Public-private initiative with District Rural; Development Agency (DRDA) & District Urban; Development Agency (DUDA) Sonepat of Haryana saw a large turnout of students and corporates
TeamLease Services, India’s largest staffing solutions company and Indian Institute of Job Training (IIJT), India’s fastest growing vocational skills training company received over 1000 jobseekers at the first ever job fair for the youth in Sonepat, Haryana. The one day event saw jobseekers coming in from the regions of Sonepat, Gohana, Ganaur, Murthal and Rai.
The job seekers were provided free assessment & career counseling sessions. The participating companies included Reliance Dairies, Modern Dairies, and Signet Seeds, among others. The public-private initiative was organized in partnership with District Rural Development Agency (DRDA) & District Urban Development Agency (DUDA) Sonepat of Haryana. The event was planned with an objective to connect job aspirants with employers, skill assessment and careers counselors.
Sh. Ajit Balaji Joshi, I.A.S Deputy Commissioner Sonepat said, “In India, employability is a greater challenge as compared to unemployment. The Government of Haryana intends to change this mindset in repositioning the conventional job fairs & Skills Centre to address not only employment but also employability issues. These job fairs & Skills Centre are intended for youth with limited access to opportunities and will help enhance their employability quotient at par with their peers elsewhere.”
Neeti Sharma, Vice President at Teamlease Services Pvt. Ltd said “We are honored to work with the Government of Haryana to organize this job fair and are glad to announce the commencement of our new collaborative project to set up the Skills Centre at Sonepat. The inauguration is likely to happen by the 2nd week of January 2011. We believe that ensuring remunerative jobs for a large segment of working age population is one of the greatest developmental challenges facing the country today and special efforts such as this are imperative to addressing these issues.”
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“Haryana is among India’s most progressive states and there are several opportunities for job seekers here. We have observed that most youth lack the necessary skills required to take advantage of the opportunities in the state and elsewhere. TeamLease-IIJT will accurately assess and provide sound training for the candidates, thereby increasing their placement chances as well as their productivity at the work place. On a wider plane, the Skills Centre project will help offset various development-related challenges that have become an important national issue today,” commented Ashish Prasad, CEO of IIJT.
About TeamLease
TeamLease Services (TeamLease™) is India's largest staffing solutions company and has been spearheading the Temporary Staffing revolution in India for more than seven years now. In this short span of time, TeamLease has deployed more than half a million candidates, and in doing so, it has emerged as one of India's largest private sector employers. The company currently has over 65,000 employees on its rolls, in over 700 locations across the country, working for more than 1,200 clients. In a recent acquisition, TeamLease has acquired a substantial majority stake in the Indian Institute of Job Training (IIJT).
About IIJT
Indian Institute of Job Training [IIJT] is one of India’s largest and leading vocational training providers with a capacity of over 1 lakh concurrent students in courses. Started in 2006, IIJT is the fastest growing educational brand in the country with over 250 centers across the country. IIJT offers short term and long term courses in the areas of Finance, Information Technology, Retail and Sales & Marketing. The Teamlease and IIJT strategic alliance aims to help bridge the employability gap and support the industry’s demand for skilled manpower.
