Social Networking Start-up Affimity ties with SkillSign online assessment centre to support young professionals


April 14 2016,  16.20 PM IST || Pocket News Alert

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Social Networking Start-up Affimity ties with SkillSign online assessment centre to support young professionals


Bengaluru, April 14th, 2016: Affimity, the latest social networking start-up, has announced its tie-up with SkillSign, a leading online assessment organisation. As a part of the move, Affimity will provide internet-based social platform to SkillSign’s registered users.



Social Networking Start-up Affimity ties with SkillSign online assessment centre to support young professionals


With over a hundred thousand registered members on SkillSign, its tie-up with Affimity will provide a viable, interest-driven platform for young professionals to connect with mentors and peers, and pursue interests ranging from technology to movies. Affimity users will also benefit from career advice sessions and free skill assessment tests from SkillSign, made available through its Careers channel.

Speaking on the announcement, Parven Mittal, Co-Founder, Affimity, said, “Sharing content that interests one and one’s social circle is one of the most dominant social media behaviours today. By partnering with SkillSign, we are adding greater value not only to their user base, but also to our own growing community. We are confident that this association will be extremely beneficial for young, emerging professionals looking to network, connect and engage with a larger community sharing similar interests.”

Ruchika, Director – Assessments, SkillSign, added, "Affimity provides a great networking and idea-sharing platform for our young test-takers. Our young professionals can now connect with mentors, create a blog for themselves as a supplement to their resume, and pursue a diverse range of interests. This will aid them in their personal as well as professional growth, and will allow them access to the combined knowledge pool of the community of their interest."

SkillSign:

SkillSign provides an industry leading solution to create and deliver tests to students, employees or candidates without requiring any technical knowledge or infrastructure. Affimity solutions have been used by employers, colleges, coaching centres, recruiters to accurately assess skills. For more details on how SkillSign can help you increase your people productivity, email at services@skillsign.com.

Affimity:

Affimity, based in California and Bengaluru, is the next step of evolution for social networking providing a platform for like-minded people to meet and engage with. With its channel-specific approach, the platform acts as an alternate social media platform for users to focus on their passions and specific interests, filtering out the background noise and only displays posts that are relevant to the users’ interest. For more information, visit our website http://affimity.com