New Delhi –   Great Learning, one of India’s leading EdTech companies for higher and professional education today announced that it has brought together a team of renowned domain experts to offer free career counselling to students and professionals, enabling them to make better, informed career decisions. The sessions would be conducted by domain experts; from mid managers to CXOs who would provide counselling for careers in the fields of Analytics, Data Science, Product Management, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Cloud computing, Cybersecurity and General Management.

To avail free counselling, people  can nominate themselves  between 9-14th November, by booking a slot through the links shared on the Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn pages of Great Learning.  The counselling sessions will be conducted through the month of November as per the mentor and mentee’s availability. The initiative has been launched as a part of its campaign, #NewBeginning which aims to empower professionals and students from across the country with actionable career insights derived from the experience of the domain experts.

The industry witnessed massive layoffs by various organizations during the lockdown, however having found a way to work around the new normal and businesses gradually going back on track, these organizations have started hiring again. To make the most of this opportunity and land better jobs, it is imperative for people to know the options they have available, identify a skill gap if any to ensure a successful career transition.  Through the campaign #NewBeginning, Great Learning aims to help people through this journey by assisting them in decision making.

Aparna Mahesh, Chief Marketing Officer, Great Learning said “People often have doubts about their  career choices and  decisions at various stages of their journey. Today, Covid has made people across industries want to understand much more about future proof career options. Through this initiative, we are making efforts to assist people in making the right choices for the new normal world that can help in accelerating their career growth. Through the knowledge and industry experience of our key counsellors if we would be able to power individuals by providing them the right direction, we would be contributing  in a small way to their new beginnings.”