Monster, Indian Navy ink MoU for jobs to retired personnel

Online recruitment service provider Monster India on Friday said it has signed a MoU with the Indian Navy Placement Agency to provide retired and shortly retiring navy personnel with alternate career opportunities in the corporate sector. "Monster India aims to list more than 1,000 opportunities in the next 12 months (on monsterindia.com) with a target of increasing this number to 2,000 opportunities by the year 2020," it said in a statement.

The focus would be on identifying opportunities in sectors such as capital goods industries, information technology (IT), and IT-enabled services, security space, micro, small and medium enterprises and so on, the statement said.

Abhijeet Mukherjee, CEO, monster.com (APAC and Middle East) said, "We aim to assist retired navy veterans with customised job opportunities in accordance with their skill set. Moreover, Monster India will regularly provide the candidates with job fairs, interview etiquette tips, career recommendations."