Mr. Keovisouk Dalasane.

Occupational Opportunities - the first “dream camp fighting underemployment”  

A recruitment agency 108Jobs, also the most visited job portal in Laos, in celebration of its 10th anniversary in December 2021, recently has launched 108M-Lab, a social and employment innovation lab. The lab aims to disrupt the issue of unemployment and underemployment, especially in youth.
108M-Lab, during January to April 2022, introduced its first initiative called Occupational Opportunities (O2) to train and coach a group of new salesperson, which is high in demand but low in supply. Years of hiring data on www.108.jobs has made it clear.
Mr Keovisouk Dalasane, who is the founder and Managing Director of 108Jobs, told Vientiane Times the company’s ultimate goal for this 3-month long Sales theme is for the participants to learn and actually sell, saying “learn, work, and sell practically”.
“We provide guidance and closely follow up practices with the participants by discussing common issues and solutions with peer learning and coaching approaches.  In addition, participants can use the knowledge gained for job searches and apply the sales skills to the real-world work,” he said.
The O2 programme focuses on fixing the skills gap, skill mismatch issues for both job seekers and employers in the job market, such as sales skills and digital skills, both are with highly sought-after but low in supplying from the formal educational institutions.
This training in sales is delivered by experts from Katalyst Partners, who guide trainees through the real-world sales experience of best practices. The participants practice their sales skills by actually selling the products from Thaan Fun Organic Farm, Yodxam Enterprise and 108Jobs’ services.
14 participants, including 11 young women participated in the first Occupational Opportunities camp.
108Jobs and its affiliated business group are working hard to promote more employments and job creation via its newly founded social innovation lab: the 108M-Lab. Cooperation, collaboration and supports from general public, development partners are more than welcome. Please contact 020 54129234 via phone / WhatsApp.

Recent graduates attending a training session.

By Advertorial Desk
 (Latest Update May 12, 2022)