Project Report
| Feb 20, 2012
Project Update - January 2012
By Humaira Bokhari | Programme Manager - Employment
January was a good month as far as placements are concerned.
8 people with disabilities were hired in various companies and they commenced employment in the mid week of January 2012. 3 employees are waiting to start at Gul Ahmed textile mills. In addition, 3 interns at Gul Ahmed completed their internship in Creative Department.
A meeting was held with Netcom (a call centre provider), Agha’s Super Market, Acti-med Pharma and Universal Brushware Limited. All were very positive and encouraging for future hiring of people with disabilities.
What was achieved this month?
- 8 people with disabilities commenced employment.
- Evaluation of 7 people was held for future placements.
What are we proud of?
- We have introduced and started using new software to manage our recruitment process, which is beneficial as it automates much of the time-consuming reporting work.
What companies did we meet, or that agreed to take PWDs?
NOWPDP staff met with the following, who showed a positive response towards hiring:
- Agha’s Super Market
- NetCom(Call Center)
- Acti-med Pharama
- Universal Brushware Pvt Ltd
Monthly Goals:
- Number of companies met: 4 (planned: 4)
- Number of applicant CVs sent to employers: 40 (planned: 20)
- Number of applicants commencing employment: 8 (planned: 10)
- Number of applicants selected but not commenced 3
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Jan 12, 2012
Project Update - December 2011
By Humaira Bokhari | Programme Manager - Employment
December like always has been a non favourable month in terms of employment, since it's the ending of the year and most companies do not offer new inductions during end year times. Many new companies were contacted on phone, but only few amongst those contacted consented to a meeting.
A lot many candidates were evaluated, across all disabilities. Our focus in December has been mainly towards placing people in data entry and call centres, there fore hearing and visual impaired evaluations were done.
WHAT WAS ACHIEVED THIS MONTH
- 3 hearing impaired persons were hired for data entry at Systems Ltd.
- 4 hearing impaired were hired at Artistic Milliners
WHAT ARE WE PROUD OF
We have started contacting companies’ specifically in relation to the skills available in our candidate pool.
We are also working towards having an event where companies who run call centres will be invited and offered candidates for their call centre operators.
Another category are the data entry operators, therefore we contacted specifically companies running data entry operations. Systems Ltd is one company who hired in December as well as pledged to hire in future also.
WHAT COMPANIES DID WE MEET THAT CONSENTED TO TAKE PWDs
- United Bank Limited
- Systems Ltd.
MONTHLY GOALS
- Number of companies met: 1 (planned: 4)
- Number of applicant CVs sent to employers: 19 (planned: 20)
- Number of applicants commencing employment: 7 (planned: 10)
- Number of candidates selected but not commenced: 3
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Dec 21, 2011
Project Update - November 2011
By Humaira Bokhari | Programme Manager - Employment
Summary of Achievements:
November 2011 was considerably a good month as far as employments are concerned. NOWPDP met 3 new companies, and all turned out to be our potential employers. A total number of 9 candidates were selected and commenced their jobs during this month.
Quite a few number of CVs were sent to us by various organisations, and walk in candidates for job placements, which goes to prove that NOWPDP is now being known for its humble achievements
What was achieved this month?
- 2 people, physically challenged, were hired with GUL BAHAO, an NGO.
- 1 physically challenged candidate was hired by Liaquat national hospital
- 6 persons with hearing impairments were hired by Artistic Milliners in their new wing
What are we proud of?
- We were pleased to know that now we are getting a lot many walk-in candidates to register with us regarding employment, which means NOWPDP has gained a certain level of recognition amongst PWDs.
- NOWPDP employment programme was awarded a shield by Awareness Voluntary Organisation as a token for getting PWDs employed over the past 3 years.
- 3 of our PWDs who were offered employment via NOWPDP were invited to a forum held by The Education Foundation to share their success stories and the role that NOWPDP has played in gaining employment.
Monthly Goals:
- Number of companies met: 3 (planned: 4)
- Number of applicant CVs sent to employers: 24 (planned: 20)
- Number of applicants commencing employment: 9 (planned: 10)
- Number of applicants selected but not commenced: 3
Please see below links on the recent NOWPDP Art Competition, which brought together 150 children with disabilities to paint and draw, with prizes being given to the winners.
NOWPDP is looking for more donations to keep this programme running. If you would like to donate to fund the programme, or know of someone who would, please donate!
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