Are employment exchanges losing relevance?
By Manoj Kumar Tribune News Service LUDHIANA, Nov 8 Employment exchanges were established at the district level at the time of Independence to play the role of coordinator between employers and job-seekers. In addition, these were supposed to guide the youth for the changing market. With liberalisation and privatisation their job has been reduced to collect data. Vacancies in public and private sectors are filled mainly through advertisements in newspapers or through placement agencies. The different websites on the Internet have recently entered the field. There are four employment exchanges, working in Ludhiana, Khanna, Samrala and Jagraon. Each registers the names of the unemployed youths in their respective tehsils and surrounding areas. Commenting on the visiting youth, Ms Daljeet Inder, District Employment Officer, says, Everyone knows that few posts are filled in the public or private sector through employment exchanges. But persons carry on visiting even after 10 to 15 years. M
