KISR, GUST, banks top in hiring ‘Kuwaiti graduates’

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KUWAIT CITY, Sept 4: While about 8,467 Kuwaitis have registered their bio-data with the Public Authority for Manpower, under the item ‘Job Seekers’ during the past 8 months, a recent report revealed dozens of vacancies were offered for citizens in the private sector, 84 Kuwaitis, including PhD holders, were employed in a number of companies after announcing vacancies that suit their specializations, reports Al-Qabas daily.

Report
The report issued by the national employment sector of the Public Authority for Manpower (PAM) indicated that the Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research topped the list of establishments for offering jobs to holders of doctorate degrees filling 21 vacancies for Kuwaitis, followed by the Gulf University for Science and Technology. The list contained in the report showed that vacancies for Kuwaiti doctorate degree holders are concentrated in the education and medical sectors.

The report indicated that the private sector also offered job opportunities for 173 citizens holding Master’s degree, and vacancies varied between education, investment, general trade and contracting sectors. As for the opportunities announced to university graduates, they appeared high and exceeded 12,120 opportunities, and the banking sector was able to attract the largest number of them, as the report showed that 56% of Kuwaiti university degree holders work in banks.

The national employment with diploma holders was concentrated in the banking and oil sectors, and the total vacancies offered for national manpower in these two sectors amounted to 9,655 vacancies. As for holders of high school diplomas (whether with a course and experience or without), it was remarkable that the national labor was concentrated in agricultural and telecommunications companies, in addition to companies working in the field of automobiles.

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