Bengaluru :Â The Karnataka government has came up with a dedicated portal to register for jobs by skilled migrant workers from outside the southern state, an official said on Sunday.
Lakhs of skilled migrant workers lost their jobs due the COVID19 impact. Since the lockdown was enforced across the country on March 25, many people who migrated to other states and abroad have came back to their native places.
The state government portal www.migrant.kar.kaushalkar.com has been launched for skilled workers, especially migrants from other states across the country or even overseas to register their name and other details to find suitable jobs for them in any industry sector.
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The government body Karnataka Skill Development Corporation will assess the migrant worker’s skills and update them for placement in the sector in commensurate with their domain expertise,” said the state unit”s official in a statement.
As the portal is common to all migrants to log in and register their details, they can mention their skills in the relevant column ranging from engineering, processing, nursing and masonry to name a few.
“Though about 3-5 lakh migrants from across the state left for their native place in special buses and trains till date since May 3 due to prolonged lockdown and suspension of public transport service, about a lakh registered on the portal expressing willingness to rejoin in the job of their skills,” noted the official.
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The department plans to set up an another portal soon with database of the jobs available across the sectors for the skilled workforce. The dedicated portal will also provide ready to employ skilled workforce in diverse sectors through their database by matching with the data on jobs available across the industry,” asserted the official.
“With the resumption of operations gradually keeping in view the social or physical distancing, wearing masks and using sanitisers, demand for jobs will increase when the lockdown is lifted after June 30 and normal life will be restored,” the official added.
The portal is the brainchild of state Deputy Chief Minister C.N. Ashwath Narayan who is in-charge of the skill development department besides IT, BT and science and technology.
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