AMMAN — The government is inviting hotels and restaurants to benefit from a program
which seeks to assist job seekers in finding
employment opportunities
nationwide.
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Aoun Al-Nahar, director of the Central Employment
Directorate at the
Ministry of Labor, discussed in a meeting earlier this week
the opportunities available for job seekers through the “National Employment”
program”.
The meeting was attended by representatives from the
Jordan Hotels Association, the Syndicate of Guild Mechanical Association, and
the
Jordan Restaurant Association.
Nahar urged
the attendees to take advantage of the program, which specifically aims to
identify opportunities in the private sector in all governorates across the
Kingdom.
He said the success of the National Employment
Program is also that of the private sector because it is the basis for its entire design.
The priority of the Ministry of Labor is to employ Jordanians, he asserted.
The goal of the National Employment Program 2022
“Tashgheel” is to provide 60,000 job opportunities for
Jordanians, aged 18 to
40, this year. He said the program depends on the opportunities available in
the private sector that will be on a platform specifically designated for this
purpose.
Beneficiaries must be Jordanian citizens, registered
with the
Social Security Corporation, he said.
Nahar said that JD80 million was allocated for the
program, which contributes JD150 to beneficiaries for six months.
Hamada Abu Nijmeh, head of the Labor House, said the
idea is necessary and should be one of the services provided by the Ministry of
Labor to link job opportunities and job seekers.
Abu Nijmeh
explained that the opportunities announced in the program will be within the
minimum wage or close to it, and the matter may not be encouraging enough for
job seekers.,
He recommended raising the salaries, adding that the
program will not be an integrated solution to the problem of unemployment,
which has reached 435,000 unemployed, most of whom are young.
He said the unemployment problem requires studying
the specializations of the jobless and providing them with the job. “The
problem is we don’t have a database for the unemployed, which is a ‘hazardous
matter’”.
He pointed out that unemployment underscores the
inability of the national economy to provide job opportunities, stressing that
this is one of the economic ministries tasks, which must encourage the private
sector to create job opportunities.
Mohammed Al-Zyoud, a spokesperson for the Ministry
of Labor, told
Jordan News that the ministry is trying to link job
seekers with potential employers through “Tashgheel”.
Abdul-Hakeem Al Hindi, chairman of Jordan Hotels
Association, said that hotels have the
ability to provide many job opportunities. He said the average number of
employees in five-star hotels ranges from 300 to 400.
Hindi urged the government to immediately start filling the
gap. He said his association has a major role in studying market needs by
rehabilitating and training members of the local community from all
governorates, and that the next stage needs an effective partnership between
the public and private sectors.
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