The Tiruvallur Job fair was inaugurated by the district collector 'Thiru G. Sundaramurthi' on 7th and 8th Feb,09. Around 250 candidates were screened for Data entry and retail sales jobs.
Tiruvallur witnessed a crazy set of youngsters distributing pamphlets and brochures on the bus stands and roads of the districts. It was a interesting observation ...what works in rural and what doesn't work.
There are a lot of myths about the rural candidates which we have observed.(I'm sure this observation is not limited to us only...it is kind of common sense. But nevertheless let us share it.)
Rural youth doesn't know what it wants. Well, we came across some interesting people while in the Job Fair. One guy , who is working as a cook in one of the restaurant of Chennai said that he wants to become a pastry taster...We askes why specifically that? He said "I like Pastry, so I want to become a Pastry taster".
Well, jokes apart, Rural youth knows what they want.
Many of the candidates said that they want 'Any Job'. Now this sounds like a vague answer, when we asked them what type of Job do they want.But probe them deeper and they will tell you what they dont want.
So they might not know what they want ...but they do know what they dont want. Like: No Travelling, No Sales, No House keeping etc etc.
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That's great..once we know what we dont want, we could easily pin down what we want. Knowing what we want fills us with immense sense of self-esteem and confidence which motivates us to take the desired action to achieve the same. If our Rural youths come to know what they want, they can contribute to the Indian economy. More importantly they would have a dignified life. That gives me immense satisfaction.
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