This is a part of the government´s latest drive to help unemployed population find work placements.[break]
Currently, around 350,000 people enter the labor market every year. Out of this, just around 50,000 find jobs in the formal sector, while the rest either look for employment opportunities abroad, get absorbed in informal sector or remain jobless, according to estimates.
To help these people, the government had recently decided to create a database so as to match employers with people who are either out of job or are looking for a better place to work at. But since it was not possible to launch the program throughout the country - because of financial and human resources crunch - it had decided to start pilot projects in Kathmandu and Biratnagar -- two most populous as well as heavily industrialized cities in Nepal. These projects are likely to come into operation by mid-March or mid-April, according to Kashinath Marasini, director of DoL, told Republica.
Once launched, these projects are expected to benefit both employers, who are looking for people with certain expertise, and employees, who are looking for jobs that suit their nature and skills.
“To look for availability of human resources and jobs, all employers and unemployed people have to do is visit our website and scan through lists which will include vacant job positions as well as profiles of people looking for jobs,” Marasini said.
But he confessed the latest drive may not be able to immediately satisfy the needs of all those who are unemployed, as the government still does not have a policy that requires employers to provide information on vacancies to the labor department.
“Since the employers will be providing the information on voluntary basis, we don´t know whether we can get the real picture of the number of vacant job positions in the market,” Marasini said. But he informed that the department was doing its best to raise awareness about the program by holding interactions with employers.
On the part of creating a database of unemployed population, the government has so far collected names of around 35,000 such people. This includes people who voluntarily provided their names to the labor information centers located throughout the country.
“We hope more people will add their names to the list once the government kick starts the two pilot projects," added Marasini.
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