The previous week’s incessant rain had ceased. The dawn was bright yesterday, the 25th of October 2024. We considered it a good omen for the Job Fair that PARA had planned with Disha, the Career Guidance and Job Placement service of the St. Joseph’s Province of Hyderabad. The staff of PARA – Mr. Isaiah, Mr. Prabhakar, Mr. Mahima Rao, Mr. Ramesh, Ms.Durga, Mr. Kumar and Mr. Andrew – had done a great job of mobilizing the youth of 4 blocks – Alamuru, Atreyapuram, Ravulapalem, and Kothapetta. Mobilization was done both through social media and through door-to-door distribution of QR Codes for registering for the Job Fair. Their mobilization efforts showed results. From 9.00 am itself, youth from the surroundings came prepared for Job interviews. The stream of job seekers continued till 2.00 pm. Fr. Gandala Simharayulu had made all the logistical arrangements for the fair.
Fr. Jeevan and Fr. Justin from Disha introduced the HRs from Apollo, Health Care, Modine, Fusion Finance, and Future IT Solutions. These corporate entities conducted in-person interviews to select candidates for their companies. Amazon, Flipkart, and Vijetah joined the Job Fair online. Mr. Sagar, and Mr. Kranti, team members of Disha were able to handle the event very effectively. In the final count, 107 young people attended the Job fair. 70 of them were selected for the jobs they were interviewed for.
As the sun set, everyone felt that it was indeed a very rewarding day. Our hope that if a Job Fair was conducted on PARA premises it would benefit the youth in this region was not belied. This was a first for PARA. The first milestone in the Job Fair Initiative. It will not be the last.
