HRD centres turn into job mines

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BANGALORE: The state government's decision to convert employment exchanges into human resource development (HRD) centres and run ..

BANGALORE: The state government's decision to convert employment exchanges into human resource development (HRD) centres and run them in partnership with the private sector seems to have yielded desired results, going by the achievements of the Mangalore and Bijapur centres.
Of the total 18,431 job seekers who registered in Mangalore HRD centre, jobs were provided to about 2,641 youth out of 4,642 jobs available. Similarly in Bijapur HRD centre, of the total 3,692 job seekers, 1,092 were employed."These two centres were selected on an experimental basis to study the new system's pitfalls, if any. We have found it to be satisfactory," N Manjunatha Prasad, Commissioner for Employment and Training, told Express here on Monday. The concept of converting employment exchanges into HRD centres was announced by Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa in his 200910 budget speech. "To enhance the employability of job seekers and reduce the skill gaps of the workforce, these HRD centres act as a onestopshop for job seekers and employers," Prasad elucidated.

On the difference in the concept and function between the earlier employment exchanges and the present HRD centres, Prasad said, "In the former it was only first come first service, but in the latter it is the right man for the right job. Job seekers will be assessed with psychometric tests during online, offline registration."

"It is ironical that human resource demand and unemployment coexist mainly due to skill gap which can be addressed by training. Trained job seekers will be matched with available vacancies," he said and added, "Mangalore HRD centre had organised 35 internal and external job fairs".