Rajasthan govt to host job fairs in every district, says CM Gehlot

Jaipur: Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Wednesday said the Rajasthan government would provide employment opportunities to youths through job fairs in every district.

Expressing happiness over the success of the job fairs in Jaipur and Jodhpur, Gehlot said in a tweet in Hindi, "I am happy that in the last seven days, thousands of youths have got employment through the job fairs organised by the Rajasthan government in Jaipur and Jodhpur.

मुझे प्रसन्नता है कि पिछले 7 दिन में जयपुर व जोधपुर में राजस्थान सरकार द्वारा आयोजित रोजगार मेलों (जॉब फेयर) के माध्यम से हजारों युवाओं को रोजगार मिला है। जयपुर में 3000 युवाओं को ऑफर लेटर दिए गए हैं एवं 10,000 युवाओं को अगले राउंड के लिए शॉर्टलिस्ट किया गया है।

— Ashok Gehlot (@ashokgehlot51) November 16, 2022

"Offer letters have been given to 3,000 youths in Jaipur and 10,000 others have been shortlisted for the next round." In Jodhpur, around 3,500 youths got offer letters and 9,200 have been shortlisted for the next round. The maximum package offered in Jodhpur is Rs 18 lakh per annum while the figure in Jaipur is Rs 7.2 lakh, he added.

Gehlot said, "Now we have decided that job opportunities will be given to the youth by organising job fairs in every district." He also appealed to youths in the state to pay attention to technical and other skills.

"My appeal to the youth is that you focus on soft skills, technical skills so that when you are interviewed, you can answer with full confidence and your chances of getting selected (for a job) will increase," he said.