Morocco predicts job growth in 2015
6 January 2015
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More than 103,000 new jobs will be created in the private sector in Morocco in 2015, according to a new study published Thursday, December 25.
Offshoring, the automotive and aviation sectors will account for nearly forty percent of private sector jobs, estimates this diagnostic report from the Ministry of Employment.
Tourism, commerce and distribution, and agri-food will follow. Information technologies are also on the list of recruiting sectors in 2015.
Traditional sectors, such as textiles, real estate, agriculture, construction and public works will continue to offer jobs.
Several factors explain the strong demand for jobs in 2015, according to economist Abdelali Narjissi.
In the agricultural sector alone, one of the most important in the Moroccan economy, recent heavy rainfall suggests a good year "creating jobs and wealth," he explains to Magharebia.
And in the 2015 finance law, the government has significantly increased its investment budget.
"Several Moroccan companies will also be able to benefit from the recovery of European economies," he continues.
Last month, Economy Minister Mohamed Boussaid told parliament that "despite the difficulties in the state budget, the public investment effort has been maintained voluntarily and deliberately."
"The overall public investment envelope will amount to more than 186 billion dirhams for the 2014 budget, six billion more than in 2013," he specified.
For young graduates and job seekers, this new study offers a more optimistic outlook.
"It's certainly good news, and I hope that the recovery of recruitment will be there in the coming months," explains Kader Al Aoufi, a young graduate of a private management school in Casablanca.
His friend Hamada Boujanbi, also a graduate of the same school, explains: "I have been looking for months... I was able to get a one-month internship in an insurance company, but I have to keep knocking on all doors while waiting for better days."
Safaa Allouzi is studying tourism and gastronomy at a public institute in Casablanca. "This ANAPEC study reassures me about the choice I made for tourism, which remains a sure profession for the future," she explains.
Hafid Kamal, director of ANAPEC, said on December 5 that the Moroccan labor market depended on a solid economy and a job offer perfectly in line with the needs and requirements of employers.
For his part, the Minister of Employment Abdeslam Seddiki indicated that the National Employment Strategy, which should be launched by the end of the month, focuses on aligning training with the needs of employers.
"This strategy also revolves around the governance of the labor market through the horizontal and vertical reform of ANAPEC, so that its network can make the issue of employment a national project to which all actors must contribute," he said last month before the deputies.
This study shows that more than forty percent of future jobs will be offered along the Casablanca-Tangier corridor.
Magharebia.com
Published December 29, 2014.
Posted January 6, 2015.
Offshoring, the automotive and aviation sectors will account for nearly forty percent of private sector jobs, estimates this diagnostic report from the Ministry of Employment.
Tourism, commerce and distribution, and agri-food will follow. Information technologies are also on the list of recruiting sectors in 2015.
Traditional sectors, such as textiles, real estate, agriculture, construction and public works will continue to offer jobs.
Several factors explain the strong demand for jobs in 2015, according to economist Abdelali Narjissi.
In the agricultural sector alone, one of the most important in the Moroccan economy, recent heavy rainfall suggests a good year "creating jobs and wealth," he explains to Magharebia.
And in the 2015 finance law, the government has significantly increased its investment budget.
"Several Moroccan companies will also be able to benefit from the recovery of European economies," he continues.
Last month, Economy Minister Mohamed Boussaid told parliament that "despite the difficulties in the state budget, the public investment effort has been maintained voluntarily and deliberately."
"The overall public investment envelope will amount to more than 186 billion dirhams for the 2014 budget, six billion more than in 2013," he specified.
For young graduates and job seekers, this new study offers a more optimistic outlook.
"It's certainly good news, and I hope that the recovery of recruitment will be there in the coming months," explains Kader Al Aoufi, a young graduate of a private management school in Casablanca.
His friend Hamada Boujanbi, also a graduate of the same school, explains: "I have been looking for months... I was able to get a one-month internship in an insurance company, but I have to keep knocking on all doors while waiting for better days."
Safaa Allouzi is studying tourism and gastronomy at a public institute in Casablanca. "This ANAPEC study reassures me about the choice I made for tourism, which remains a sure profession for the future," she explains.
Hafid Kamal, director of ANAPEC, said on December 5 that the Moroccan labor market depended on a solid economy and a job offer perfectly in line with the needs and requirements of employers.
For his part, the Minister of Employment Abdeslam Seddiki indicated that the National Employment Strategy, which should be launched by the end of the month, focuses on aligning training with the needs of employers.
"This strategy also revolves around the governance of the labor market through the horizontal and vertical reform of ANAPEC, so that its network can make the issue of employment a national project to which all actors must contribute," he said last month before the deputies.
This study shows that more than forty percent of future jobs will be offered along the Casablanca-Tangier corridor.
Magharebia.com
Published December 29, 2014.
Posted January 6, 2015.
