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Aizawl Dated the 1st February, 2023: Employment Exchange (EmpEx) Online Portal for Job Seekers in Mizoram was inaugurated by Pu Lalchhandama Ralte Minister, LESDE Department on 31st January, 2023 in his office chamber.

Speaking at the launching function, the Minister expressed his pleasure in launching Employment Exchange (EmpEx) Portal for the benefit of youth job seekers. He also said that LESDE Department will work together with all the Government Departments in the state and Corporations under the Government to utilize and post their job vacancies in the Portal. The Minister also highlighted the excellent progress of LESDE Department in creating Skill Development ecosystem and promotion of Entrepreneurship through seed funding support. He also added that the launching of the new EmpEx portal with enhanced and wider scope would be a big achievement for the state and for the youth seeking for jobs.

The Employment Exchange (EmpEx) Portal was made in collaboration with Mizoram State E-Governance Society (MSeGs) and ICT Department. Shri Lalramsanga Sailo, IRS, Secretary, LESDE in his speech expressed his hope that Empex will prove to be a game changer for the job seekers and job providers/employers and highlighted the current problem faced by the job seekers due to the absence of an integrated Job Portal in-spite of availability of a wide variety of jobs in public and private sector.

Shri Isaac Zothanpuia Project Manager, MSeGs gave a powerpoint presentation on the functions and features of EmpEx Portal, which includes integration of EmpEx with National Career Service(NCS) portal under Ministry of Labour and Employment, Employment Registration through portal and mobile Application for both Android and Iphones, Renewal of registration, SMS alert/notifications, Employment for skilled/unskilled labour, Employment news, etc. Employers in public/private sector can easily post their job vacancies through this Portal. EmpEx Portal is linked with Digilocker application and Employment Registration card is downloadable through Digilockers.

Smt Angela Zothanpuii, Director, LESDE chaired the inaugural programme, which was attended by officials of LESDE Department, ICT department and secretariat staffs.