More than 1m aspirants apply on Punjab Job Portal
Pakistan
Over 1m online applications received for jobs in 140 govt departments via Punjab job portal
LAHORE (Dunya News) - The Punjab Job Portal has registered 140 departments of the Punjab government and received more than one million online applications for vacant positions.
It emerged during a progress review meeting presided over by Punjab Information Technology Board (PITB) Chairman Syed Bilal Haider here on Wednesday. PITB IT-Operations Director General Faisal Yousaf and other team members also attended the meeting.
The Punjab Job Portal, developed by the PITB, has registered more than 250,000 candidates who have created their profiles on the portal.
On this occasion, PITB Chairman Syed Bilal Haider said the portal had facilitated the citizens to apply for jobs in various government departments across the province 24/7 without having to visit physically. He said the job portal had done away with the involvement of middleman in the hiring process and eliminated the chances of malpractice and corruption.
The portal (jobs.punjab.gov.pk) has been developed as a unified platform for applying to all the Punjab government jobs and it facilitates the candidates to assess their eligibility for the offered vacancies. It has features such as a search filter that can conveniently be used to reach a job posting with your required years of work experience, educational background or target industry. Furthermore, the advanced search option incorporates complex search queries and keyword searches further helping the candidate narrow down relevant jobs, which becomes crucial when databases become large.
The portal has also enlisted the phone numbers and other details of the registered Punjab government departments.
