AMMAN — According to the president of the Jordanian Engineers Association (JEA),
61,000 engineers currently registered with the Civil Service Bureau are seeking
employment, representing 30 percent of the association’s total membership base,
which consists of about 188,000 engineers, Al-Ghad daily reported.
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JEA President
Ahmad Samara Al-Zoubi was speaking during a ceremony honoring engineers
participating in the World Council for International Electrical Systems
Conference, which was held in Paris this week.
A rise
in the number of engineering graduates in Jordan, coupled with declining economic
conditions, has led to a saturated job market in the sector. This means that employers
have their pick of the top candidates, leaving the association to focus on training
and qualifying engineers and developing and diversifying their skills, Zoubi
said.
The
JEA president stressed that the association needs to prepare, qualify, and train
its members with competencies needed in the national, Arab, and international
engineering markets, in addition to developing advanced qualification programs
and providing an incubating environment to create job opportunities for engineers,
whether within or outside Jordan.
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