AP Careers.com launched in City

www.apcareers.com,an exclusive and only of its kind portal focussing on educational and careers related information in Andhra Pradesh was formally launched by Chief Minister N.Chandrababu Naidu. Speaking after the launch Mr.Naidu congratulated the young team for their thoughtfulness on the matter of great importance to Andhra Pradesh.Hyderabad being the "training capital of India",he said the site will go a long way serving the academic community in the state.The brainchild of five B.Tech students and theirs friends who just after coming out of JNTU Ananthpur,spent 18 months in Sofware develpoment decided to come out with a site, what they are looking for all along while thye were studying, a site solely on career opportunites in AP.

Though they were plenty of educatioal portals, none of them catered exclusively on educational, coaching institutes and career opportunites in AP. Further all those sites were launched either by corporate houses or profesionals who were distantly connected with academics. www.apcareers.com is a site developed by the students for the students with involvement of the students and academicia. Bubbling with enthusiasm and lot of fire in the beellies, the all under 26 years team, what they call a new generation career portal with extra edge information was developed in a record time of three months. Working overtime constantly interacting with the ultimate beneficiares the site is the result of 1440 man-hours.

The distinguishing factors of the site, as the people behind the portal is,'focussed,accurate and timely information'.Starting from listing over 2000 educational institutes including schools,juniors colleges,degree colleges,post graduation colleges,universities,reseach institutions ,coaching centres and vocational centres ,one sources ready reckoner site provides information on certificate courses,entrances and competitive examinations academic books,career opportunities,careers counselling,model papers,financial aid and educational notifications.It also features outstanding achivements and success stories of youth of AP.As part of education beyond curriculum it offers the most sought of the after and most required skills such as interview techniques,group discussions tips,power dressing,etiquette,communication skills,reasoning and aptitude skills,global career trends and cross culture management etc.

The site also covers all India entrance examinations for various courses such as IIT,IISC,IIFT,IIMs and competative examinations for seeking jobs as UPSC,SSC,BSRB,NDA,CDs and RRB.Living abroad Section covers the experiences of NRIs,who will not only share their experiences but also guide young aspirants on subjects of great such as VISA procedures,going abroad,life in abroad,job,cross culture management,expectations of overseas employers and how to prepare for TOFEL,GRE,GMAT etc.Books section enlists the books according to the title etc.Career Counselling offers expert guidence and advice on various aspects of careers selection and mangagement.Users can pose a question and get the answers in 24 hours time. The dicsussion forum enables users to get clarified doubts if any on any academic intrest.All they need to do is to go to a particular category .Other users upon noticing the same will be encouraged to participate in the discussion by sharing his valuable knowledge.Thus,the site ensures the healthy interaction among the fellow students.Peers can interact among themselves b creating their own group.Another intersting feature of the site is Authors Section,where visitors can post their interesting articles and useful information,which is very unique to this site.

Addressing a press meet Mr.Sreevatsava Varada,DIrector of Masterminds IT Solutions said" matching occupational requirements with personality characteristic is a very important part of career guidence,hence our endeavour through the site is a educate and guide the students and parent communityon such important issues of career planning"..

Nagaraj
Reachout's News Reporter
-October' 00