Jobfactory goes Global

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Jobfactory, the fastest growing recruitment entity in the country, recently launched its global recruitment unit as it has obtained the overseas recruitment license from the Sri Lankan Bureau of Foreign Employment. Job Factory Ltd. was incorporated in early 2012 and started operations in the same year July. Now it has grown to a level that many top companies approach it for difficult recruitment assignments.

“We started with LOLC Group at the inception and are now working with more than 50 top companies in the country. Jobfactory is very strong in the IT domain and almost all top IT companies are working with us. There is no rocket science behind our success, which is only based on meeting our customers’ expectations,” said Madhushan Raigamage, Chief Innovation Officer. “Our brand is popular amongst middle level executives and Jobfactory maintains its operating principles during all the steps of the process. In principle we do not share anyone’s CV/profile without the consent of the candidate. Job seekers remain with us as they are highly confident in this regard,” he added. “We were approached by many overseas companies for recruitment as our website performance is very strong. We didn’t want to go global without consolidating the local market. Now we see that Jobfactory is established in the local market and ready to move global.” Jobfactory – Global will be only focusing skilled recruitment which is a national requirement today. It will not be sending housemaids overseas. There is an excess workforce of skilled labour in the country which has better demand than other Asian countries, said Nirmala Dassanayake, Lead Executive of Jobfactory. “Our initial focus is the State of Qatar, which is the fastest growing Middle Eastern country where the 2020 FIFA World cup is scheduled to be held. The construction industry is our main focus. We know that Sri Lanka has an excellent set of talent involved in construction projects. Even though the labour is cheaper in other South Asian countries like India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, our principals like to go ahead with Sri Lankan professionals, which takes our flag flying high. Our focus is also not to send labourers to the State of Qatar but certainly some supervisors and white-collar workers.” “Jobfactory is a unique recruitment company. We maintain high standards across the board. Unlike other recruitment companies, we care more about the employer, as every single recruitment is a challenge for the employer. Our expertise is nothing other than the capability of approaching very rare skills and making the assignment easy for the employer,” said Medhani Weerasinghe, HR Executive (Global). “We are highly geared about our global move. We have an excellent team working at Jobfactory and they know what to do in order to bring our brand to the global standard.” Jobfactory does not charge a single cent from jobseekers. Government charges will have to be borne by them and the rest is done free for jobseekers. “We are allowed by the Foreign Employment Bureau to charge a certain amount from the candidate, but we even do not charge that as we are being paid by the principal for the recruitments we do,” said Imaadh Ismil, HR Executive (Global). “Qatar is our launching pad for the Global operation and we are highly confident about its growth potential. We will have our plan to consolidate in the State of Qatar sooner than later and we are sure about our team, which is the biggest strength.” Jobfactory has diversified into outsourcing, HR outsourcing, OBT/adventure training and also leisure. “The secret behind our success is none other than my team and we have a dream of going public by 2020, making one billion turnover, and I have no doubt about the strategy we are working on,” concluded Raigamage.