NYSC launches portal for job hunters, employers

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has launched a Curriculum Vitae (CV) web repository and Job Portal to help corps members become gainfully employed after their service year.  The portal which is the brain child of the NYSC Lagos State Coordinator, the Skills Acquisition and Entrepreneurship Development (SAED) team and a group of Corps members, […]

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has launched a Curriculum Vitae (CV) web repository and Job Portal to help corps members become gainfully employed after their service year. 

The portal which is the brain child of the NYSC Lagos State Coordinator, the Skills Acquisition and Entrepreneurship Development (SAED) team and a group of Corps members, was launched by the Director General of the NYSC, Brigadier General S. Z Kazaure in Lagos recently.

It provides the links between outgoing corps members seeking white collar jobs and employers of labour who desire to employ qualified graduates based on their jobs specifications.

Kazaure said despite the obvious difficulty of securing white collar jobs and the overriding benefits of self-employment, a good number of our graduates are still inclined to trying their luck with paid employment. 

“The portal we are launching will among other benefits, serve as a platform for Corps members to get information on job vacancies and market themselves to prospective employers, serve as a large pool for employers searching for suitable candidates, and provide means of verification of credentials,” he noted.

The Vice President, Business Development West, Sigma Pensions Limited, Mrs Mabel George expressed satisfaction at the project saying, “We are so excited that people can get employed and in turn have savings for their future. I see this as a wonderful initiative by the NYSC.”