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Number of St. Maarten vacancies has doubled
by The Daily Herald
Posted: Aug 14, 2007 15:01 UTC
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PHILIPSBURG - The results of the Job Vacancy Survey in St. Maarten conducted by the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) in November of last year show that compared to June 1998, the total number of vacancies has doubled. Most of the surge in vacancies can be attributed to demand in construction.
Labour market statistics comprise information about the supply as well as the demand of labour. The bi-annual Labour Force Survey provides information about the supply of labour.
The aim of the Job Vacancy Survey is to measure the latest developments on the demand side of labour market and to give a clear picture of these developments. The job vacancy rate on St. Maarten went up from 2.1 in 1998 to 4.1 in 2006.
The demand for labour is directed mainly toward persons with a low level of education, meaning an education not higher than MAVO/LBO/VSBO. These vacancies make up 65 per cent of all vacancies.
There is a shift on the labour market from a demand for persons with a broad educational level in 1998 towards a demand for persons with a specific type of profession in 2006. The demand for persons with a technical profession is the highest (35 per cent of all vacancies).
Within a year after the survey, there are almost 400 new vacancies expected, of which 13 per cent will be open for trainees.
Approximately 65 per cent of all enterprises is hardly or not at all aware of the renewals in the local educational system or of the “Social Education Duty” programme.
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