A M Al Harthy, Chief Executive, Polyglot Group speaks on a range of issues impacting the employment market in Oman in a candid interview with Mayank Singh.
How was the year 2016 and did it throw up new challenges?
The year 2016 was a challenging one across all industries and as during any downturn training and advertising budgets were the first to be cut in such a scenario. Despite these we have overcome the challenges of 2016 and entered 2017 strongly. In terms of job creation there has been a bit of a challenge as there is a big disconnect between job creators, legislators and potential employees. We focus so much on numbers that we have forgotten the human element. Over the years we have put students through a conventional education system expecting them to be productive at the end of it, but it has not worked out as planned. There is a big gap in the market in terms of productivity of university graduates and school pass outs compared to the expectations of the private sector.
This story is from the July 2017 edition of Oman Economic Review.
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