National Career Service (NCS)

About National Career Service (NCS):

• NCS aims to bridge the gap between those who need jobs and those who want to hire them, between people seeking career guidance and training and those who can provide the counselling and training. 
• It was launched in the year 2015.
• It provides a host of career-related services such as dynamic job matching, career counselling, job notifications, vocational guidance, and information on skill development courses, internships and alike. 
• The focus areas for the NCS platform are listed below:
  • Enhancing Career and employment opportunities;
  • Counselling and guidance for career development;
  • Focusing on decent employment;
  • Enhancing female labour force participation;
  • Encouraging entrepreneurial endeavours;
• It aims to reach out to people across the country, particularly youth, through a well-designed structure comprising an ICT-based portal, a countrywide set-up of career centres, a multilingual call centre, and a network of career counsellors.
• Nodal Agency: The project is being implemented by the Directorate General of Employment, Ministry of Labour & Employment.
• NCS portal:
  • The NCS Portal links job-seekers, employers, counsellors and training providers, all through Aadhaar-based authentication.
  • Registration is online and free of charge.
  • The portal provides information on over 3000 career options from 53 key industry Sectors - from IT to Textiles, Construction to Automobiles, Pharma and much more.
  • Job-seekers also have access to industry trends in a user-friendly way.