KHOROG, March 20, 2009, Asia-Plus — Five job fairs were held in Khorog and Shugnan, Rushan, Ishkashim and Roshtqala districts on March 18.
In all, 34 enterprises participated at the fairs, offering 1,037 job vacancies, Mamadkarim Nazarov, an official with the GBAO directorate for employment, migration and social security of the population, said in an interview with Asia-Plus.
Some 2,000 people attended the fairs; however, only 144 persons were placed in jobs at those fairs. Thus, 12 enterprises participated at the job fair in Khorog and offered more than 400 jobs and only 41 persons were placed in jobs.
“People are not all happy with low wage rates of jobs offered by state-run organizations and enterprises,” said Nazarov. Besides, many people do not trust in employers.
According to official data, some 5,000 unemployed have been officially registered in Gorno Badakhshan so far. In the meantime, local experts say the real number of jobless in the region is much higher than the official data shows.
