Only 35,647 get overseas jobs in April
Thursday, 6 May 2010
FE Report
The country's overseas employment industry continued to suffer in April, witnessing a 25 per cent fall in January-April '10 period against corresponding period of last year, government statistics revealed.
Adding only 35,647 in April, total number of fresh overseas employment during the first four months of the year stood at 134,787-statistics revealed by the state-run Bureau of Manpower, Employment and Training (BMET) said.
"This reflects the continuity of the drying-up of overseas employment market," BMET official said requesting anonymity.
According to the official record, the number of employment in April was largely dominated by United Arab Emirates alone, marginally contributed by Singapore and Libya.
"Individually processed visa, mostly arranged by relatives who are already working there, is keeping our overseas employment to UAE sustained," BMET official said, explaining that the trend was extremely unstable.
A total of 18,650 Bangladeshi workers secured jobs in the oil-rich gulf state during the period under review.
"Group employment was witnessed only in the North African state Libya but the number was very low," the official said. In April only 3,268 workers got employed in the country.
"It is frightening and frustrating at the same time," Shameem Ahmed Chowdhury, former Joint Secretary General of the 800-member recruiters association BAIRA said.
The country's overseas employment industry continued to suffer in April, witnessing a 25 per cent fall in January-April '10 period against corresponding period of last year, government statistics revealed.
Adding only 35,647 in April, total number of fresh overseas employment during the first four months of the year stood at 134,787-statistics revealed by the state-run Bureau of Manpower, Employment and Training (BMET) said.
"This reflects the continuity of the drying-up of overseas employment market," BMET official said requesting anonymity.
According to the official record, the number of employment in April was largely dominated by United Arab Emirates alone, marginally contributed by Singapore and Libya.
"Individually processed visa, mostly arranged by relatives who are already working there, is keeping our overseas employment to UAE sustained," BMET official said, explaining that the trend was extremely unstable.
A total of 18,650 Bangladeshi workers secured jobs in the oil-rich gulf state during the period under review.
"Group employment was witnessed only in the North African state Libya but the number was very low," the official said. In April only 3,268 workers got employed in the country.
"It is frightening and frustrating at the same time," Shameem Ahmed Chowdhury, former Joint Secretary General of the 800-member recruiters association BAIRA said.