Google launches 'Kormo Jobs' - an app to help job seekers in India

During the Coronavirus pandemic, over lakhs of people lost their jobs. Many companies had to lay off its workforce due to heavy losses. Now that a lot of people are jobless, Google has announced the India launch of its Kormo Jobs app to help entry-level job seekers find and apply for positions. Google, which introduced ‘Jobs’ last year in India as part of Google Pay to connect job seekers with opportunities in industries like on-demand businesses, retail, and hospitality, said the offering will be rebranded to ‘Kormo Jobs’.

The company first launched Kormo Jobs in Bangladesh in 2018 and expanded it to Indonesia last year. Also last year, Google made Kormo available in India under the brand Jobs as a Spot on Google Pay app.

During its launch last year, Google said it has partnered 25 companies including Dunzo, Zomato, Swiggy, 24Seven, Ritu Kumar, and FabHotels, which have posted listings for positions such as delivery partners, security guards, customer support partners, field sales and marketing executives, etc.

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Google said today it is rebranding the Jobs Spot on Google Pay as Kormo Jobs in India and also making its standalone Android app available in one of its key overseas markets.
In addition to helping users identify open calls for entry-level roles, the Kormo Jobs app is also designed to help them learn new skills, and easily create a CV.

Bickey Russell, regional manager and operations lead at Kormo Jobs said, “In the wake of the pandemic, the jobs landscape stands altered, with demand shifting to new services that require different sets of skills and experience. Businesses of all sizes face the challenges of the new normal, while job seekers are having to adapt to this shift quickly,”

Any app that helps people find jobs of any kind would come in handy to tens of millions of Indians — if not more — as the nation reports record-high unemployment figures at the height of a global pandemic.

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