STUDY: ARMENIAN EMPLOYERS EXPECT 5.5% EMPLOYMENT INCREASE IN 2007
19.06.2007,
23:19
Armenian employers expect 5.5% employment increase in 2007, Ameria CJSC said after conducting a study on the country’s labor market in Feb-March 2007. About 23% of respondents plan 10% salary increase, and 11% anticipate that of 20%.
YEREVAN, June 19. /ARKA/. Armenian employers expect 5.5% employment increase in 2007, Ameria CJSC said after conducting a study on the country’s labor market in Feb-March 2007.
“The survey shows that the majority of employers expect activation of the labor market, which in its turn will influence positively not only trade and service sector but also the industry”, said Gagik Sahakyan, Partner and Head of Management Advisory Department of Ameria CJSC. About 23% of respondents plan 10% salary increase, and 11% anticipate that of 20%.
Besides, 19% of the respondents plan up to 10% increase of turnover and 13% expect to have an increase up to 20%.
Majority of the employers has responded positively to hiring representatives of disabled and vulnerable groups. However, the key requirement is the level of appropriate professional skills while 46% of vulnerable groups have secondary education, 29% - secondary technical and only 12.6% - higher education. The survey also reflected the priority of acquiring computer skills along with that of the education level.
The survey shows that 33.8% of employees involved in science and 100% of higher-education degree holders have the most urgent need for acquiring computer skills. The latter is of less importance among those with secondary and incomplete secondary education.
Contracted by the State Employment Service and financed by the World Bank Ameria CJSC implemented a baseline study of the RA Labor Market in the scope of the Social Protection Administration Project (SPAP) in February-March, 2007. The study has covered employment issues of vulnerable groups in all the RA marzes, the potential of the labor market, the labor force supply and demand, as well as included a survey of disabled people’s employment problems in Gyumri.
Established in 1998, the company has become a leader in the Armenian market of advisory services bringing an international reach and local touch to complex issues rising in more than 30 industry sectors. M.V. —0--
“The survey shows that the majority of employers expect activation of the labor market, which in its turn will influence positively not only trade and service sector but also the industry”, said Gagik Sahakyan, Partner and Head of Management Advisory Department of Ameria CJSC. About 23% of respondents plan 10% salary increase, and 11% anticipate that of 20%.
Besides, 19% of the respondents plan up to 10% increase of turnover and 13% expect to have an increase up to 20%.
Majority of the employers has responded positively to hiring representatives of disabled and vulnerable groups. However, the key requirement is the level of appropriate professional skills while 46% of vulnerable groups have secondary education, 29% - secondary technical and only 12.6% - higher education. The survey also reflected the priority of acquiring computer skills along with that of the education level.
The survey shows that 33.8% of employees involved in science and 100% of higher-education degree holders have the most urgent need for acquiring computer skills. The latter is of less importance among those with secondary and incomplete secondary education.
Contracted by the State Employment Service and financed by the World Bank Ameria CJSC implemented a baseline study of the RA Labor Market in the scope of the Social Protection Administration Project (SPAP) in February-March, 2007. The study has covered employment issues of vulnerable groups in all the RA marzes, the potential of the labor market, the labor force supply and demand, as well as included a survey of disabled people’s employment problems in Gyumri.
Established in 1998, the company has become a leader in the Armenian market of advisory services bringing an international reach and local touch to complex issues rising in more than 30 industry sectors. M.V. —0--
