FUNCTIONS OF EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGES

The Employment Exchanges perform the following three important functions:

1.      Registration and Placement
2.      Vocational Guidance
3.      Collection of Employment Market Information

Registration and Placement

Employment Exchanges maintain data bank of job seekers by registering their bio-data for employment assistance. The applicants are required to produce the following documents for registration purpose
(1)   Copies of marks cards and other testimonials in support of educational attainments
(2)   Two copies of passport size photographs
(3)   Caste certificate by candidates belonging to reserved communities
Applicants are required to renew their registration once in three years either through post or in person.  
Applicants registered at Employment Exchanges are sponsored against notified vacancies on the basis of their seniority of registration and suitability.  
The service rendered by the Employment Exchanges is free and impartial.  

Vocational Guidance

Vocational Guidance and Employment Counselling together constitute an important function of the Employment Exchanges. The Vocational Guidance units in Employment Exchanges and the University Employment Information and Guidance Bureaux provide necessary guidance and information to the job seekers and the student community to help plan their careers.

The Central Institute for Research and Training in Employment Service, New Delhi, has brought out a series of publications on careers, which are available in Employment Exchanges as reference books and also for sale.

Career conferences and exhibitions are also conducted by the Employment Exchanges and the UEIGB for the benefit of job seekers.  

Employment Market Information

The Employment Exchanges provide valuable information needed for manpower planning through implementation of Employment Market Information programme.
This programme covers the organised sector of the economy, which includes
(1)  All establishments in Public Sector
(2)  Non-agricultural establishments in private sector employing 25 persons or more.

Number of establishments covered under this programme in the State and the size of employment in them: