Dheya.com: An online career guidance portal
>> Thursday, July 10, 2008
Pune, July 10 In a scenario when career choices are made depending on parents or peers, Dheya.com, an online career assessment, guidance and career-planning portal, aims at helping students find a suitable career at the click of a button. Dheya.com was launched last month and has 400 registered users, of which 255 have taken tests. Addressing a press conference on Thursday, Anand Desai, founder, Dheya, said, “On our portal, www.dheya.com, we have collected 30,000 web-pages of information about over 600 careers linked to 200-plus areas of education, more than 175 degrees and 330 specialisations, which can be referred by students. We have also developed an Indian psychological assessment test to determine the student’s abilities, interests and personality.
Then, through counseling, we help them choose careers, chalk out an action plan to achieve their goals and also plan alternative routes. Further, we hold workshops to boost self-confidence.”
While each test costs Rs 450, a school counselling session is priced at Rs 300 and a college counselling session costs Rs 500.
