Sunday 19 / January / 2025
Muscat: The total employment rate for the third quarter of the current year 2023 reached 87 percent in the government and private sectors, according to what was announced by the Ministry of Labour (MoL).
These detailed indicators included the results of implementing the employment plan among those included in recruitment/replacement in the government sector (10,000) people, which is the target number, and was achieved (13,050), and in the private sector (16,000), which is the first time as a target number, and it was achieved (11,165).
As for training on replacement/job in the government sector, the number of targets reached (2,000), of which (1,461) was completed. In the private sector, the number of targets reached (7,000), including (1,614) in the field of self-employment, and (4,788) were completed.
It is worth noting that the Ministry of Labor attaches the utmost importance to the employment file in the public and private sectors, in effective partnership with the private sector, to generate job opportunities for job seekers through its national plans that rely on methodology, and a planned and studied workflow, in accordance with the Royal directives, given that the employment file is a fundamental pillar of the national economy.
