components to the programme the first equips learners with interview etiquette s2s is an activitybased lifeskills programme and ccg is career counseling we realized these youth also need counselingthey came with many preconceived notions and the dropout level was high says another volunteerturnedmentor chitra jain she was part of the group that designed ccg which has increased participation in job fairs her colleague shilpi jain explains girls thought some jobs arent worth travelling for that bpo jobs are unsafe some didnt want positions in fastfood restaurants because they may have to clean but after counseling we changed their viewsread also ready for a new stint in customer care pr consequently teach india alumni left behind a large number of satisfied recruiters disha bijlani of kfc devyani international pvt ltd has recruited over a thousand most from teach indiaorganized job fairstheyre welltrained compared to staff hired from the market we often skip basic training for teach india learners as they are already confidentthe percentage of learners who stay with us is also higher she says similarly mahesh singh of tech mahindra has hired over 1200 learners from the job fairs the effort teach indias team invests reflects in the candidates we interview we get candidates who are ready to run