Quess Corp unveils ‘QJobs’, a one-stop job search solution for blue collar recruiting
Available in five regional languages, the beta phase of
the App has over 70,000 Jobs posted across India and has already crossed over
150,000+ Installs
Bengaluru,
India – 05th November 2020: Quess Corp, India’s largest
private sector employer, today launched QJobs, its proprietary platform to help
blue collar job seekers find jobs closer to where they are, based on their
interests and skills. The app which is currently available in five languages –
Hindi, English, Tamil, Kannada and Telugu, is designed for both mobile and web
based experience.
Through its latest offering QJobs, Quess aims to
address the issues of job creation, job discoverability and job matching by
providing a comprehensive solution that allows employers to find the right
talent, while allowing job seekers to showcase their skills and find employment
closer to their location.
The App has advanced matching capabilities that not
only help job seekers discover the right job at the right time but also
provisions for the creation of a digital profile called “Job passports” that
can be updated with their skills in a certain domain (from Basic English to
Sales Proficiency etc.). Further, QJobs creates a long term career trajectory
for blue collar workers, offering them access to resources such as resume
building as well as certification modules, to develop new skills or upskill
themselves over time and highlight the same, thus creating a pipeline of
industry-ready talent that retains its relevance over time.
The app also has the ability to screen candidates
based on requirements of the organization which posts the job. It comes with a
skill verification feature which would help companies choose candidates who
only have verified their skills using the skill tests within the App. For ex.,
an organization hiring for Sales Executives can only pick candidates who have
cleared Basic English and Sales proficiency tests. This would help companies to
fine tune their selection processes based on skills they would want the
candidates to possess. The platform also allows for instant document
verification, ensuring that selected candidates are ready to be on-boarded by
employers making the recruitment journey quick and seamless.
Factors leading to demand
creation
In the wake of the lockdown due to the pandemic,
several migrant workers were displaced, with states like Bihar, Uttar Pradesh,
Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, and Jharkhand seeing millions of blue collar
workers returning from their places of work. Along with the Government of
India’s efforts to reinstate these workers through schemes such as the Garib
Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan, dedicated efforts by corporates have highlighted the
urgent need for job creation, and simultaneously, job discoverability and job
matching.
Through its latest offering QJobs, Quess aims to
address these issues and provide a comprehensive solution that allows employers
to find the right talent, while allowing job seekers to showcase their skills
and find employment based on their location.
Sectors leading demand
With the shift to online or app-based consumption
post-COVID, sectors like e-commerce, retail and FMCG are fast emerging as
demand creators for roles like delivery personnel and sales executives. As
consumer activity rises during the festive season, logistics is likely to drive
demand. Further, sectors like banking and fintech are also seeing growing
demand for administrative and back office roles.
Start-ups and SMBs too are beginning to explore the
possibilities of hiring talent through aggregators rather than in-house, given
the advantages in terms of saving costs and being able to readily onboard a
trained resource with the requisite skillset. Additionally, there is also a
rise in short-term demand for facility management services in the post-pandemic
work environment. This is also boosting security services, as business premises
are now looking at having fewer persons on ground and remote access control
through a centralised command centre.
Sectors like Hospitality and Tourism that
traditionally do well during the holiday season are witnessing a damper in
light of COVID-19 this year.
Ajit Isaac, Chairman & Managing Director, Quess Corp, said, “As India’s
largest private sector employer, Quess is taking the next big step in realizing
its larger agenda of putting Middle India to work. In doing so, the company’s
mandate is focused on providing dignity and social security to India’s vast
lower income jobs. With Qjobs, we aim to offer a smooth and seamless job search
experience that helps job seekers find the best suited job as per their
requirements, while also ensuring that employers have access to a large pool of
talent.”
Suraj Moraje, Group CEO & Executive Director, Quess Corp, said, “Blue collars
workers have been amongst the hardest hit in the wake of COVID-19, and the need
of the hour is to ensure that these workers are able to find employment, based
on where they are located and what they are equipped to do. There are close to
6 lakh blue collar workers in the top three cities of India (New Delhi, Mumbai,
Bengaluru) alone, which highlights the fact that talent is abundant, implying
that opportunities must be discovered and matched with the right talent to
overcome the current challenge. With QJobs, we endeavour to create not only
one-time employment opportunities for these workers, but a holistic career path
for them to follow, where they can track their progress and work towards their
goals in the long term.”
Sekhar Garisa, Chief Strategy Officer and Head of Emerging
Business, Quess Corp, said, “With QJobs, we hope to address the talent
mismatch faced by the industry, which has been a long-standing concern. A
consequence of resources not being equipped with the right skills required to
fulfil a job role, talent mismatch can impact businesses adversely in the long
run. By creating a pipeline of qualified, reliable and easily available talent
for employers to tap into, we hope to reduce the time required to onboard
talent, thus ensuring rapid uptake and deployment of resources from a varied
pool of skillsets, which is customised to cater to the employers’
requirements.”
About Quess Corp
Quess Corp Limited (BSE: 539978, NSE: QUESS), is
India’s leading business services provider. At Quess, we excel in helping large
and emerging companies manage their non-core activities by leveraging our
integrated service offerings across industries and geographies which provides significant
operational efficiencies to our clients. Quess has a team of over 324,910
employees across India, North America, South America, South East Asia and the
Middle East across platforms such as Workforce Management, Operating Asset
Management and Technology Services. Quess serves over 2,860 clients worldwide.
Established in 2007, Quess is headquartered in Bengaluru, India and has a
market cap of approx. ₹ 6,086cr as of September 30th, 2020.
For further details on Quess Corp Ltd.,
please visit: http://www.quesscorp.com
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