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Divya Nair
Discover how a new programme is changing the lives of thousands of young people.
Even as you read this, a quiet and remarkable revolution, in the manner India's disadvantaged get meaningful job opportunities, is under way in obscure corners of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Jharkhand and Haryana.
This initiative -– a public-private partnership programme between state governments and the large staffing company TeamLease -- in fact looks like a solution to bridge the yawning gap that exists between job opportunities for the urban and rural youth.
Within a year of its inception, this partnership spearheaded by TeamLease Vice-President Neeti Sharma has successfully trained 6,000 candidates and employed over 5,500 of them across sectors which include retail sales, BPOs, information technology and the like, based on a candidate's aptitude and interests, bringing about, in some districts, as high as a 2,500 per cent increases in youth employment!
Sceptical?
Let's flesh these figures out for you. They will read impressive when you realise that Karnataka, for instance, which has about 30 district employment exchanges responsible for helping the unemployed find suitable jobs, offered employment to about 40 to 60 youth a year.
You read it right: 40 to 60 jobs a year.
Within a year of the partnership, Teamlease pushed the number of employed youth in Karnataka's Bijapur district from 40 to 1,600! A jump of roughly 2,500 per cent in just about a year.
What is so different about this venture that has made it an instant success?
Plenty! And there are lessons from this unique project for you too.
Unlike the government-run model which catered exclusively to public sector companies, TeamLease invited private players to host job fairs in lesser-known districts in these states.
Besides, the company converted government-run vocational training centres to offer assessment, counselling, training, certification and placement to candidates after they registered at the exchange.
The programme also roped in organisations like the Indian Institute of Job Training, IIJT, who agreed to offer free education and training to poor and deserving candidates, mostly tribals.
Divya Nair spoke with Neeti Sharma about this remarkable journey and her experience implementing this model throughout the country.
Image: An employee training centre in Gujarat managed by TeamLease
Divya Nair
Discover how a new programme is changing the lives of thousands of young people.
Even as you read this, a quiet and remarkable revolution, in the manner India's disadvantaged get meaningful job opportunities, is under way in obscure corners of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Jharkhand and Haryana.
This initiative -– a public-private partnership programme between state governments and the large staffing company TeamLease -- in fact looks like a solution to bridge the yawning gap that exists between job opportunities for the urban and rural youth.
Within a year of its inception, this partnership spearheaded by TeamLease Vice-President Neeti Sharma has successfully trained 6,000 candidates and employed over 5,500 of them across sectors which include retail sales, BPOs, information technology and the like, based on a candidate's aptitude and interests, bringing about, in some districts, as high as a 2,500 per cent increases in youth employment!
Sceptical?
Let's flesh these figures out for you. They will read impressive when you realise that Karnataka, for instance, which has about 30 district employment exchanges responsible for helping the unemployed find suitable jobs, offered employment to about 40 to 60 youth a year.
You read it right: 40 to 60 jobs a year.
Within a year of the partnership, Teamlease pushed the number of employed youth in Karnataka's Bijapur district from 40 to 1,600! A jump of roughly 2,500 per cent in just about a year.
What is so different about this venture that has made it an instant success?
Plenty! And there are lessons from this unique project for you too.
Unlike the government-run model which catered exclusively to public sector companies, TeamLease invited private players to host job fairs in lesser-known districts in these states.
Besides, the company converted government-run vocational training centres to offer assessment, counselling, training, certification and placement to candidates after they registered at the exchange.
The programme also roped in organisations like the Indian Institute of Job Training, IIJT, who agreed to offer free education and training to poor and deserving candidates, mostly tribals.
Divya Nair spoke with Neeti Sharma about this remarkable journey and her experience implementing this model throughout the country.
Image: An employee training centre in Gujarat managed by TeamLease
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