“Time to think again for
all job seekers in Pakistan”
Introduction:
In Pakistan after each year there are many numbers of students are graduated and seeking career opportunities, spending their parent’s money on their degrees and investing on brighter future of tomorrow.
Analysis: In today’s era a job seeker will have to find a job in this competitive market where each person will apply for positions which are numbering from 1 – many,
Trends and Fashions changed by the time and more becoming ease for job seekers to apply online, submit forms and in return you will pay a lot of money that is huge burden on job seekers.
In 20th Century, it means before 90’s whenever there was a job opening in private or government company, they never deducted any amount from seekers and in return even there was a time they paid TA-DA for interview.
Now, let’s come to point, In Pakistan as situation is worsening in job applications, huge number of job seekers and increasing inflation rate also with lowest employment.
Now, companies cannot handle to take tests from all candidates who applied, and they are no longer paying for all testing costs.
Huge burden is on job-seekers, where they must have to apply through private testing companies for employment, and each test amount varies from Rs. 500 to Rs. 1500 as per company’s testing criteria or their forced demand.
In today’s situation, youngsters (Job seekers) unable to get the right job on right time and highly competitive market made it difficult for job seekers not only the lower employment rate but testing charges.
Testing Charges:
For example, a young graduate with no basic experience applies for private company, many of private companies never deducts amount to charge but there are 70-80% of employers who advertise the “Job-openings” in newspaper, also asks for 500 (Estimated) amount for testing,
On monthly basis if a person applies for more than 5 vacancies so, each time will is required to pay 500-1500 rupees for each test, In lowest employment opportunities in market it hard for them to get its hands on job after trying 30-50 tests in six months duration.
On darkest side, each individual earns nothing, spent a lot on education to get degrees, and after University that is forced to pay for job tests so, he/she will eventually select or not.
How this is going to work for people who will “fail” the tests, or who will “pass” but never get “short-listed”, total morale of students is also dropped, hope for its career is in danger, they cannot afford to pay huge amounts for each test to take it to his best.
In Pakistan after each year there are many numbers of students are graduated and seeking career opportunities, spending their parent’s money on their degrees and investing on brighter future of tomorrow.
Analysis: In today’s era a job seeker will have to find a job in this competitive market where each person will apply for positions which are numbering from 1 – many,
Trends and Fashions changed by the time and more becoming ease for job seekers to apply online, submit forms and in return you will pay a lot of money that is huge burden on job seekers.
In 20th Century, it means before 90’s whenever there was a job opening in private or government company, they never deducted any amount from seekers and in return even there was a time they paid TA-DA for interview.
Now, let’s come to point, In Pakistan as situation is worsening in job applications, huge number of job seekers and increasing inflation rate also with lowest employment.
Now, companies cannot handle to take tests from all candidates who applied, and they are no longer paying for all testing costs.
Huge burden is on job-seekers, where they must have to apply through private testing companies for employment, and each test amount varies from Rs. 500 to Rs. 1500 as per company’s testing criteria or their forced demand.
In today’s situation, youngsters (Job seekers) unable to get the right job on right time and highly competitive market made it difficult for job seekers not only the lower employment rate but testing charges.
Testing Charges:
For example, a young graduate with no basic experience applies for private company, many of private companies never deducts amount to charge but there are 70-80% of employers who advertise the “Job-openings” in newspaper, also asks for 500 (Estimated) amount for testing,
On monthly basis if a person applies for more than 5 vacancies so, each time will is required to pay 500-1500 rupees for each test, In lowest employment opportunities in market it hard for them to get its hands on job after trying 30-50 tests in six months duration.
On darkest side, each individual earns nothing, spent a lot on education to get degrees, and after University that is forced to pay for job tests so, he/she will eventually select or not.
How this is going to work for people who will “fail” the tests, or who will “pass” but never get “short-listed”, total morale of students is also dropped, hope for its career is in danger, they cannot afford to pay huge amounts for each test to take it to his best.
Other factors might be involved in these black
profits by testing companies and government agencies, where they can earn
profits by advertising a single job post and deduct charges from around 20,000
candidates.
Also, if a person applies for test from inside “Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP)” or “Punjab”, and after his test confirmation he will require traveling from one city to another because of lack of testing centers for them in local districts.
So, if we calculate the average amount for each individual on monthly basis;
Rs. 700 charges for Test
Rs. 100 charges for Photocopies, attests and pictures (est)
Rs. 300 charges for Travel cost (If you live in Swabi and travel for test to Peshawar main city of KP)
Round about 1100 Rupees on average you are paying for each test
And if you calculate it on monthly basis for only “10” Tests so, you can calculate that, 10x1100 = 11,000 Rupees / Month.
Problem solution:
Government need to take a serious action to enforce all institutions in Pakistan to not to charge from job seekers, but force them to allocate the budget from their company to job seekers for all charges rather than TA-DA.
Government policies must be in way to support young generation, and prioritize their efforts for brighter tomorrow, if you force them to pay that much amount , how will Young job seeker will survive in this situation or he will eventually lose all its hope in his brighter future, because no student or graduate is same and talented, they try and try to get the job.
All private and government companies must allocate budget for their test collection to employ work-force for their company.
Also, if a person applies for test from inside “Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP)” or “Punjab”, and after his test confirmation he will require traveling from one city to another because of lack of testing centers for them in local districts.
So, if we calculate the average amount for each individual on monthly basis;
Rs. 700 charges for Test
Rs. 100 charges for Photocopies, attests and pictures (est)
Rs. 300 charges for Travel cost (If you live in Swabi and travel for test to Peshawar main city of KP)
Round about 1100 Rupees on average you are paying for each test
And if you calculate it on monthly basis for only “10” Tests so, you can calculate that, 10x1100 = 11,000 Rupees / Month.
Problem solution:
Government need to take a serious action to enforce all institutions in Pakistan to not to charge from job seekers, but force them to allocate the budget from their company to job seekers for all charges rather than TA-DA.
Government policies must be in way to support young generation, and prioritize their efforts for brighter tomorrow, if you force them to pay that much amount , how will Young job seeker will survive in this situation or he will eventually lose all its hope in his brighter future, because no student or graduate is same and talented, they try and try to get the job.
All private and government companies must allocate budget for their test collection to employ work-force for their company.