About the National Career Service portal:
- National Career Service 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.
- The focus areas for the National Career Service platform are listed below:
- 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.
