Many of them badly needed workers
Cairo (ANTARA News) - About 30 major companies in Kuwait need some 1,600 Indonesian professional workers in various fields, the Indonesian Embassy in Kuwait said in a press statement made available to ANTARA here on Sunday.

"A total of 30 leading companies in Kuwait have expressed their desires to recruit soon some 1,687 professional workers from Indonesia to be employed in various fields," the embassy said.

The demand for Indonesian professionals was raised during a business meeting in Kuwait which was initiated by the Indonesian Embassy in cooperation with the National Agency for Placement and Protection of Indonesian Workers Overseas (BNP2TKI).

The Indonesian Employment Table Top Meeting 2012 which was held at Hotel Regency, Kuwait City, on July 18, 2012, was attended by 42 human resources managers from different businesses.

Companies attending the business meeting included M.H. Al Shaya, Kuwait Automotive Imports Company, Radisson Blu Hotel, Kout Food Group, Mc Donald Kuwait, Al Ghanim Industries, Carrefour, Mustafa Karam & Sons Company, dan Costa Del Sol Hotel.

Many of them badly needed workers, some even needed to recruit ones before the end of the current fasting month, the embassy said.

They needed some 100 fast food employees, 200 retailers at hypermarkets, 409 in the manufacturing field, 300 transportation bus drivers, 150 welders, 163 automotive technicians and 365 nurses.

In his address, Indonesian Ambassador to Kuwait Ferry Adamhar said Indonesian workers working in the formal sectors spread in various parts of the Middle East, particularly in the Gulf countries.

"Employer companies expressed desires to recruit Indonesian professionals after seeing their hard work and dedication," he said.

On the occasion, the BNP2TKI chief, Jumhur Hidayat, said in order to meet overseas demand for Indonesian professionals, Indonesia needed to launch a center of excellence program.

He said that his agency was launching innovations by offering the opening of centers of excellence in Indonesia where employer companies could invest in the project to meet their need for professionals.
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Editor: Ella Syafputri
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