An Employment Exchange or Model Career Centre that registers jobseekers, runs job fairs and offers free counselling.
Youth unemployment in Kodagu stands at 10%, close to the typical district. The youth labour force participation rate is 38.3%, behind the typical district. The Model Career Centre exists to place young jobseekers against this gap.
82% of registered enterprises are in services while 18% are in manufacturing. Small and medium enterprises account for 7.3% of MSME employment. Enrolment in classes 9 to 12 equals 71% of the population of that age.
In Kodagu, which ranks 16 of 31 in Karnataka for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 48 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on average daily wage for regular work at ₹778.4, against ₹707.2 nationally and self-employed workers at 31.2%, against 59.3% nationally. On informal workers with any social-security cover at 0%, it sits close to the national mark.