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Bengaluru: The Nightingales Medical Trust is organising its annual job fair for senior citizens at St Joseph’s University, Langford Road here on August 25. Over 800 senior citizens are expected to participate in the job fair.
With nearly 25 employers applied as on Tuesday, Roger Ephraim, the Deputy Director of Nightingales Medical Trust told DH that nearly 40 companies are expected to be present during the fair. He said that they are expecting to have at least 400 job openings so that half of the overall expected footfall gets placed in various job roles.
Some of the companies applied include Hatti Kaapi, Poojyaya Security Services, Tech-Tailor Solutions Pvt Ltd and other prominent insurance companies.
Radha Murthy, the Managing Trustee of Nightingales said in a press release that organisations looking to hire talented and experienced engineers, technicians, supervisors, administrators, teachers, accountants and marketing professionals are welcome to apply.
Citizens aged between 55 and 70 years who are physically fit and are willing to work are encouraged to participate in the job fair.
With 138 million senior citizens in India, 89 per cent of the elderly people are not covered under any social security scheme, “forcing them to depend on their meagre savings and children for their sustenance,” Radha Murthy said. In order to address this, Nightingales Medical Trust has been conducting Nightingales Jobs 60+ since 2011.