Interviews of Saudis for telecom sector jobs begin today

RIYADH — Job fairs for conducting interviews of Saudi candidates for the telecommunication industry in various regions of the Kingdom will begin on Sunday. Interviews are open for Saudi men and women above 18 years of age. The job fairs are taking place with the cooperation of the Ministry of Labor, Human Resources Development Fund, the Technical and Vocational Training Corporation (TVTC), and various chambers of commerce and industry. Interviews will be conducted on Sunday in Jeddah, Makkah, Qassim and Hail. In Riyadh, interviews will be held on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. On Monday to Thursday, Al-Jouf will hold interviews. In Jazan, interviews will be conducted from Tuesday to Thursday. In Al-Ahsa, interviews will be held on April 18-19. The Dammam Technical and Vocational Training Corporation office will be holding job interviews on April 18-20. Najran will hold interviews on April 20-21. Interviews will be held in Madinah and Tabuk on April 19-21. In an effort to provide more jobs to Saudi citizens, the Kingdom decided to ban foreign workers from selling and maintaining mobile phones and accessories for them. Stores selling mobile communications devices will have to ensure that at least 50 percent of staff doing such work are Saudi citizens in three months’ time. By September, the required ratio will rise to 100 percent. The vast majority of jobs in Saudi Arabia’s retail and services sectors are currently held by foreign workers from southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent.