AKIJ Resource, one of the country’s leading business conglomerates, has launched an artificial intelligence-powered career platform, ‘nextjobz’ (nextjobz.com.bd), aiming to make the recruitment process more efficient and boosting skills development and career guidance for the country’s youth.
This platform will create a bridge between job seekers and employers and will play an important role in acquiring the necessary skills of job seekers, said a press release issued on Wednesday..
It will also feature information on university programmes, campus updates, higher education opportunities and global job openings.
Sheikh Jasim Uddin, managing director of AKIJ Resource, inaugurated the platform at a ceremony held at AKIJ House in the capital’s Tejgaon on Wednesday.
When speaking, Sheikh Jasim said, “AKIJ Resource is working tirelessly to improve the quality of life of the people of Bangladesh. That is why we are constantly coming up with new businesses and services. Bangladesh cannot grow at full speed if talent and industry continue to keep missing each other. Our goal is to directly create one million employment opportunities at AKIJ Resource. In addition, through this career portal, we will indirectly create various opportunities including higher education and employment for five million people at home and abroad. With the soft launch of NextJobz, our goal is simple — enable faster, skill-driven hiring so companies can grow stronger and the economy can move forward.”
“The job market in Bangladesh is rapidly transforming. We want to make the job search and recruitment process completely technology-based through nextjobz. We believe that this platform will play a positive role in the career development of the young generation. In addition, recruiters will be able to find qualified candidates according to their needs in the shortest time,” he said.
nextjobz is a platform that uses modern technology to find the right match between the skills of job seekers and the needs of the recruiters. As a result, time, cost and other related things will be significantly reduced in the recruitment process, he added.
“This platform will not be just a job site, it will become a complete career solution, which will open new horizons in the future development of the country's human resources. It will take various activities to develop the skills of job seekers so that they can easily get their desired job,” he said.
Shoeb Hassan, chief business officer at AKIJ Resource said that this platform will act as an experienced guide for job seekers.
In addition to searching for jobs and advertising for jobs, real information about jobs and studies abroad will be available here, he said.