Rule 32. Establishment and maintenance of career centre

(1)The State Government may establish, run and maintain career centre or modify and declare its already established office or employment exchange, or both or a portal or authorise any other such centre as career centre, by notification. Till such notification is made, existing local Employment Exchanges career centres (Regional).

(2) The State Government may also enter into an agreement with any institution, local authority, local body or private body for running a career centre.

(3) The career centres established under sub-rules (1) and (2) above shall, inter-alia, perform the following functions, namely: –

(a) collection and furnishing of information, either by the keeping of registers or otherwise, manually, digitally, virtually or through any other mode relating to -

(i) persons who seek to employ employees;

(ii) persons who seek employment;

(iii) occurrence of vacancies; and

(iv) persons who seek vocational guidance and career counselling or guidance to start self-employment;

(b) providing career counseling and vocational guidance;

(c) organizing job-fairs and job drives;

(d) employment related surveys and studies;

(e) employability enhancement activities; and

(f) other services as may be decided by the appropriate Government from time to time.

Explanation.–For the purposes of this rule, appropriate Government shall State Government for career centre(Regional).