Unemplyment, the Solution

[Plain Truth]

Greetings to all of you! It is my pleasure to contribute to this dialogue. It is my first contribution but I hop it will not be the last.

Yes I do agree that it must be frustrating to see an increasing number of young people unemployed. The implication can be devastating not only to them but also to the community and the country as a whole. An increasing number of unemployment is very costly to the country from the economic point of view it is also socially and politically problematic. In my first ever contribution I am not going to explore the implications of unemployment I am going rather to give my point of view on what has been posted so far.

 “Omania” thinks that unemployment is the sole responsibility of the government and therefore the government should reduce the unemployment problem by firing Indians out of their jobs and be sent back to India.
 “Oman lover” thinks that an awareness campaign can also help in tackling the problem.
 “HATE QOOM LOOT” and “No fear” and “UnKnown” imply that working abroad in a city like Dubai can also reduce the unemployment in Oman. However, “Black Panther” disagree and recommends that we should face the problems. Furthermore, UnKnown recommends that Omanis need to be given a chance to prove themselves.
 “Had elsaif” develops further the debate and has several implied recommendations to fight the unemployment problem in Oman, these include:
 Omanis should become more competitive by accepting lower salaries, more skilled, more productive, and more reliable.
 “Warda” thinks that Omanis need more qualifications for them to be able to compete with expatriates.
 “dreams” think that education will help in solving the problem of unemployment in Oman.
 “Em6anash” and “sporty” suggest that corruption must stop in order to help in the process of solving the unemployment problem among the youth.

While I agree with most of what has been recommended to help in reducing the unemployment problem in Oman, I have the following comments:

 I do not doubt the concern that we all have for the unemployment problem the country is facing, however some of what has been said mount to mere discrimination against Indians. Our nation has been known for its humanitarian values. Our religion and our culture promote equality, fairness, and freedom of individuals, in my opinion, that has been not the case with some of what has been said.
 Although some of the jobs that are occupied by Indians can be taken over by Omanis, the majority of Indians work in low skill jobs that pay low salaries. Therefore, it is not the types of jobs that Omanis will go for. In addition, most of those workers who drive fancy cars have Omani individuals as agents and I am sure they must have worked hard, the Indians, to earn the income they get and the cars they drive.
 While I think the government has a responsibility towards creating job opportunities for its citizens, I think individuals and the community as a whole can play an important role towards solving the problem of unemployment in Oman.
 Last but not least, I think it is very important to be objective about the issue of Omanization and creating job opportunities for Omanis. In other words, I disagree with some of the implied criticism. I believe if we all think together and try to find solutions and I mean practical solutions the unemployment problem will be lessened.

I hope that I did manage to keep your interest, without boring you too much. I do intend in the future to explore further unemployment issue in Oman, until then take care.


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[7ashaash]

The solution is to open the trade in oman and make it free.
The solution is to stop wasta here.
The solution is to give chance to omanies in different work.
The solution is to trust omanies in work.
The solution is ,,,,,,,, etc.
But who will start it.


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7ashaash laken sa7i

[Plain Truth]

Thank you for your contribution. I am sure the liberal trade and economic policies have proven to be key factors in the success of any economy, thus any development, which lead to employment. It is also true that being much more efficient in the use of our resources is required in order to maximize the benefits. Further more, having a dedicated and productive manpower will win the trust of both the government and the private sector.
Let me pose the following questions:
1. Has not the government forever promoted trade and market mechanisms?
2. Has not the government forever been the dedicated to the education and training of its citizens?
3. Has not the government forever been using its scarce resources in the most efficient manner?
I get the feeling that you are suggesting otherwise to the above questions!!!

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by 7ashaash:
The solution is to open the trade in oman and make it free.
The solution is to stop wasta here.
The solution is to give chance to omanies in different work.
The solution is to trust omanies in work.
The solution is ,,,,,,,, etc.
But who will start it.


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[Ali baba]

I think the omanisation plane is been there for long time and nothing is been done about it, sice the this minister took over, I feel that I can see tyhe changes in the country regarding this issue, of cource not frogrting that we have a problem in our country and identefing this problems I think :
1. a mental belefe of the people that they should not work as labour and every one should be a manager.
2. not having enough data in order to trake the problem and solve it with the best soulosion.
3.they should set a studey about the minimum wages.
4. explain to the people the fact that there is a huge amount of money leav the countrey every year, as a result of gest workers.
5. change can not be done over a night, it certanly need time due to the complete dependent on the gest workers .
And I disagree with you when you said that there is a serious issue about racism in the sultanate aganist gest workers,because if dont make the law difficult to them then we will have a serious unemployment among our country men and women. And that might result an increase rate of crime in the country, as we allready know is started slowly.
on the other hand the Omanie may start an organisation Like the Trade Union in the Uk in order to get what they realy need, but again are they educated enough to do so??.
So it is a quait complecated issue and there are maney fcators might effect the new solousion, and I think at least since five years ago until now there has been a tremendas change in the market, maney Omanis find job opportunity in the labour market, at least there are traying hard.
Not forgeting that the minister of commerce going to Genefa to sign the world trading market, I dont know what it's called exactly, so mayby then there will be even more job opportunity in Oman. And I hope they did not sign on somthing stuped Like alloweing the foreng companies to employ any nationality they want and not use the Omanisation law at least for the labour market as a begining, meanwhail the ministry of SDocial Affairs and Labour sould build good institutes in order to repare the Omanis to be prductive and to meet quality in there job performance.
Thanx for reading

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[Plain Truth]

This is my second major contribution to the topic.
In my opinion direct government intervention is not necessarily the best policy to Omanize. I do agree that it is one of the means but not the best.
Government policy should be directed towards the following:
1. Increasing the quality and the level of education and training.
2. Establish a database on employment and job related issues those covers not only Oman but also the countries in the region like, GCC.
3. Publish a weekly or a monthly bulletin on employment and job related issues.
4. The free employment and movement of national labour in the GCC countries should have a top priority in the GCC Head of States meetings, at least to Oman.
5. The government should do something about what is called (ÇáÊÌÇÑÉ ÇáãÓÊÊÑÉ). That is basically the ownership of the business by an expatriate under the disguise of an Omani agent. I believe that this is one of the major obstacles on Omanization. It is also the main source of the drainage of the capitol in Oman.
I think there more points we all can think off and I am sure all I have listed above need further discussion and explanation. I hope we will all contribute to this very important topic. The bottom line is, the government should direct its energy towrds indirect mechanisms in order to increase the level of Omanization and the production and demand level for Omani workers, not only in Oman but outside oman.
Untill then, take care


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