National Career Service Portal

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About National Career Service Portal

The Portal provides online career counselling and vocational guidance services to its registered users.
This service aims to equip the jobseeker with necessary information that is required to make right career choices based on his/her qualification, skill set and interest.
It provides a nation-wide online platform for the job seekers and employers for job-matching in a dynamic, efficient and responsive manner and has a repository of career content to job seekers.

What is the National Career Service?

It is one of the mission-mode projects under the umbrella of the E-Governance Plan.
It was launched in the year 2015.
Objectives: It works towards bridging the gap between job-seekers and employers, candidates seeking training and career guidance and agencies providing training and career counselling by transforming the National Employment Service.
It provides a host of career-related services such as dynamic job matching, career counselling, job notifications, vocational guidance, and information on skill development courses, internships and alike.
Focus areas
- Enhancing Career and employment opportunities
- Counselling and guidance for career development
- Focusing on decent employment
- Enhancing female labour force participation
- Encouraging entrepreneurial endeavours

Nodal Agency: The project is being implemented by the Directorate General of Employment, Ministry of Labour & Employment.

Q1: What is E-governance?

It is the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) to improve the delivery of government services and information to citizens. It enhances the efficiency, transparency, and accountability of government operations.

Source: Upgraded National Career Service portal to give job market a fillip