Job fair kicks off at FNCCI secretariate, Teku

Kathmandu, May 30

A job fair kicked off at the secretariat of the Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FNCCI) in Teku, Kathmandu on Tuesday.

Chandra Prasad Dhakal, President of the FNCCI, inaugurated the fair which is supported by the Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security, and International Labour Organisation (ILO) while the Employment Service Centre and Mero Job have been providing technical assistance.

The two-day fair will run till Wednesday, May 31.

The FNCCI has organised the event with the aim of taking the initiative to provide job opportunities to the youth who are looking for work through the companies participating in the fair, helping them to search for new opportunities, and creating an environment for the youth to work in the country with the identification of the necessary skills.

While inaugurating the programme, Dhakal said that the FNCCI would promote the job fair as a calendar event since it would help solve the problem of job mismatch in the labour market.

"There is also a lack of skilled manpower in the market, the number of people going abroad without finding work is also increasing, so the FNCCI is focused on how to address this mismatch," said Dhakal.

The private sector also has a large contribution to employment, which contributes about 81.55 per cent to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the country.

Dhakal said that due to the obstacles in the economy for some time, the private sector could not expand. The crisis also created problems in job creation and economic expansion.

He expressed his belief that the job fair will help fulfil these priorities as the five main priorities put forward by the current leadership of the organisation including the production of skilled manpower and job creation.

Senior vice-president of the FNCCI, Anjan Shrestha, said that the employment fair will work as a bridge between the youth who are looking for work and the industrial companies who are looking for manpower. He suggested that the country would progress rapidly only if the youth population in the country was properly mobilised while taking advantage of the informational benefits on time.

Hemraj Dhakal, Chairman of the Employers' Council at the FNCCI, informed that 54 prestigious companies are participating in the employment fair.

These companies have presented more than 600 job opportunities at the fair.

Shaurbharam Joshi, the National Project Coordinator of the ILO, suggested that the main priority should be given to the consumption of indigenous products in order to expand the industry, create jobs, and increase investment within the country.

 Published in The Rising Nepal daily on 31 May 2023.