An Employment Exchange or Model Career Centre that registers jobseekers, runs job fairs and offers free counselling.
Youth unemployment in Dumka stands at 0.8%, better than the typical district. The youth labour force participation rate is 55.8%, better than the typical district. The Model Career Centre exists to place young jobseekers against this gap.
77% of registered enterprises are in services while 23% are in manufacturing. Small and medium enterprises account for 3.1% of MSME employment. Enrolment in classes 9 to 12 equals 56% of the population of that age.
In Dumka, which ranks 13 of 24 in Jharkhand for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 43.5 out of 100. It trails the national picture on average daily wage for regular work at ₹478.3, against ₹707.2 nationally and self-employed workers at 70.1%, against 59.3% nationally. On informal workers with any social-security cover at 0%, it sits close to the national mark.