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03-26-2012, 05:00 PM
The shortage of first jobs open to low-skilled young people was reflected by kilometer-long queues of young applicants seeking to be considered for one of 300 jobs available as of this summer at Agora Mall, a new shopping center in Santo Domingo. The company announced a job fair for young people where potential candidates were invited to submit their CVs from 8 to 4pm on Saturday. Hoy reported that many came from as far as San Cristobal, and Pedro Brand on Km. 28 of Duarte Highway. Agora was looking for workers for maintenance, security, garbage disposal and recycling, but never expected such a large turnout.
Mall spokeswoman Silvia Rosales told Hoy that the mall would generate 1,800 jobs at its 180 shops once it opens in the summer.
As reported in Hoy, the queues began as far away as Filomena Gomez de Cova and Jacinto Ignacio Manon streets and Lincoln and Kennedy avenues, causing a major traffic jam in the area. Many of the young applicants had started queuing at 6am.
Hoy says that observers estimated that between 5,000 and 20,000 people had lined up for the opportunity to work in the mall.
Technical-Professional Training Institute (Infotep) director Idionis Perez says that 25% of young Dominicans do not have jobs, which is a very high number. During a presentation at the X Forum of Directors and Central America and Dominican Republic, he said that there is a higher than average rate of unemployment and under-employment among young people in the DR. He added that within this age group, young girls are the least likely to be employed, with 40% between the ages of 20 and 24. The youth population of the DR is estimated at 3.3 million. 2.6 million are in the 15-29 age group, according to data from the Ministry of Labor. Perez said that as well as the unemployment rate, the number of people actively seeking jobs is very high.
In an editorial Hoy writes that the queues should provide the authorities with a kind of mini poll on unemployment. Hoy says that this already became apparent during the Ministry of Labor job fairs for recruiting bilingual staff for call centers, with similar high turnouts of applicants.
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Mall spokeswoman Silvia Rosales told Hoy that the mall would generate 1,800 jobs at its 180 shops once it opens in the summer.
As reported in Hoy, the queues began as far away as Filomena Gomez de Cova and Jacinto Ignacio Manon streets and Lincoln and Kennedy avenues, causing a major traffic jam in the area. Many of the young applicants had started queuing at 6am.
Hoy says that observers estimated that between 5,000 and 20,000 people had lined up for the opportunity to work in the mall.
Technical-Professional Training Institute (Infotep) director Idionis Perez says that 25% of young Dominicans do not have jobs, which is a very high number. During a presentation at the X Forum of Directors and Central America and Dominican Republic, he said that there is a higher than average rate of unemployment and under-employment among young people in the DR. He added that within this age group, young girls are the least likely to be employed, with 40% between the ages of 20 and 24. The youth population of the DR is estimated at 3.3 million. 2.6 million are in the 15-29 age group, according to data from the Ministry of Labor. Perez said that as well as the unemployment rate, the number of people actively seeking jobs is very high.
In an editorial Hoy writes that the queues should provide the authorities with a kind of mini poll on unemployment. Hoy says that this already became apparent during the Ministry of Labor job fairs for recruiting bilingual staff for call centers, with similar high turnouts of applicants.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#9)