In a bid to increase job opportunity in Jharkhand in an effort to provide jobs to the youth of the State, the State Government of Jharkhand and GoodWorker opened its first resource and migration support centre at KantaToli in the State capital on Tuesday.
State Labour Minister, Satyanand Bhogta inaugurated the Centre and shared his vision and encouragement for improving employment opportunities for the State's youth. Bhokta on this occasion handed over offer letters to 50 candidates who will get the jobs, in presence of employers.
A Labour Department Official said, “GoodWorker platform has over one lakh verified job opportunities in sectors such as Apparel, Logistics, ITES, Field Sales, Retail and Engineering. GoodWorker seeks to provide verified and trusted jobs to youth via a phygital approach – combining digital presence with extensive reach on ground. It seeks to leverage the entire ecosystem via partnerships and has already signed memoranda of understanding with DET and JSLPS (Jharkhand state livelihood promotion society) – enabling it to reach across the skilling ecosystem, employment exchanges and state ITIs. GoodWorker also has a national partnership with Common Services Centre (CSC)- leveraging its entire village level entrepreneurs (VLE) network for reaching all job aspirants.”
The Department official also said that the resource and migration support centres are key to connect the youth to suitable jobs via face-to-face counselling and joining facilitation. GoodWorker aims to set up such centres across key states in the country and is thankful to the state of Jharkhand for being the first one to enable this, he added.
Speaking on this occasion, Chief Operating Officer (COO) of GoodWorker, Ketul Acharya, expressed his gratitude towards the state government for giving his company an opportunity to work.