just how effective is it registering with the employment exchange while 101847 people applied for jobs last year just 780 found employment through the exchange the year before only 614 of 24442 got placedpeople register with us to avail of government schemes says commissioner for labour and employment v b n raikar of the burgeoning numbers on the live register the schemes include the swayam rozgar yojana that offers financial assistance to entrepreneurs he sayswith private companies also registered with the exchange raikar says whenever there is a vacancy in any government department or private firm they notify us for each vacancy we provide at least 15 persons registered with us the rest is between the employer and the intervieweethose on the roster however disagree commerce post graduate deepa dhumatkar registered with the exchange in 2004 i was told that registering with the exchange is important in case there is a vacancy in a government collegehowever the 26yearold who is presently a lecturer at damodar college of commerce and economics margao said she heard from the exchange just once last year it was a constables post that had nothing to do with my qualifications ive not renewed my registration its not worth itcuncolimresident jessy fernandes registered with the margao suboffice in 2001 with a first class masters degree in commerce with specialisations in accounts and finance the call she received last year was for a clerks position at the post office i have given up hopes of getting a job through the employment exchange i prefer looking for one in the vacancy ads instead said fernandesrajan sawant of sattari who registered in 1996 hoped to get a secure government job after years of waiting for the call he bagged a job as a clerk for a private firm last year a vacancy for data entry operator at the electricity department opened up its too late to switch jobs now says sawantdefending the exchange raikar says not all the one lakh persons registered with us can find placements with the government once a person registers with us they are intimated about jobs for which they are even minimally qualified