan
TREF

2. Tomorrow’s Reality
• Millennial are entering as interns from School
• Millennial are comfortable in leadership roles
• Companies vying for the best in talent
• Most employers are unable to find skilled candidates
• Almost all employees are already looking for jobs
• Mobile job search and social networking is exploding
• Succession planning has become top priority
• More people stepping out of traditional career paths.
• Companies are looking to hire more temp workers
Source: 10 Workplace Trends For 2015,
Forbes.com

3. What Next …..
For Employees…
• Career assessment &
planning
• Competency based
education
• Aspiration matching
remuneration
• Flexible work options
• Work life balance
For Employers….
• Workforce planning &
JIT sourcing
• Right person for right
job (Low skill gap)
• Stable and predictable
resource costs
• Demand based staffing
• Peak Performance
management

4. Proposed solution
Awareness
Engaging
Deploying
Sustaining

5. Awareness
Phase 1: (Introduce the concept)
• Student outreach programs through
– Career Workshops / Seminars / Fairs
• Profiling of career aspirations to abilities
Phase 2: (Provide Individual attention)
• Career counseling to support aspirations
• Work orientated programs to close skill gaps

6. Engage
Phase 3: (Estimate demand and competencies)
• Identify companies demand for competencies
• Map available competencies to demanded
Phase 4:
• Expose the right candidate to right employer
• Facilitate internships for job acclimatization

7. Deploy
Phase 5: (Provide meaningful jobs)
• Ensure third party on the job counseling
• Engage employer to address challenges
• Phase 6: (Ensure career planning)
• Provide view of future career paths
• Create learning maps for fulfilling career
needs

8. Sustain
Phase 7: (Inspire flexible work formats)
• Create flexible work options as per demand
• Encourage multifaceted development for
fulfilling career goals
Phase 8: (Facilitate work life balance)
• Offer a jobs that meet individual’s demands
• Map outcomes to remunerations