Around 76 Online Job Fairs conducted by NCS during lockdown

Around 76 Online Job Fairs have been conducted by National Career Service, NCS during the lockdown Period. Labour and Employment Ministry said, Online Job Fairs are being organized to bridge the gap between job aspirants and employers where the complete cycle from job posting to selection of candidate can be completed on the portal.

It said, NCS has now started offering free online Career Skills Training in partnership with TCS iON for its registered job-seekers. This course on soft skills assists the learners in enhancing personality development with modules on corporate etiquette, improving inter personal skills, making impactful presentation including other necessary soft skills demanded by the industry today. The training module is available in Hindi and English on the NCS portal. 

The Ministry



said, NCS has also taken a number of other initiatives to mitigate the challenges in the labour market due to COVID-19 and the consequent lockdown of the economy.

The Ministry is implementing the NCS Project for transformation of the National Employment Service to provide a variety of employment related services like job search, career counselling, information on skill development courses, apprenticeship and internships through an on-line portal www.ncs.gov.in.

There are around one crore active job seekers and 54 thousand active employers registered on NCS and around 73 lakh vacancies have been mobilized through the portal so far. Around one thousand employment exchanges including 200 Model Career Centers across the country are integrated with NCS.