177 #DifferentlyAbledYouths attended #JobFair @RandstadNL @VSOIndia @India_NCS

09 October 2018, Ranchi: A Job fair for the differently abled youths was organised under the program of SAHYOG with support of VSO India Trust, New Delhi and Randstat India, Chennai. The event took place under the aegis of Nav Bharat Jagriti Kendra and National Career Service (NCS), an initiative by Ministry of Labour and Employment, Govt. of India. The Job Fair or Rojgar Mela held at the National Career Service Centre, Ranchi.  

The job fair was supported by the corporate sector as well as the civil society. The focus was on introducing different employers with vacancies and training institutes to the differently abled and the other way around. If the contestant was interested in the company and his vacancy, he or she could immediately go for a job interview.

There were total 177 differently abled youths present at the Job fair. 5 companies including Reliance Retail, Nimbus BPO and Black Cobra have offered their placements for the aspirants. For the attendees those were looking to be skilled, also training institutes were present like Youth4jobs, the largest organisation in India that focuses on skilling and placing youth with disability in jobs.

At the end of the day almost 50% of the attendees were in a selection procedure with one of the employers or training institutes. Some of them got directly selected and found a job on the day self, others got shortlisted for the second round and invited by the company for a second job interview.

The job fair proved like an effective way to bring different kind of companies, vacancies and a lot of job seekers together. As the output, differently abled youth found jobs and companies get motivated employees. The smiling faces of differently abled youths have made the day special.