By Khairul Azran Hussin
SHAH ALAM, June 17 — Selangor will hold a discussion with the National Security Council (NSC) soon to come up with guidelines on hosting Job Matching Fair in the state.
Selangor Youth, Sports Development and Human Resource Development Committee chairman Mohd Khairuddin Othman said the job fair will be held throughout the state and an announcement will be made as soon as NSC gives them the green light.
“This job fair is part of the state’s initiative to overcome the unemployment issue after so many businesses were forced to close during the movement control order (MCO) period that started in March,” said Mohd Khairuddin to SelangorKini yesterday.
He said they will also work with Giat Mara and other government agencies as well as the private sector to also offer training for the job seeker.
Selangor aims to bring down its unemployment rate to 2.5 per cent from 2.8 per cent that was recorded between 2017 and 2019.
Yesterday, the Department of Statistics Malaysia announced the national unemployment rate rose 48.8 per cent to 778,800 people as of April this year.
That figure set the unemployment rate at 5.0 per cent which is the nation’s highest since 1989 due to the closure of many businesses during MCO.
