Department of Employment Services and Promotion
This Department is mandated to provide free public employment services and promotion in accordance with the national development imperatives and priorities in order achieve VISION 2030.
Migrant Resource Centres
The Government of Zimbabwe in partnership with International Organization for Migration (IOM) established the Migrant Resource Centers (MRCs) in Harare and Bulawayo to provide migrants and potential migrants with access to information, services and support. The MRC serves as an information hub on safe, orderly and informed migration.
Services Offered
- Provide counseling services to potential migrants and returnees.
- Provide accurate and up-to-date information to potential migrants to make informed migration choices.
- Provide assisted return and reintegration services.
- Raising awareness on human trafficking to potential migrants.
- Provide job search services for potential migrants.
- Provide predeparture orientation services
Employment Services Initiatives
Employment Promotion Initiatives
- Register every job seeker for employment
- Placement of all notified jobs to the public employment office
- Register new private employment agencies
- Renew licenses of registered private employment agencies
- Job Canvassing
- Investigate queries and complaints
- Conduct career’s day/Fair ongoing
- Career guidance and counselling
- Offer information on fair and ethical recruitment to potential migrants
Employment Promotion
- Implementing employment promotion projects
- Development and implement employment policies and strategies.
- Design and implement programmes or projects to create income opportunities, decent jobs, and reduce vulnerability especially in the rural economy.
- Organize Labour and Employment Expo.
- Labour Market information dissemination.
- Conducting skills for employability programmes to improve labour market absorption.
- Introducing Skilling, Upskilling, and reskilling initiatives for present and future labour markets (Future of work).
- Developing and coordinating the National Formalisation Strategy.
- Promote decent work in income generating projects.
Career Guidance
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Beneficiaries of Employment Services and Promotion:
- Job seekers
- Employers
- Retrenches
- Students
- Migrants and Emigrants
- Private Employment Agencies
Career Guidance and Counselling
The Department of Employment Services and Promotion is conducting career guidance and counselling programs for students, aiming to help them make informed decisions about their education, training, and career paths. This aligns with national priorities like industrialization, modernization, and economic growth. Career guidance equips individuals with relevant skills for the job market, preparing them for the ever-changing global labor markets.
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