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Databank for job seekers in the offing
2006-09-01 10:10:35
By Adam Ihucha, Arusha
The government plans to compile statistics to determine the actual level of unemployment in the country.
In an exclusive interview with The Guardian, the Minister for Labour, Employment and Youth Development, Prof Jumanne Maghembe, said yesterday that prospective employers including the government would be required to use the jobseekers data bank to fill vacant positions.
”After establishing the databank, the next step would be to forge strong links between the databank and prospective employers to use it in recruiting staff,” Prof Maghembe said.
He said the government is currently working on how to establish special labour exchange centres in three major cities - Dar es Salaam, Arusha and Mwanza, where registration would be conducted.
”These labour exchange centres are supposed to be ready before the end of this year to pave the way for the remaining regions to be included in the programme,” he said.
All unemployed people will be required to submit their personal information, including their academic backgrounds and contacts to their respective labour exchange centres and the information would be fed into the database for which a computer software has already been developed.
”The government wants to ensure that no stone is left unturned in the efforts to reduce unemployment in the country. This includes the protection of indigenous people’s right to employment,” the minister said.
Prof Maghembe said once the jobseekers databank has been established, the government would come up with a new programme for economic revival to be modelled along the lines of the US’ resurgence after the Great Depression of 1930s.
Tanzania has an estimated 15 million qualified people without jobs.
Available statistics from International Labour Organisation (ILO), indicates that, 50 per cent of Tanzania’s population of 37 million is poor, while 33.8 per cent of available labour-force is jobless or under-employed.
Other statistics show that only 40,000 out of 70,000 students who graduate from various colleges and schools in the country are absorbed into the labour market.
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