Job portal for rural youth

New Delhi, Aug 18 - To bridge the gap between jobs available in the rural India and the country's skilled workforce a Bhopal based organization has launched a rural job portal. The vocational education, services and e-governance network, AISECT which has been working in the area of skill development and rural empowerment since the last 28 years has recently launched a job portal RojgarMantra.com. ÒWe have already trained over 1.2 million people across the country and have partnered with the Central and State governments for numerous skill enhancement and capacity building projects at grass root level,Ó says Pallavi Rao Chaturvedi, Director, AISECT. The portal aims to provide employers access to lakhs of students trained in the fields of retail, textile, agriculture allied sectors, as well as education. It also aims to provide job seekers a vast pool of jobs along with mantras to guide them to a dream job. ÒSo far, we have 2 lakh applicants registered with the portal and over the next 5 years, we are planning to have over 10 lakh job seekers and an equal number of jobs registered with the portal,Ó says Chaturvedi. The recruiters registered with Rojgar Mantra are a mix of national level corporate giants as well as small local players. Also with Government's digitization projects across all departments, there are job opportunities for entry level IT professionals in rural region. ÒI agree that round-the-clock accessibility to computers and internet in rural India is limited. However, we have tried to make the entire process of accessing the portal as simplified as possible. We have established 1000 Employment Exchange centres across various states where job seekers can have access to the portal,Ó says Chaturvedi. The portal focuses on filling local, entry level job requirements of private and public enterprises at the town, district and block levels and is currently focusing on Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, Bihar, Rajasthan, Orissa, Gujarat and Punjab. ÒSubsequently, our efforts will also be replicated in other states,Ó says the director.