Bengaluru-based jobs platform GoodWorker has roped in Amit Jain as CEO. GoodWorker is backed by the Lemmatree Group, actor Sonu Sood and Schoolnet.
Most recently, Amit served Quikr as Senior VP, Business head and HR head. At Quikr, Amit was instrumental in building QuikrJobs and also spearheaded the HR function. Prior to that, he had a stint with Bennett Coleman & Co., Nokia, Marico Ltd., and Asian Paints.
Glenn Gore, Group CEO, LemmaTree said, “Finding a CEO who has strong alignment to the GoodWorker vision was critical, we wanted to make sure that the person we get to lead the company is not just result driven but is aligned with our core objective of ‘transforming lives’ of millions of youth across India.”
“Amit is the perfect choice for the role, given his strong understanding of the industry and his belief in the purpose. Looking at his strong leadership skills and empathetic attitude, we are confident that his ideas and strategies would accelerate GoodWorker’s growth,” Gore added.
Amit Jain, CEO, GoodWorker, said, “GoodWorker’s vision for becoming an all-encompassing digital life partner for the youth in India in the blue/grey collar job space is both inspirational and ambitious. I believe, this is something that we would be able to deliver on, especially with the partner ecosystem, the team that we have put together & given the strong backing of the Affinidi group.”
Jain has graduated from the Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi and holds a PGDBM in Sales & Marketing from XLRI, Jamshedpur.
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