GradExchange, the first-of-its-kind job portal that gives employers access to pre-tested and pre-profiled graduates on a simple and easy-to-use centralized web portal, is set to kick off in Nigeria.
The development follows the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in January this year, between Dragnet, the National Directorate of Employment (NDE) and the Nigerian Employers Consultative Association (NECA) towards simplifying the recruitment process in the private and public sectors of the country.
Mr. Robert Ikazoboh, the Managing Director of Dragnet Solutions, Nigeria’s foremost E-recruiting solutions providers and the promoters of GradExchange, said: “The GradExchange initiative was conceived to make the recruiting process smooth and seamless. With this initiative, companies do not need to spend money advertising for vacancies, either through the online or traditional media. They also do not need to spend long man hours and logistics in processing CVs. All they need to do is to log in to the portal and input the caliber of candidates that they are looking for along with the criteria they want and they are presented with candidates who fit their choice. Mr. Ikazoboh further stated that plans are in top gear to upgrade the other NDE Skills Acquisition and Vocation centres across the country to make the GradExchange service available to graduates all over the country.
While expressing delight at the development, Ikazoboh stated that the GradExchange initiative would help ease the impediments which the private sector faces in the current manual recruitment processes, and ultimately contribute to solving the problem of unemployment in the country. He also praised the efforts of the NDE and NECA, for what he described as their unwavering support for the project. “We can’t thank NDE and NECA for their support in bringing this project to fruition. For NDE to open up all of its skills acquisitions centers for this project really shows their commitment towards eradicating unemployment in Nigeria. NECA also deserves commendation for bringing their members on board. Without their unwavering support, we wouldn’t have come this far,” Ikazoboh said.
The GradExchange system will also make the job search process less difficult for job seekers. “What we find in the country today is that job seekers have to travel to major cities in the country just to sit for job tests. We all know that there really is no guarantee that they will pass the job tests at the end. And the risk of travelling the roads is something we must also consider.
But with GradExchange, all the graduates need to do is register online and schedule a test to be taken at any of the NDE Skills and Acquisition centers which are in all the states of the Federation. They will be screened using the computer based testing format and then they get the result almost at once and at no cost to them.
The GradExchange initiative also seeks to eliminate incidences of mercenaries and ghost candidates since the system will make use of CBT and biometrics to verify the identities of the applicants.
Dragnet solutions Limited is known for its variety of solutions aimed at redefining screening processes within the country and beyond.
The development follows the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in January this year, between Dragnet, the National Directorate of Employment (NDE) and the Nigerian Employers Consultative Association (NECA) towards simplifying the recruitment process in the private and public sectors of the country.
Mr. Robert Ikazoboh, the Managing Director of Dragnet Solutions, Nigeria’s foremost E-recruiting solutions providers and the promoters of GradExchange, said: “The GradExchange initiative was conceived to make the recruiting process smooth and seamless. With this initiative, companies do not need to spend money advertising for vacancies, either through the online or traditional media. They also do not need to spend long man hours and logistics in processing CVs. All they need to do is to log in to the portal and input the caliber of candidates that they are looking for along with the criteria they want and they are presented with candidates who fit their choice. Mr. Ikazoboh further stated that plans are in top gear to upgrade the other NDE Skills Acquisition and Vocation centres across the country to make the GradExchange service available to graduates all over the country.
While expressing delight at the development, Ikazoboh stated that the GradExchange initiative would help ease the impediments which the private sector faces in the current manual recruitment processes, and ultimately contribute to solving the problem of unemployment in the country. He also praised the efforts of the NDE and NECA, for what he described as their unwavering support for the project. “We can’t thank NDE and NECA for their support in bringing this project to fruition. For NDE to open up all of its skills acquisitions centers for this project really shows their commitment towards eradicating unemployment in Nigeria. NECA also deserves commendation for bringing their members on board. Without their unwavering support, we wouldn’t have come this far,” Ikazoboh said.
The GradExchange system will also make the job search process less difficult for job seekers. “What we find in the country today is that job seekers have to travel to major cities in the country just to sit for job tests. We all know that there really is no guarantee that they will pass the job tests at the end. And the risk of travelling the roads is something we must also consider.
But with GradExchange, all the graduates need to do is register online and schedule a test to be taken at any of the NDE Skills and Acquisition centers which are in all the states of the Federation. They will be screened using the computer based testing format and then they get the result almost at once and at no cost to them.
The GradExchange initiative also seeks to eliminate incidences of mercenaries and ghost candidates since the system will make use of CBT and biometrics to verify the identities of the applicants.
Dragnet solutions Limited is known for its variety of solutions aimed at redefining screening processes within the country and beyond.
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