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Education and training keys for migrant job seekers
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February 23, 2009, Monday
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THE biggest hurdles for the migrant workers looking for a job are a lack of skill training and education.
Officials from Jiading District say that professional skills are the key and the migrant workers should try to improve their skills to get through unemployment.
After the Lantern Festival, visitors to the district's migrant labor force management institution and job centers were few and far between. The slump in the number of both employers and migrant job seekers was obvious compared to the same period last year.
In spite of fewer enterprises offering jobs, positions requiring higher skills are still available, including posts for sewing machinists and lathe operators.
In the current job market, on the one hand, migrant workers find it is quite difficult to find a job, and on the other hand, employers feel hard to recruit people with professional skills.
"The salaries for computer maintenance and auto maintenance are good, but I can't do this," said Chen Jie, a migrant worker from Anhui Province.
Chen is not alone. Most migrant workers like Chen earn a living by manual labor. Many employers have their specified requirements on the workers in the machinery, electronic fields and catering services, but workers without professional skills find it hard to get a job.
"The economic downturn sees more people coming to our center for training," said a staff member from a computer training center at Tanghang Town. "Most of them are migrant workers who pay to do the training."
Zhang Youchun, a migrant worker from Anhui, is one of them. He worked at a steel factory at Taqiao. Although he had grasped the basic technology about running a boiler, he felt the crisis coming on when he saw several of his colleagues leaving their jobs and going home. He went to the training center, hoping that he could improve his skills.
Li Lingru, general manager of Shanghai Hongbei Paint Co Ltd, said the company didface challenges.
"But even if we have to lay off some workers, migrant workers with professional skills and the hardworking ones will survive."
In the middle of the month, several migrant workers went to the Shanghai International Automobile City Talents Institute to inquire about courses for professional skills.
Pu Weida, principal of the insitute, said the college's courses have been adjusted so as to adapt to Jiading District's industrial restructuring and to meet a higher demand for talent during the economic downturn.
Details of the local government's subsidy on training for the migrant workers will be announced at the end of this month.
Officials from Jiading District say that professional skills are the key and the migrant workers should try to improve their skills to get through unemployment.
After the Lantern Festival, visitors to the district's migrant labor force management institution and job centers were few and far between. The slump in the number of both employers and migrant job seekers was obvious compared to the same period last year.
In spite of fewer enterprises offering jobs, positions requiring higher skills are still available, including posts for sewing machinists and lathe operators.
In the current job market, on the one hand, migrant workers find it is quite difficult to find a job, and on the other hand, employers feel hard to recruit people with professional skills.
"The salaries for computer maintenance and auto maintenance are good, but I can't do this," said Chen Jie, a migrant worker from Anhui Province.
Chen is not alone. Most migrant workers like Chen earn a living by manual labor. Many employers have their specified requirements on the workers in the machinery, electronic fields and catering services, but workers without professional skills find it hard to get a job.
"The economic downturn sees more people coming to our center for training," said a staff member from a computer training center at Tanghang Town. "Most of them are migrant workers who pay to do the training."
Zhang Youchun, a migrant worker from Anhui, is one of them. He worked at a steel factory at Taqiao. Although he had grasped the basic technology about running a boiler, he felt the crisis coming on when he saw several of his colleagues leaving their jobs and going home. He went to the training center, hoping that he could improve his skills.
Li Lingru, general manager of Shanghai Hongbei Paint Co Ltd, said the company didface challenges.
"But even if we have to lay off some workers, migrant workers with professional skills and the hardworking ones will survive."
In the middle of the month, several migrant workers went to the Shanghai International Automobile City Talents Institute to inquire about courses for professional skills.
Pu Weida, principal of the insitute, said the college's courses have been adjusted so as to adapt to Jiading District's industrial restructuring and to meet a higher demand for talent during the economic downturn.
Details of the local government's subsidy on training for the migrant workers will be announced at the end of this month.
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