News & Advertisements distributed by Ministry of Manpower, Sultanate of Oman http://www.manpower.gov.om/services/news/news_general_redirect.asp?id=1001 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:39:01 +0400 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:38:07 +0400 Ministry of Manpower interviewed 136 jobseekers who were invited to the direct employment centre at Higher College of Technology in Muscat to finalise employment formalities in the private establishments. http://www.manpower.gov.om/en/news_detail.asp?id=1018 Monday, 10 October 2011 10:38:07 +0400 MUSCAT: The Council of Ministers discussed and reviewed several issues dealing with the social, educational and economic fields and job opportunities in its meeting held in September. The Council also followed up with the government departments to implement the decisions relating to the basic demands of the society. http://www.manpower.gov.om/en/news_detail.asp?id=1017 Tuesday, 4 October 2011 10:38:07 +0400 MUSCAT: More than 1,300 expatriates staying illegally in the Sultanate – most of them from Asian countries – were arrested by security agencies from various parts of Ruwi in the wee hours on Wednesday. The arrested illegals are all under detention in a jail in the Sultanate. http://www.manpower.gov.om/en/news_detail.asp?id=1016 Tuesday, 4 October 2011 10:38:07 +0400 MUSCAT — The employment centres at the Manpower Ministry received yesterday 220 job-seekers from a total number of 534 who are registered and were contacted to finalise their employment formalities in the private sector establishments. Twenty-two were directly employed in a number of private sector establishments and 54 were admitted in the on-the-job training including 21 to be trained abroad and two job-seekers were admitted in the individual and self-employment initiatives of Sanad Programme while 142 job-seekers refused the three jobs that were offered to them in the private sector and 314 job-seekers didn’t attend the interviews. http://www.manpower.gov.om/en/news_detail.asp?id=1015 Monday, 26 September 2011 10:38:07 +0400 MUSCAT: The Ministry of Manpower has lately made some amendments in the Labour Law in a way that conforms to the recent developments, according to Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser Al Bakri, minister of manpower. http://www.manpower.gov.om/en/news_detail.asp?id=1014 Sunday, 28 August 2011 10:38:07 +0400 MUSCAT — The market is witnessing huge activity after the directives of His Majesty Sultan Qaboos to provide jobs to nationals. In addition to the opportunities provided by the government, the private sector is also giving thousands of jobs. After research, it was found that there are some jobs that receive high demand because they are connected to the different activities of economy, production and services. The sectors which offer jobs include accounting, administration, air transport, construction, medical, engineering, hospitality, information technology, marketing, and oil and gas. http://www.manpower.gov.om/en/news_detail.asp?id=1013 Sunday, 28 August 2011 10:38:07 +0400 MUSCAT — As many as 55,000 citizens have started work as of the end of July 2011, 23,000 in the public sector and 32,000 in the private sector from among the 74,917 job opportunities provided in different sectors following the Royal directives issued in February this year. Shaikh Abdullah bin Nasser al Bakri, Manpower Minister, told Oman News Agency and Oman TV recently that the private sector has appointed 6,500 females. http://www.manpower.gov.om/en/news_detail.asp?id=1012 Sunday, 28 August 2011 10:38:07 +0400 MUSCAT: In bid to take the violators to task, the Ministry of Manpower is cracking its whip on builders who fail to adhere to the summer mid-day break rule for workers, trade unions say. http://www.manpower.gov.om/en/news_detail.asp?id=1011 Wednesday, 13 July 2011 10:38:07 +0400 By Hamoud bin Saif al Mahrazy - MUSCAT We met a woman over 50, carrying her Manpower Card in her hand: I need a job for a reasonable income to meet my daily needs, said the woman who was among hundreds of other job-seekers who flooded the premises of the Manpower Ministry recently. This woman, and the like of her, came to the ministry seeking permanent jobs that enable them to earn them a living. The Ministry of Social Development is providing unemployment benefits, yet, those people insist on obtaining an occupation. She handed her papers to a ministry employee praying to God to help her succeed in her pursuit. http://www.manpower.gov.om/en/news_detail.asp?id=1010 Monday, 14 March 2011 10:43:07 +0400 His Highness Sayyid Assad bin Tareq al Said, Representative of His Majesty the Sultan, presented the Sultan Qaboos Award for Excellence in eGovernment-2010 for eEconomy and eService(Government to Government) categories to minister of manpower HE Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasir Al Bakri at an event at the Shangri Las Barr Al Jissah Resort and Spas Heritage Village, on 25th January 2011 . eService Award is awarded to the government institution providing the highest standard and complete (end-to-end) electronic service, that focuses on improving the performance, standard of living and quality of life. Three sub-categories (G2G, G2B, and G2C) relate to the intended recipient of the eService Government, Business, and Citizen. Ministry of Manpower won this category for its National Manpower Registration (NMR) services. http://www.manpower.gov.om/en/news_detail.asp?id=1009 Wednesday, 26 January 2011 10:13:07 +0400 MUSCAT His Highness Sayyid Assad bin Tareq al Said, Representative of His Majesty the Sultan, presented winners of the Sultan Qaboos Award for Excellence in eGovernment-2010 at an event at the Shangri Las Barr Al Jissah Resort and Spas Heritage Village, yesterday. Winners in each of the seven categories were announced at the special awards ceremony that was organised by the Information Technology Authority (ITA). Entries for the awards were submitted from government departments and bodies from across the Sultanate. The award aspires to make qualitative transformation in the field of eGovernment services by honouring digital projects that deliver exceptional innovation and achievement in the field of information technology. http://www.manpower.gov.om/en/news_detail.asp?id=1008 Wednesday, 26 January 2011 10:08:07 +0400 MUSCAT Shaikh Abdullah bin Nasir al Bakri, Manpower Minister, yesterday focused on the ministrys policies and programmes in the labour market and manpower in the Sultanate. Addressing yesterdays session of the Majlis Ashshura, chaired by Shaikh Ahmed bin Mohammed al Isaee, the Majlis chief, the minister spoke about the job seekers, the efforts made by the ministry to develop proper solutions for them, how far the progress made in Omanisation in light of the big increase in the number of expatriate manpower and Omani job seekers, according to professions and economic sectors. The minister highlighted the status of the Omani job market, the number of graduates of technical education and the balance between them. He also covered the labour issues in the private sector in terms of wages, Article No 106 of the Labour Law. He also covered the expatriate manpower file and pointed out the policies and procedures for their recruitment, their absconding and the status in light of the amendment introduced to the Labour law. http://www.manpower.gov.om/en/news_detail.asp?id=1007 Wednesday, 26 January 2011 10:04:07 +0400 MUSCAT The Ministry of Manpower will tomorrow begin to distribute the Royal grant offered by His Majesty Sultan Qaboos to job seekers registered at the National Manpower Register. The grant covers 25,056 beneficiaries who updated their data via the ministrys website three months before the issuance of the Royal grant. This came in a statement by Dr Younis bin Khalfan al Akhzami, Director-General of Planning and Development at the ministry. Al Akhzami explained that the Royal grant will be distributed in co-operation with BankMuscat via prepaid cards to be issued by the bank to the beneficiaries free of charge. The ministry already began to notify the beneficiaries about the programme of distribution by sending short messages (SMS) to their mobile phones. http://www.manpower.gov.om/en/news_detail.asp?id=1006 Saturday, 22 January 2011 10:55:07 +0400 As part of its constant efforts in easing documentation process and to enhance communication with the public, the Ministry of Manpower has launched SMS service system. Dubbed the first of its kind which allows the public to follow up their transactions with the ministry and provides access to information about the same, the system includes a number of services which had been activated in its services at present. Abdullah al Hattali, Deputy Director of the Employment Service at the Ministry of Manpower, said the ministry is making efforts to develop the services to offer advanced facilities. An SMS can let you know the present position of your document with us, he added. This service will be highly useful for companies and institutions as it has an effective tracking facility, and will also help job-seekers to get the right job. It would also help companies in their Omanisation drive via Short Message Services. http://www.manpower.gov.om/en/news_detail.asp?id=1005 Saturday, 9 October 2010 11:28:07 +0400 Three construction agreements and 23 other agreements to train and hire a number of Omani job seekers were signed at the Manpower Ministry yesterday. The agreements were signed by Shaikh Abdullah bin Nasir al Bakri, Minister of Manpower, and officials of the companies and institutes concerned. Hamad bin Khamis al Amri, Under-Secretary of the Manpower Ministry for Technical Education and Vocational Training, said that the first agreement is related to constructing a vocational training centre in the Governorate of Al Buraimi at a cost of RO 2,967,800. The centre, which will have a capacity of 1,200 students, will receive its first batch in 2012, said Al Amri. In a statement to Oman News Agency (ONA), Al Amri pointed out that the vocational training centre in the Governorate of Al Buraimi will include new disciplines to be offered for the first time, including cosmetology. http://www.manpower.gov.om/en/news_detail.asp?id=1004 Monday, 20 September 2010 10:38:07 +0400 Sanad programme profit at 91m rials. The total profit of the small and medium enterprises within the Sanad programme amounted to 91 million rials, according to a survey of the programme in 2009 in 12,000 enterprises financed or funded by it. Small and medium enterprises constitute 95 per cent of the total institutions in the country and play a pivotal role in energising various economic sectors. There are 117,000 small and medium enterprises across the Sultanate, according to the data from the Ministry of National Economy. Around 34,000 citizens were assisted by Sanad programme since its inception in 2001 http://www.manpower.gov.om/en/news_detail.asp?id=1002 Sunday, 16 May 2010 08:38:07 +0400 The Directorate General of Manpower in the Batinah region held a meeting of directors of institutes and training centers in Batinah. Meeting was chaired by Saif bin Mohammed Al Busaidi, general manager of Manpower in the Batinah region, where comes this meeting to study and discuss the level of training institutes special training in the Batinah region to promote the level of training these institutes to be output is capable of guide the work to the labor market of Oman. http://www.manpower.gov.om/en/news_detail.asp?id=1001 Monday, 26 April 2011 07:39:07 +0400