Job site launched for NRBs
A community-based job site was launched on Tuesday to create an opportunity to hire non-residential Bangladeshis to work in the country.
The site -- www.nrbjobs.com -- can also act as a community-based job portal in other countries where expatriate Bangladeshi entrepreneurs can publish advertisements to hire NBRs for their business.
Sometimes, NRB entrepreneurs want to hire other NRBs for their businesses but find very few qualified people as there is no communication channel, said ME Chowdhury, managing director and chief executive of the portal.
At the same time, this site will also help hire expert NRBs for the development of Bangladesh; the government can take support from this initiative to appoint Bangladeshis instead of hiring foreigners, he added.
There are around 1.5 crore Bangladeshis living abroad in different countries, many of whom run their own businesses, he said.
State Minister for ICT Zunaid Ahmed Palak inaugurated the job site at a ceremony in the capital.
“Previously, we were concerned about brain drain from our country. But this portal can help reverse that,” said Palak.
He said huge digital infrastructure is being built in Bangladesh through the help of government initiatives and proper policy support and the NRBs can now work in the country.
Founders of the portal said they developed this site after five years of research and it has helped create a strong relationship between locals and NRBs.
At the same time, local job seekers are also enlisting their curriculum vitae on the portal to land jobs.
Jamaluddin Ahmed, a director of Bangladesh Bank, and Wahid Sharif, president elect of Bangladesh Association of Call Centre and Outsourcing, also spoke.
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