Tamil Nadu nursing students register for jobs abroad
TNN | Feb 9, 2020, 04.03 AM IST
Like Meena, around 200 final-year nursing students from Coimbatore, Ooty, Tirupur and Erode had gathered to enroll themselves with the OMCL, a state government undertaking, at the drive that it conducted at the district employment office on Mettupalayam Road in the city. They were seeking an opportunity to become nurses in England and Ireland, with a monthly pay of Rs 2 lakh to Rs 2.5 lakh.
Representatives of OMCL said they had been facilitating jobseekers from the state to find jobs abroad for more than 40 years. B Somasundaram, recruitment coordinator, OMCL, said they have signed a memorandum of understanding with the Health Education England in the UK for sending 500 nurses from India to that country every year. “We would be offering the nurses free coaching for taking up the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) exam, which is a requisite for getting a job in the UK. We have tied up with the British Council for that.”
He said the first batch of candidates, around 15 people, have started training for the IELTS exam. “We would start sending nursing candidates to the UK in six months.”
Speaking about the process, Somasundaram said OMCL would register the candidates and upload their details online. After they take up the IELTS exam, their score would get uploaded on the portal. “Candidates would be tracked through an online application system. Following this, personnel from the UK would come down to interview and recruit them.”
A Jothimani, deputy director of employment, Coimbatore, said they have been planning to bring personnel from the British Council to the district employment office to train candidates. “This is the second registration drive after the one that we held last November. We had asked the nursing colleges in the region to send their students to the drive,” she said.
Candidates who were seeking skilled jobs such as electricians, technicians, plumbers and carpenters in the Middle East also took part in the drive.
TNN | Feb 9, 2020, 04.03 AM IST
COIMBATORE: Earlier, T Meena, a final-year nursing student from Dharapuram in Tirupur, had no idea that she could become a nurse in a hospital in the United Kingdom (UK). However, after attending the Overseas Manpower Corporation Limited (OMCL)’s registration drive on Saturday she said she was now hopeful of becoming a nurse in the UK. “I think the prospects have widened,” she said.
Like Meena, around 200 final-year nursing students from Coimbatore, Ooty, Tirupur and Erode had gathered to enroll themselves with the OMCL, a state government undertaking, at the drive that it conducted at the district employment office on Mettupalayam Road in the city. They were seeking an opportunity to become nurses in England and Ireland, with a monthly pay of Rs 2 lakh to Rs 2.5 lakh.
Representatives of OMCL said they had been facilitating jobseekers from the state to find jobs abroad for more than 40 years. B Somasundaram, recruitment coordinator, OMCL, said they have signed a memorandum of understanding with the Health Education England in the UK for sending 500 nurses from India to that country every year. “We would be offering the nurses free coaching for taking up the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) exam, which is a requisite for getting a job in the UK. We have tied up with the British Council for that.”
He said the first batch of candidates, around 15 people, have started training for the IELTS exam. “We would start sending nursing candidates to the UK in six months.”
Speaking about the process, Somasundaram said OMCL would register the candidates and upload their details online. After they take up the IELTS exam, their score would get uploaded on the portal. “Candidates would be tracked through an online application system. Following this, personnel from the UK would come down to interview and recruit them.”
A Jothimani, deputy director of employment, Coimbatore, said they have been planning to bring personnel from the British Council to the district employment office to train candidates. “This is the second registration drive after the one that we held last November. We had asked the nursing colleges in the region to send their students to the drive,” she said.
Candidates who were seeking skilled jobs such as electricians, technicians, plumbers and carpenters in the Middle East also took part in the drive.
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