. H ow P eople F ind J obs Only a small percentage of people get jobs through advertisements or through the employment exchange. People who are self-employed, like plumbers, electricians and carpenters at one end and teachers who give private tuitions, architects and freelance photographers at the other end, all rely on personal contacts. They hope that their work will be an advertisement for them.
Mobile phones have made life much easier for plumbers and others who can now cater to a wider circle of people. Job recruitment as a factory worker takes a different pattern. In the past, many workers got their jobs through contractors or jobbers. In the Kanpur textile mills, these jobbers were known as mistris , and were themselves workers.
They came from the same regions and communities as the workers, but because they had the owner’s backing they bossed over the workers. On the other hand, Lakh Persons Private Sector Public Sector Year