RIYADH, 4 June 2008 — The Human Resources Development Fund has paid more than SR2.1 million during the first five months of 2008 to support private sector establishments in the training and recruitment of Saudis.
Speaking to reporters, Ahmad Al-Mansour Al-Zamil, director of the HRDF, said the organization had found employment for 50,000 Saudi men and women, and spent more than SR570 million on various training and recruitment programs.
Al-Zamil said the volume of spending reflects the agency’s care and continuous efforts toward employing more Saudis in the private sector.
The HRDF launched 12 new recruitment programs last month. According to Nouf Al-Katheri, supervisor of the women’s section of the fund, more than 10,000 men and women job seekers had registered for the new programs.
“The new programs aim at supporting qualified as well as non-qualified job seekers equally according to the job availability,” said Al-Katheri.
The programs also include supporting maintenance and execution contracts, supporting on-the-job training programs and supporting small businesses.
By 2012 the HRDF is hoping to have trained and placed 12,000 job seekers.
The vocational counseling program of the HRDF targets school children and job seekers through educational lectures at King Fahd recruitment centers.
Job seekers are also presented tools and techniques for finding jobs, such as how to prepare resumes and face interviews.
Vocational counseling programs also familiarize them with work environments and settings beforehand.
Women are included in all of the previously mentioned programs, according to Al-Katheri.
