These centres will come up as public-private partnership projects.
The employment exchanges in the state have been converted into human resource development centres, as jobs not only in the
government sector, but also in private firms, will be made available through these centres.
In the next three months, the state will have 10 more human resource development (HRD) centres. Among the districts where new centres will be set up are Mandya, Chamrajnagar, Gulbarga, and Bellary. Such projects are also planned in Mysore, Udupi, Chitradurga, and Shimoga.
These centres will come up as public-private partnership projects.
The employment exchanges in the state have been converted into human resource development centres, as jobs not only in the
government sector, but also in private firms, will be made available through these centres.
In the past three years, only 2,000 people have found themselves jobs through the employment exchange. “The role of the employment exchange has decreased. With lesser recruitment into government services, these centres have diminished relevance,” says N Manjunath Prasad, commissioner of the department of employment and training.
On Saturday, the third human resource centre was set up in Kolar. The first two such centres were set up in Mangalore and Bijapur a 18 months ago.
For the past 47 years, Kolar has had one employment exchange, and although there were 28,000 registrations, only 126 people managed to find employment through the Kolar centre. In the one-and-a-half years since Mangalore’s human resource centre came up, 3,000 candidates have found work through it; at Bijapur, in the same time, 800 candidates were employed.
The Karnataka Vocational Training and Skill Development Corporation (KVTSDC) is working in collaboration with Manipal Education, iRize and TeamLease at these three centres.
“We are just adding a new component, so that the exchanges remain relevant,” said Prasad, adding that the remodelling process has cost `30 lakh for each human resource development centre.
Each of the centres will provide work to about five people, as registration, assessment, counselling, training and surveys to assess demand in the job market will have to be undertaken. After registering with the centre, the candidate will be expected to take a test both online and offline.
In the online test, 100 questions to assess personality, mental ability, and general interests will need to be answered. Candidates are also encouraged to indicate the nature of job they would prefer to undertake. Once the interests and skills of the candidate and the requirements of the employer match, an interview will be conducted.
“In case we feel that the candidate lacks something that could be made up with some additional training, we will make such training available for free. Most candidates, we feel, require training on their soft skills,” Prasad said.
Each of the centres even works with targets — there should, ideally, be 8,000 registrations, 4,000 counselling sessions, 1,000 training sessions and minimum placement of 2,400 candidates have to be provided jobs.
“I will be conducting reviews on a monthly basis to see that the desired outcome is reached,” said Prasad.
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