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Oman to Provide on-the-job Training to 5,000 nationals

Middle East : 28 August

Source: GulfNews

Muscat Oman’s Ministry of Manpower plans to recruit 5,000 young Omanis for on-the-job training leading to guaranteed employment.

Manpower Minister Shaikh Abdullah Bin Nasser Al Bakri said on Monday that the government was aggressively moving to secure jobs for nationals who are still without work despite a massive employment drive that led to as many as 74,917 positions being created for Omanis since February.

That campaign followed a wave of protests and sit-ins staged in a number of cities across the sultanate.

In interviews with Oman TV and the Oman News Agency (ONA), Al Bakri also lamented perceived reluctance on the part of locals to take up jobs in the private sector.

While strongly urging Omanis to capitalise on opportunities in the private sector, Al Bakri pledged efforts to ensure that new recruits get satisfactory positions and pay benefits corresponding to their qualifications and skills.

Suitable opportunities

Follow-up teams have also been deployed by the ministry to ensure that new recruits get suitable opportunities commensurate to their skills upon the completion of their on-the-job training, he added.

Al Bakri also highlighted the ministry’s achievements in implementing the directives of Oman’s ruler, Sultan Qaboos Bin Saeed, on securing employment for Omani job-seekers.

28 August

Automatic Work Permits Renewal in Kuwait

Source: ArabTimes
Assistant Undersecretary for Labor Sector at the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor Jamal Al-Dosri has announced that work permits of laborers will be renewed automatically from the beginning of September, reports Al-Anba daily.
Explaining the procedure, Al-Dosri said employers will be given a secret code through which the transaction will be finalized. “This will [...]

25 August

Jobs in Qatar, Oman and Saudi Arabia Expected to Rise as Economic Forecasts Remain Positive

Omani Nominal GDP Up 15 Percent Due to Rising Oil Prices and Production
At current market prices, the Omani GDP rose by 15.3 percent in Q1 2011, mainly as a result of increasing oil output and higher prices. Annual inflation began to slow down in June, based on government statistics.
Oman Investment Fund chief economist, Dr Fabio [...]

20 August

The UAE and Oman Step Up Hiring; Record Surplus and Earnings for Kuwait

Kuwaiti Revenue and Surplus To Rise Even in Troubled Economic Times
Oil prices were stable in July, only to experience major drops in the opening weeks of August due to renewed worry over the global economic climate. After the US sovereign debt status was downgraded from an AAA rating benchmark oil prices dropped by over $15 [...]

20 August

Recruitment to Become Easier With Launch of System

Source: GulfNews
A project to streamline the recruitment of Indian workers will be launched next month, Indian Ambassador to the UAE told Gulf News yesterday.
The joint project between the UAE and India will be formally launched in September, M.K. Lokesh said.
The project is a web-based system to attest employment documents for Indian workers seeking employment in [...]