Employment; a show to show the re-launch

Since 2008, a real crisis of employment has been occurring and worsened by the deterioration of the economic situation following the governmental unconstitutional change. The ILO has rated 200,000 lost jobs in Madagascar. The hardest hit sectors are tourism, construction and trade. Inn keeping and restoration turns out the majority of the 503 corporations which have, so far, decided to put their staff on stand by. The bogged down political crisis caused the extension of the six months long legal technical employment period for many of them.   

Christian Ntsay, representing the ILO in Madagascar, confirmed that the impact of the political crisis has been sharply sensible for employment. “The most important now is the cooperation between the private sector and the new government in order to relaunch employment”, he argued. The former minister for Tourism estimates that resumption cannot be possible without the creation of subsequent jobs on the market. “The unemployed people have run out of time in expectation; employment is very important within the strategy aiming to end the crisis”, he concluded. 

Offers are genuine at the Show. Some enterprises and many recruitment cabinets are presenting 1000 immediately available jobs. Head hunters are taking advantage of the moment to provide advice and know how about how to make an efficient job application, from the resume to the interview. “Very good candidates happened to have been rejected because they did not master this stage well enough, even though they have the necessary knowledge and experience to become the cream of their profession”, argued a consultant preaching by young very attentive visitors. 

In Anosy, job applicants overcrowded the Carlton Hotel’s all of a sudden quite narrow big hall. “The choice of this place is more than controversial, since promoters are very conscious of the strong demand as they are themselves expecting some 20 000 visitors “, moaned Hanitra, a young 23 years old accountant. “I completed a six months long internship with a job as the outcome”, she pursued. “Because of the crisis, the general manager finally announced that he would not keep me”. 

The other latest scoop about employment was the Ministry for Labour’s decision to freeze the enrolment of young Malagasy women as housemaids in Lebanon following the suspected death of Mampionona, 21 years old. Calling back home those who have already gone is, however, off the point. 

The minister for Labour and Social Laws also reached the first page by paying an unexpected visit to the Sheritt corporation in Ambatovy. William Noelson asked for an investigation about the working conditions of the national and the foreign workers as well as about the respect of standards. As a result, infringements on laws concerning healthcare and the social providence have been noticed, and there is not delegate of staff… not exactly a good sign for a private corporation supposed to be the country’s number one employer.