10% More Ads For Job Vacancies
By Hadi DP Mahmud

Bandar Seri Begawan - Marketing executives, IT technicians and sales assistants topped the "help wanted" list last year, as the number of job vacancies advertised in the sultanate increased by 10.1 per cent last year, according to the Department of Economic Planning and Development's (JPKE) latest economic bulletin released yesterday.

Out of the nine major occupational categories, technicians and associate professionals were the most advertised, followed by service and sales workers, professionals and clerks, according to the "Help Wanted Index" the JPKE has replicated from the United States.

The index, which in the US is sensitive to business cycles and growth in the private sector economy, is a barometer of the job market that represents the level of business confidence in the economy. The JPKE replicated the index in the sultanate with some modifications and sourced the data from a local English daily, stated JPKE in the bulletin.

The demand for legislators, administrators, managers, professionals, technicians, associate professionals, clerks and elementary occupations were reported to have increased last year compared to 2006.

Job vacancies in service and sales workers; skilled agricultural and fishery workers; production craftsmen and related trade workers; plant and machine operators and assemblers remained stable or declined.

The Labour Department said earlier in May this year that 95.3 per cent of the 7,766 registered job seekers had only Form Five or lower qualifications, while 3.3 per cent of the job seekers possess vocational and technical and university qualifications.

Home Affairs Minister Pehin Orang Kaya Johan Pahlawan Dato Seri. Setia Hj Adanan Begawan Pehin Siraja Khatib Dato Seri Setia Hj Md Yusof urged job seekers to be less choosy when applying for positions that may not be as comfortable or "glamorous" during the launch of the 2008 Job Fair. -- Courtesy of The Brunei Times

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