“Yes, it’s true that our government has set a target of creating 15 million jobs in the next five years ,” – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina (June 25th, 2019)
Bangladesh Awami League Election Manifesto “Bangladesh on the march towards Prosperity”
According to National Youth Policy 2016, The current youth population of Bangladesh is about 52 million ; more than 33 percent of the total population. Any citizen between 18 and 35 years of age shall be regarded as youth. (National Youth Policy 2017)
Scenario of Youth Employment in Bangladesh?
Current Unemployment Rate in Bangladesh is at 4.2 percent The number of unemployed people in Bangladesh increased to 2.70 Million in 2016 from 2.60 Million in 2015. About 46% of the total unemployed youth are university graduates According to the Labour Force Survey, rural areas have 1.82 million unemployed people, more than double the number of those 0.77 million in urban areas. The urban-rural population ratio is 37:63 in Bangladesh
“This is a structural mismatch. When we talk to relatives, they say there are not enough jobs. But when we talk to entrepreneurs, they say where are the people to hire?” Dr Zahid Hussain – the lead economist of World Bank’s Dhaka office “28% of youth are currently unemployed in Bangladesh. The government is working to bring down the rate to 3%.” Zahid Ahsan Russell , State Minister ,Ministry of Youth & Sports
Dependency on Urban Cities The level of urbanization in Bangladesh to total population is 28% but contribution of 28% population to GDP is 65 % Dhaka city consists, of 9% of total population of Bangladesh but its contribution to GDP near about 40 % Urban economic density (US$ 2.7 million per sq. km) is eight times as high as rural economic density (US$ 3,20,000 per sq. km ). Source: (World Bank 2012- p. 164 )
Bangladesh is a country with the highest rate of growth of urban population. (Source: World Development Indicators ). There are social and economic costs to these migration as follows: Dependency on Urban Cities
An independent research was concluded where total of 1575 youths of different categories were interviewed in Mohammedpur (west) Union of Daudkandi Upazila , Comilla . Job Opportunity in Rural Areas S ource : Youth Employment Scenario in Rural Areas of Bangladesh: A Case of Mohammedpur West Union by Ranjan Kumar Guha & Abdullah Al Mamun
S ource : Youth Employment Scenario in Rural Areas of Bangladesh: A Case of Mohammedpur West Union by Ranjan Kumar Guha & Abdullah Al Mamun Job Opportunity in Rural Areas
Youth unemployment rate from 1999 to 2019
Why the Youth unemployment rate is almost constant?
Woman Unemployment rate in Bangladesh W omen unemployment rate is still higher than that of their male counterpart (The unemployment rate among female graduates is about 2.5 times more than their male counterparts)
The number of unemployed females increased to 1.2 million in 2018 from 1 million in 2010, while the number of females in employment dropped to 16 million last year from 16.2 million in 2010 . In rural areas, 12.6 million females were employed in 2010. The number fell to 11.6 million in 2018 . T he country’s women unemployment rate came down by 2 percentage points to 6.43% in 2019 from 6.6% in the previous year. Woman Unemployment in Bangladesh
Why women unemployment rate is high?
Vision 2021 The central development agenda of the government is focused on meeting the needs required for the youth to become skillful. Active Government Projects in implementation of Vision 2021 E stablishment of the National Skill Development Authority under the Prime Minister’s Office. S etting up Employment and Manpower Office in 64 districts including the four divisions. Vision 2021 Internship Program
Initiatives to implement Vision 2021
Training program for Youth Create a Skills Development program which will provide National Technical Vocational Qualification Framework (NTVQF) training designed for young people. It will provide market-driven skills training in a wide range of sectors, including C onstruction , Hospitality Ready-made garments IT G raphic design E lectrical engineering
Training program for Youth Create an on-the-job apprenticeship model that equips underprivileged youth with the skills that employers need. Young learners will train under specialist crafts persons in various different demand-driven trades. The goal is to equip underprivileged men and women with the skills required for better payments in jobs thus reducing issues like early marriage and substantially increasing incomes.
Importance of the program World Bank survey of 1,000 readymade garments (RMG) factories, found that in firms located outside Dhaka, lack of adequate and updated skills were the major disadvantage in the sector. Industrial growth came more from capital intensive manufacturing and construction sectors that are domestic market-oriented, rather than the labour intensive export-oriented sectors. In sectors such as Information Technology Enabled Services (ITES), shipbuilding and pharmaceuticals, highly skilled professionals are in constant demand. Advancement of technology will require high-skilled labour, focusing on demand-driven skill development system should be the priority for Bangladesh. Training program for Youth (Source : The Financial Express, 2019)
Entrepreneurship for Youth Design a program for young entrepreneurs in Bangladesh to successfully develop their businesses. Its goal will be to create decent employment opportunities through establishment of youth-led enterprises in local communities. The programme will be open to all business-minded young people in Bangladesh. The programmed includes activity-based classroom training, tailored mentoring support, and access to finance.
How to get best Candidates faster?
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Bangabandhu Job Fair 2020
AGENDA OF THE PROJECT
Bangabandhu Job Fair 2020 Bangabandhu Job Fair 2020 will take place across 8 divisions and 64 districts covering the whole of Bangladesh.
PICTURES 300+ Government and Private companies will be engaged with Bangabandhu Job Fair 2020 Affiliated Companies
Stall Arrangement Walk in Interview Room Stage for Speech & Entertainment
Seminar Room Company Stall
BRANDING
Stall Arrangement Traditional Miking Mobile Van
Stall Arrangement Wall Poster Wall Paint
Stall Arrangement Local Newspaper Leaflet
Stall Arrangement Local Radio Local TV Ad
Digital Media Plan Event pages to be opened from Bangabandhu Job Fair 2020 official Facebook page to promote the event. Promote the event from Bangabandhu Job Fair 2020 from official LinkedIn page where the the young professionals can engage in. The official twitter page of Bangabandhu Job Fair 2020 will tweet and use hashtag #BJF2020 to make the world know about the event. Also make it the trending topic Promote the promo videos of each event on YouTube as bumper ads and also banner ads Post photos and videos related to the event on official Bangabandhu Job Fair 2020 Instagram account and sponsor the event there to sign people up Enlisting the event on Snapchat and usage of filters of Bangabandhu Job Fair 2020
Diagram of Targeted Media Facebook Total Number of Monthly Active Users: 2.50 billion LinkedIn LinkedIn has over 575+ million users , with more than 260 million monthly active users Twitter There are 330 million monthly active users and 145 million daily active users on Twitter Youtube YouTube has 2 billion users worldwide Instagram Instagram have 26.9 million users in 2020 Snapchat Daily active users: 187 million .