UAE looking for new avenues to hire construction workers
Sunday, 23 March 2008
DUBAI, Mar 22 (PTI): The UAE and other Gulf countries, which are facing acute shortage of workers, are looking at countries like Bangladesh and Nepal to get labourers needed to complete mega projects worth a whopping USD 1.9 trillion.
In the past, the majority of the semi and unskilled construction workers were from India, but the number is dwindling since construction industry in India is growing rapidly and with the increasing value of rupee against the dirham, companies are finding it difficult to convince recruits from India to take up jobs in the Gulf.
Recruitment agencies in the GCC are tapping into new labour markets, including Bangladesh, Nepal and Vietnam, in an effort to solve the problem.
Recruitment of workers from Bangladesh has increased by 100 per cent compared to previous years, with more workers from the country coming to the UAE during the first two months of 2008 than the whole of 2007.
In the past, the majority of the semi and unskilled construction workers were from India, but the number is dwindling since construction industry in India is growing rapidly and with the increasing value of rupee against the dirham, companies are finding it difficult to convince recruits from India to take up jobs in the Gulf.
Recruitment agencies in the GCC are tapping into new labour markets, including Bangladesh, Nepal and Vietnam, in an effort to solve the problem.
Recruitment of workers from Bangladesh has increased by 100 per cent compared to previous years, with more workers from the country coming to the UAE during the first two months of 2008 than the whole of 2007.