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White Papers
 
Authored and published by Aspiring Minds research and development team, these white papers touch a variety of topics in helping understand assessment, human capital quality and mapping.


  • National Employability Study IT/ITeS
     
    Aspiring Minds has conducted India’s first employability study of technical graduates based on the results of AMCAT conducted for more than 40,000 engineering and MCA students (in final year) across the country. AMCAT covers all objective parameters for adjudging employability in the IT/ITeS sector including English Communication, Quantitative skills, problem-solving skills and Computer Science and Programming skills. Employability figures are based on actual hiring benchmarks on AMCAT scores set by multiple companies in IT/ITeS related sectors. The study also investigates which skills are deficient in particular group of candidates with regard to different sectors. [Download ]


  • Challenges and Concerns with International Personality Assessments
     
    Often, companies use personality tests constructed outside India for the purpose of recruitment, promotion inputs and training–requirement analysis. This white paper argues by means of analyzing the structure of these tests that international tests are not reliable in the Indian context. The paper talks about the need for an effective Personality Inventory for entry level hiring in India and concludes with recommendations on the features a personality test should have to work in the Indian scenario. [Download ]


  • National Talent Map – A beginning
     
    India is a vast country with a very large working population. Often companies big and small grapple with the task of figuring out where the talent pool of their interest lies. This report is a beginning in mapping the quality of Engineering in various parts of India. [Coming Soon]


  • Personality Assessment – Matching people to the right jobs
     
    While personality assessment over the years has grown in relevance world wide, India now has access to a personality inventory designed for the Indian masses. The context - Indian, someone who has never faced a job, language - AMPI has proven to map the right people for particular job streams making sure attrition is controlled and performance is predictable. [Coming Soon]