Lucknow: 5 students from DOSTI school were offered jobs at a job fair for Persons with Disabilities organised by Youth4jobs Foundation in collaboration with CII, IDBN and Axis Bank at Study Hall School campus on Tuesday. Over 100 specially-abled persons were offered jobs at the fair. The event was a success as 200 people attended the fair and more than 500 registered. 30 corporate representatives from various sectors, like Hospitality, Retail, IT/ITeS, Banking & Finance, BPO, Travel & Tourism, E-Commerce, Manufacturing etc., participated.

Sanskar, a student of DOSTI school, was offered a job at Zomato Zia. Sanskar is a special child with intellectual disability, who joined DOSTI school in 2014. He has completed his class 12th in 2019 through NIOS. Last year, Sanskar also completed his diploma in Learning Based AEMP from AIMS Media. Like Sanskar, 4 other students from DOSTI have been shortlisted and will receive training in their respective fields.

Tarannum Khan, Head-mistress of DOSTI school said, “At DOSTI, our focus is on life outcomes and not just learning outcomes. We want our children to integrate as empowered individuals in society. This is a great initiative by Youth4Jobs for specially-abled people. Many of our students have registered and have been offered jobs already.” DOSTI is a unit of Study Hall Educational Foundation (SHEF) and has been working for the last 17 years to educate special children according to pace, realize their best potential and become independent individuals.

Meera Shenoy, founder of Youth4Jobs said, “It is well established that the inclusion of persons with disabilities not only creates diversity but also makes business sense. This job fair is thus an excellent opportunity for corporations to meet, interview and employ this job ready talent pool, who add value to the organization for enhancing creativity, productivity, passion and employee retention.” 

Representatives from  Youth4Jobs and Corporate HRs will also offer services like Employability Assessments, post selection handholding and career Guidance and Counseling for job interviews to the candidates.