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    ARMENIAN RECRUITERS CONCERNED OVER SHORTAGE OF IT SPECIALISTS AND PHARMACISTS

    arminfo
    Wednesday, August 1, 18:37

    Armenian recruiters are concerned over the shortage of specialists
    in priority spheres of economy, particularly, IT sphere, pharmacy and
    food technologies. Founder and Chief Executive of Tanger Recruitment
    Agency, President of the Union of the Private Recruitment Agencies,
    Ms. Nana Heruni, told ArmInfo that several specialties in the specified
    spheres of Armenian economy have been vacant for 7-8 years.

    "Now the problem of the shortage of these specialists is even more
    urgent than ever", Heruni said.

    The expert connects this problem with the lack of state policy of
    planning for the labor market, as well as with the lack of mechanisms
    aimed at preventing the brain drain and attracting young specialists.

    "A lot of specialists, including those in the IT sphere, would like to
    return to the Motherland, but they will find no adequate job here",
    she said. The expert added that the lack and the continuing outflow
    of good specialists from the country lead to considerably economic
    losses. Heruni said that her company has repeatedly applied to the
    local universities for eligible specialists, but these universities
    are obviously not interested in further employment of their graduates.

    The expert pointed out the outflow of specialists as one of the
    traditional trends of the labor market. Besides the CIS countries,
    Canada and the UAE have recently become the priority destinations for
    the labor migrants. The agency also receives cooperation proposals
    from Kuwait and Qatar. However, Heruni thinks labor migration to these
    countries is not safe now because there are no intergovernmental
    agreements regulating the mutual relations among the agency,
    the employer and the applicant. Heruni said that according to the
    surveys of the Progressive Social Technologies NGO, the number of
    people leaving Armenia to look for a job abroad ranges from 60,000
    to 100,000 annually. She pointed out that this organization held its
    latest survey in 2007. "This means that the state not only fails to
    prevent the brain drain, but doesn't want to trouble itself to make
    common calculations", she said.

    When assessing the situation in the Armenian labor market, Heruni
    said that some activeness has been observed in the market since early
    2012 - both the local and the foreign markets have been applying to
    the agency for cooperation. However, the expert does not rule out
    possible worsening of the situation due to the possible second wave
    of the global crisis, which may be even more devastating for the
    Armenian labor market than the first wave.

    Tanger was established in 2000. Its customers are largest local
    organizations of Armenia, as well as overseas companies. The company
    does business with long standing and renowned organizations and
    banks, as well as with international organizations which either have
    long functioned or are just stepping into the Armenian market. The
    candidates are interviewed and are professionally and psychologically
    tested.

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