𝐎𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐣𝐨𝐛 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬
𝑊ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐿𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑀𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑦 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑗𝑜𝑏 𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑎𝑙, 𝑖𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑓𝑓𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑔𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑜𝑛-𝑡ℎ𝑒-𝑠𝑝𝑜𝑡 ℎ𝑖𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑠 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑠𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑢𝑛𝑒𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑜𝑦𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡. As many as 100 job seekers were interviewed during the ‘on the spot’ recruitment drive facilitated by the Labour Ministry for the employers in Thimphu on the 3rd of November, 2021. Employers came with their job openings to find right candidates among many job seekers who fielded their resumes during the recruitment drive. “This is so convenient and fast,” said Sonam Tshewang, 21, a VTI graduate, who got hired as the lathe operator for Lokith automobile workshop. “Thanks to the Labour Ministry for such an initiative. Given the issue of rising unemployment in the country, the Labour Ministry is exploring every possible method of steering the labour market dynamics. “His Majesty is so concerned ab