Over 600 Jobless Bruneians Seek Help From Career Resource Centre

Bandar Seri Begawan – Over 600 students and job seekers registered with the Career Resource Centre, Brunei’s one-stop career centre, for career opportunities in less than a year after it was set up.

The Ministry of Education established the centre to provide career advice to students, school leavers, college and university graduates and to make available any information on tertiary education.

It will also help school leavers and graduates to understand themselves better and assist them in looking for jobs.

Among its objectives are to assist job seekers in getting information regarding potential employers and in equipping school leavers and graduates with job-seeking skill.

All information about these job seekers is provided to potential employers to avoid mismatch.

This could minimise the unemployment problem apart from establishing cooperation with the organisations involved.

Several successful applicants expressed their gratitude to the officers at the Career Resource Centre for finding jobs for them.

Officers at the Career resource Center urged job seekers, especially the youth, not to be choosy and to take any job offered to them to gain valuable experience.

They also said that efforts by the Career Resource Centre could help reduce the unemployment rate among the youth in the country and help jobseekers find jobs.

Another successful applicant, Dayang Pauziah binti Mazlan, said the advantages of the resource centre are that it can help youth who are unemployed, including school leavers to find jobs and reduce the level of unemployment in Brunei.

To youths who are seeking employment, she suggested that they accept any offers from private firms because nowadays, jobs are hard to find.

Dayang Hadina binti Haidin, who is now a receptionist at the Grand City Hotel, said youths who are unemployed should gain any work experience as soon as they can, and this can reduce unemployment. “Any job can be challenging,” she said.

Abdul Razak Arrifin bin Haji Zaini, now a Bellboy at the Grand City Hotel, said youths searching for employment should do their best to find jobs because nowadays, they have to look for jobs and cannot wait for jobs to find them.

Education Counsellor at the IDP Education Australia in Brunei, said the establishment of the Career Resource Centre can help reduce unemployment in the country and create job opportunities to school leavers as well as to certificate, diploma and degree holders.

Dayang Norhuraizah also advised youth not to be choosy in selecting jobs, but to be careful in choosing one and be ready for any job offered.

The centre also works closely with employers to provide potential employees that are most suited to the jobs offered in terms of qualification and interest.

These employers both praised the efforts of the Centre and said that the employees have been providing good service. -- Courtesy of Radio Television Brunei

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