Public Employment Services

Kenyans seeking for local and foreign employment can benefit from services provided by the National Employment Authority(NEA) and County Employment Bureaus. Services offered at the County Employment Bureaus: Under local employment, the following services are offered by County Employment bureaus spread country wide:

• Registration and placement of jobseekers into jobs
• Vacancy registration
• Vocational and career guidance and employment counseling
• Advisory services on employment matters

Services Offered at NEA:

Employment services offered at National Employment Bureau headquarters in Nairobi include:

1. Regulation of recruitment agencies
2. Receiving and processing applications for registration of employment agencies
3. Registration/accreditation of employment recruitment agencies
4. Issuance of licenses to recruitment agencies
5. Advisory services on employment matters
6. Advisory services on how to start employment recruitment business
7. Advisory services on legal issues concerning both local and foreign employment.