1,340 attend job fair for ex-Servicemen in Vizag

The programme was aimed to bring the Ex-Servicemen seeking re-employment and the Employment providers on a single platform.

Visakhapatnam: About 1,340 ex-servicemen registered for seeking employment at the Job Fair organised by the Directorate General of Resettlement, in the Department of Ex-Servicemen Welfare under the union Ministry of Defence, at HADR Grounds, INS Satavahana, here on Sunday.

The programme was aimed to bring the Ex-Servicemen seeking re-employment and the Employment providers on a single platform. The event received an overwhelming response from the Ex-Servicemen from Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Telangana and Tamil nadu. About 30 Companies participated in the Job Fair.

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Also, five more Job fairs are scheduled pan India in the coming months.

According to a spokesman of the Navy here, the ex-Servicemen interviewed/screened would be gainfully employed in appointments ranging from Senior Supervisors and mid/Senior level managers to Strategic Planners and Project Directors.

The event was beneficial for both Corporate and the Veterans, while the veterans got a platform to showcase their technical and administrative prowess acquired during their years in service and the Corporates benefitted by screening the group of experienced, disciplined and trained Ex-Servicemen. Entrepreneurship models were also presented by various Companies during the Job Fair.