PENDANG: Nearly 150,000 job seekers managed to get work through the Hiring Incentive Programme, PenjanaKerjaya, within the six months since its launch in June.
Deputy Human Resources Minister Awang Hashim said the job seekers included those who lost their jobs, graduates and school leavers. They have been placed with 47,000 employers nationwide.
“Since the programme began, 12 large-scale PenjanaKerjaya carnivals have been organised by the Social Security Organisation (Socso).
“The employers’ representatives were present to interview candidates to fill vacancies in their companies.
“Six of these were virtual carnivals, held at 28 locations. For the small interviews, 242 programmes were implemented,” he told a press conference after opening the Kedah-level 2020 PenjanaKerjaya Carnival here today.
PenjanaKerjaya was announced by Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin under the National Economic Recovery Plan (Penjana) in June.
It offers financial incentives of between RM600 and RM1,000 to employers for each employee or apprentice employed for up to six months.
Awang said RM160.66 million had been allocated to employers who had recruited employees through PenjanaKerjaya until Dec 23.
He said the incentive will be continued through the 2021 budget with an allocation of RM2 billion, in addition to some improved and new incentives.
He advised employers to take advantage of the incentives under this programme by taking in more people to reduce the country’s unemployment rate. - FMT
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