Pravasi Rojgar, an app built by actor Sonu Sood to offer support to workers in finding right job opportunities in various sectors across the country, has entered a joint venture with Temasek’s job search platform for blue-collar workers GoodWorker. The JV will formally launch its product offerings in early 2021.
GoodWorker has also made an initial investment of Rs 250 crore (around $34 million) into the new platform, the company announced.
Pravasi Rojgar app was launched in partnership with edtech and skilling company Schoolnet India (formerly IL&FS Education and Technology Services). The portal already has 10 lakh job seekers and employers including Amazon, Max Healthcare, Portea, Sodexo, Urban Company, etc. Temasek is among leading investors in large Indian technology startups such as Zomato, Curefit, Ola, Pine Labs, etc.
“The joint venture has targeted to “reach 10 crore Indians by providing access to good jobs and career progression through upskilling services, followed by financial, healthcare and social security services,” GoodWorker said in a statement. “Pravasi Rojgar’s scope through the tie-up is “now being expanded beyond job matching in partnership with GoodWorker, building on the combined strengths in migrant outreach, education, skilling, and technology.”
“This partnership will help in realising my dream of providing a better life and securing a livelihood for millions of youth. I am fortunate to partner with this socially relevant technology platform, as it helps institutionalise and scale Pravasi Rojgar’s humanitarian efforts,” said Sood.
For employers, the platform would allow them “effectively expand their operations by finding the right talent,” Pradyumna Agrawal, Board Member, GoodWorker.
Temasek’s job search portal also offers blue-collar workers with a digital, verifiable profile to make their job search more efficient while making the credentials more authentic for employers to confidently hire them.
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