Now, get a British council stamp on your English skills to impress employers

• TeamLease has joined hands with British Council to provide free online English test and extend EnglishScore certificates to the job aspirants.
  
• The organisations aim to certify nearly 100,000 Indians this year.
  
• The 40-minute long mobile test will help Indian job seekers understand the language and prove their english proficiency to the employers.
  
• The proficiency levels in english can increase salaries by roughly 48%, according to the Skill India Report 2019.

Indian job aspirants can now benefit from the internationally recognised English test offered by the British Council — EnglishScore.

TeamLease has joined hands with the British Council to provide a free online English test and extend EnglishScore certificates to job aspirants. The organisations aim to certify nearly 100,000 Indians for free, this year.

“Effective communication in English is such an important attribute now when employers are looking at hiring and developing their workforces. We want EnglishScore to become part of the fabric of connecting talented candidates with the best jobs they can get,” said Michael Curry, CEO, EnglishScore.

The 40-minute long mobile test will help Indian job seekers prove their english proficiency to the employers. The test will assess candidates on the basis of their grammar skills, vocabulary, reading and listening.

Interested candidates can take the test at www.teamlease.com/englishscore or www.freshersworld.com/englishscore. The scores will be released immediately after the test.

India adds 12 million people to its workforce every year, and soft skills are popular amongst employers. English language is a key criterion while shortlisting candidates, according to the India Skills Report 2019. In fact, the proficiency in English can optimize salaries by roughly 48%.

The British Council aims to loop in nearly 2 billion people in the English test by 2020. “Improving employability through English is a core part of the British Council’s purpose in India. We are delighted to partner to increase the reach of our new free English test to India’s ambitious workforce,” said Barbara Wickham OBE, Country Director, British Council India.

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