According to National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC), skilled workforce in beauty and wellness sector would grow thrice as much, from 40 lakh in 2013 to 1.42 crore in 2022, making it the fastest growing job creator. To meet the huge demand of skilled professional in this industry, Beauty & Wellness Sector Skill Council, a not for profit organization by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), in collaboration with NSDC organised the biggest job fair recently.
Over 1000 trained and certified beauty professionals, hair stylists, makeup artists, yoga and fitness professional, nail technicians & spa therapists got placement in over 25 companies including Geetanjali, lakme, Talwarkars, Urban Clap, Toni & Guy, Nail spa, JCKRC, Orane etc. The job fair was inaugurated by the chairperson of the sector skill council Vandana luthra with Anand Mohan Jha from NSDC; Sougata Roy Chaudhary from CII along with the renowned experts of the industry Dr Blossom Kochhar, aromatherapist and founder of Aroma Magic brand; Gurpreet Seble, an International Educator and Nail Expert; Sangita Chauhan, cosmetologist, aromatherapist and naturopathist and owner of Exclusive Salon Makeup, to name a few.
Speaking on the occasion luthra said: “It is our earnest endeavour to ensure skilling to our young and deserving talent of the country. This job fair is just the perfect culmination of all our efforts uniting industries to provide ample employment opportunities to the youth. The council aims to make this job fair the right platform to match talent to demand. With its success, we hope to increase the frequency of these fairs to help in placements of many students.”
The aim of this job fair was to establish an effective and efficient eco-system for development and imparting of skills in Beauty and Wellness industry including content and curriculum, courses, information databases, delivery systems, standardisation of the accreditation and certification process to enhance the employability of the Indian workforce globally. Three banks —Vijaya, IndusInd, Muthoot finance were a part of this job fair to provide candidates with the loans to start as an entrepreneur. The field has a huge opportunity for entrepreneurship and this will be the right platform to make the candidates aware of the opportunity available.