Organisational
Structure
The
National Employment Service Department was under the control
of the Government of India till 31.10.1956. The administrative
control of the department was transferred to the State Government
with effect from 01.1.1956. To ensure the uniformity in
the functioning of the Employment Exchanges all over India.,
the policies and procedure to be adopted in the functional
activities of the Employment Exchanges are prescribed at
the national level.
The
Employment Service in Kerala has a network of one Directorate,
3 Regional Deputy Director's offices and 3 Professional
and Executive Employment Exchanges at Thiruvananthapuram,
Ernakulam, and Kozhikode, 14 District Employment Exchanges,
58 Town Employment Exchanges, 6 Special Employment Exchanges
for Physically Handicapped, 2 Coaching Cum Guidance Centres
for SC/ ST, 5 University Employment Information & Guidance
Bureau. These offices render 5 types of services, namely
Placement service, Vocational Guidance, Employment Market
Information , Self Employment Guidance, implementation of
the Kerala Unemployment Assistance Scheme and Kerala Self
Employment Scheme for the Registered unemployed (KESRU-99).
The Department has a very important and unique role to play
in a state like Kerala with more than 10% of its population
on the Live Register of Employment Exchanges. The process
of registration, renewal, selection and advising of eligible
candidates against notified vacancies is the primary task
of Employment Exchanges. This agency is perhaps the only
link between employers and job seekers in that it is sponsoring
candidates of required qualification and experience for
various jobs within the shortest possible time. Number of
registrants in Employment Exchanges has been exceeded from
2 lakhs in 1962 to 44.15 lakhs as on 31.10.2001.
