Representatives of companies and corporations declared about 350 job vacancies in all to the labour and human resource ministry in a meeting held in Thimphu on April 23.
Druk green power corporation (DGPC) offered 41 slots, followed by Penden cement authority ltd with 27 job vacancies. Bhutan power corporation ltd will recruit 40, including 20 engineers this year.
However, most of the company representatives complained of acute shortages of professionals like engineers and legal officers. For instance, DGPC has 18 vacancies for engineers and most of the companies present at the meeting did not have a single legal officer. Representatives said that there was a shortage of experts too.
“DHI’s actual requirement is 30 people but we’re working with 18 staff at the moment because of the lack of qualified people,” said DHI’s executive director, Damber S Kharka.
The secretary for the labour ministry, Dasho (Dr) Sonam Tenzin, said that the private sector and the government should work in close consultation to create a successful labour force. “Earlier, the budget for human resource development in the private sector could not be used effectively mainly because there was no proper coordination between private and government agencies,” said the secretary.
The president of the hotel association of Bhutan, Ugyen Wangchuk said that the hotel industry had a lot of employment opportunities, but there was a shortage of skilled or trained human resources. “There is a lack of training institutes in the country and the hotel industry can’t move ahead because of the lack of skilled manpower,” he said.
Ministry officials will soon meet with officials from the hotel association and the construction association to chalk out a proper human resource development action plan to start immediately. Dasho (Dr) Sonam Tenzin emphasized that they must go about immediately improving conditions in the private sector.
The ministry is extending an invitation to all potential employers, private sector and corporate, to participate in the forthcoming job fair in May.
The five job fairs held so far have employed 1,070 job seekers.
Yet another success story by the trainees of the Bhutan centre of excellence (BCE), a private firm in Thimphu.
Of the 29 trainees, who left a month ago for Delhi to attend interviews, 25 are now comfortably employed and reaping the fruits of the 6-month training at the centre. The director of BCE, Singhey Gyamtsho, said that the remaining four would be placed very soon.
All of them are placed in Tier 1 and two companies such as WIPRO-Delhi (2), American express (1), I energiser (7), Inox Global (3), Navigant technologies (6) and Excelsior (6).
They are paid in between Nu 7,500 to 11,000 per month, working five days a week, with benefits like health and life insurance, and accidental coverage.
87 trainees completed training from the centre and some established their own businesses or joined the service industry.
The centre is currently enrolling its second batch.
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