Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Sept 9: Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah today asked the Jammu and Kashmir State Overseas Employment Corporation Limited (JKSOECL) to speed up efforts in exploring overseas job market for youth directing for creating Data Base of Human Resource (HR) Heads responsible for recruiting manpower for various International Companies.
Chairing the 3rd meeting of Board of Directors of the Corporation, the Chief Minister, who is also Chairman of the Corporation, directed for identifying two ITIs one each in Srinagar and Jammu and launching skill upgradation programme in consultation with EDI to enhance the employability of youth to match international job requirements.
“You should also tie up with other reputed training institutions in this regard to provide certificates to the trained youth to help them get absorbed in the foreign job market”, he said.
The Chief Minister asked the Corporation to focus on placement of skilled human resource available in the State in the outside market. “Wherever necessary the training for upgradation of skill standards in demand in the international market could be undertaken at the identified ITIs in Srinagar and Jammu besides providing international certificate to the trained”, he elaborated.
Omar Abdullah also underlined the need for making youth aware of skills in demand in the international market so that they prepare themselves accordingly and seek their livelihood respectfully at the global level.
The meeting was attended by Minister for Planning and Development, Ajay Sadhotra, Principal Secretary Planning and Development, B. R. Sharma, various Administrative Secretaries, Managing Director, JKSOECL, Dr. Abdul Rashid and various senior officers.
In his PowerPoint presentation Managing Director JKSOECL said that as many as 2229 candidates have registered themselves with the Corporation which included 1932 Engineers, 28 Doctors and 269 unskilled persons.
He said more than 100 overseas employers have been contacted by the Corporation for recruitment of manpower from the State. He said a delegation from Ministry of Health from Saudi Arabia visited Srinagar four times during the last two years for recruitment of doctors. He said Corporation has approached Saudi Health Employment Attaché in India to empanel to JKSOECL as their authorized recruitment agent for J&K. He said the necessary documents in this regard have been completed and Ministry of Health from Saudi Arabia is expected to visit the Corporation soon.
Dr. Rashid said that the Corporation has participated in employment fairs and awareness camps to sensitize the target groups regarding trends and opportunities available in overseas job market and various aspects of safe and legal emigration. He said Corporation is keeping close liaison with the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs, Indian Centre for Migration, International Organization for Migration and other Overseas Employment Corporations to help explore international job market for J&K youth.
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