Date: 09/06/2022
Life does feel like a roller-coaster ride till you get settled with a well-secured and fulfilling job. There is constant pressure from society, parents and even yourself to be independent and responsible to meet your family’s needs. This is not a story of yours alone. There are millions out there who share the same struggle and pain. And such an overabundance of unemployed people makes the job market a very competitive space.
In India, the unemployment rate usually remains at between 7% to 8%, which even got worse in 2020 and 2021 with 25% and 12% respectively. Millions of people lost their jobs during this period. These unprecedented years have made the job hunt more challenging for the candidates. But with the sudden changes in the job market, people are learning to make sense out of ‘new normal’. For instance, the internet is now working as a crucial tool to success for job seekers more than ever. From searching for jobs to getting connected to employers online, job Portals or apps are working as career guides. There are so many online job sites and applications floating around that it’s difficult to weed out the worst or best ones.
Here we have listed our top 5 best job portals that can help job seekers to get hired in the easiest and fastest way.
ShramIN:
It is the fastest-growing job search portal. Catering both, the job seekers and the employers to meet their needs in the job market. The reason it’s included in this list is its motive to be the catalyst to facilitate the employment needs of blue and grey collar workers. Workers who get involved in manual labour, such as construction workers, electricians, plumbers, carpenters, etc.
It is different from the rest of the available job portals that usually cater to white-collar jobs like administrative or managerial work. There are hardly any job portals available that display job for construction workers, manufacturing/factory workers, ITI candidates, skilled/ semi-skilled and unskilled workers. And this makes this job portal very inclusive in nature as it involves the section of the society which is 80% of the entire nation, blue and grey collar workers.
Shramin.com is more capable of reaching the wider population of the nation than the rest of the available job portals in the market. India is a country of diversity that can not be stereotyped by only catering for a single section, white-collar workers, to deal with the unemployability of the nation.
The ShramIN Jobs App is a free job portal for job seekers and employers. It supports the multilingual feature, where users from any region and language can comfortably access the app in their own native language.
It provides an option to upload a video resume instead of a paper document. As it opens an opportunity for illiterate people to express their skills and experience without stressing over CV documents, which otherwise becomes a barrier in the application for them. To be more helpful, the portal also offers the facility of skill-building and training to candidates who want to improve their career opportunities.
Overall, the shramin.com helps the candidates to register and apply to all the suitable job opportunities in the easiest and fastest way possible. It is the best alternative for blue-collar workers to find new opportunities, who were greatly affected during the lockdown in India.
LinkedIn:
It is one of the professional networking sites, which is different from conventional job search portals. It gives a social networking platform for professionals coming from different walks of life. Here people can publish, communicate and share their views through regular posts. Along with that, companies also post their job requirements on the same platform. So, it’s an entire universe in itself for the candidates who want to make professional connections and tap on new career opportunities.
The user can have a well-explained profile, in which the work and skills can be showcased through posting the respective work as a post. The best part of this portal is that your connections can endorse your skills and can give you recommendations, which can help the employer to know you better. The feature to search jobs, allows you to apply directly for job vacancies by using various filters. What makes it unique is that you can directly have conversations with the seniors of the organization and get a chance to be a part of their project without struggling with their Human Resources managers.
The user can have a well-explained profile, in which the work and skills can be showcased through posting the respective work as a post. The best part of this portal is that your connections can endorse your skills and can give you recommendations, which can help the employer to know you better. The feature to search jobs, allows you to apply directly for job vacancies by using various filters. What makes it unique is that you can directly have conversations with the seniors of the organization and get a chance to be a part of their project without struggling with their Human Resources managers.
Naukri.com
It is one of the leading job sites that has expanded in the last few decades. It is an Indian origin company which was founded in 1997. The portal mainly works as a medium for job seekers and employers to engage. Job seekers can apply for new job opportunities without paying any charges. The users don’t have to pay to use the application or the website. Although there is a subscription for some premium features like more filtered job suggestions and candidates are available. Other multiple products like resume database access and response management tools etc are also some of the offers that the portal offers.
The company does not only operates within the Indian periphery but also overseas in places like Dubai, Riyadh, Bahrain and Abu Dhabi. Therefore, there are around more than 5 lakh jobs and over 60 million CVs available on the portal, which gives a wide variety of options for job seekers.
Indeed:
The US-based job portal, making its mark worldwide in 60 countries, including India. It is a highly used job portal in India, which is helping both job seekers to get new job opportunities and employers to hire suitable candidates. It increases the horizon of job opportunities due to its presence in multiple countries. Applicants can search for jobs according to their expertise, experience and geographical location by using the provided filters.
For the times of the Covid19 outbreak, Indeed.com has come up with a Coronavirus work tool that helps in providing employment in the pandemic. Therefore, making its place as one of the most relevant jobs search apps in 2022.
Glassdoor:
It helps the job seeker to get an overall idea about the company’s work ethics and the salary bracket it offers for the respective positions. The portal displays the ratings and reviews of the companies or organizations given by their current or ex-employees. It mainly increases the transparency of the workplace by providing reviews from people who have first-hand experience of the particular organization. It displays office photos, salary reports, interview questions and their difficulty level, office hours, number of staff members, ratings about the management etc. This is a useful feature for job seekers as it gives an unbiased report about the companies.
Along with reviews and ratings, the site also provides millions of job openings for job seekers without charging any money. It’s free for the candidates who are searching for jobs.
Conclusion:
All these job portals or web applications are the best available options one can get to find the most suitable career opportunities in India. Each has its own strength and USP. Look more about them on their respective websites and applications and download them according to your own requirements and job needs.
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