After the first quarter of 2020 in Guatemala, 10% of companies reported that they planned to increase their payrolls, for the second quarter this proportion rose to 15%.
Employers in Costa Rica report cautiously optimistic hiring plans for the second quarter of 2020. Fifteen percent of employers are contemplating an increase in their payrolls, 6% anticipate a decrease and 78% will remain unchanged, so the Net Employment Trend is +9%, reported Manpower.
For the first quarter of 2020, 7% of the companies consulted plan to reduce their payrolls, and only 10% plan to increase them.
Employers in Costa Rica report slow growth in their hiring plans for the first quarter of 2020. According to Manpower, 10% of companies are contemplating an increase in their workforce, 7% anticipate a decrease and 82% remain unchanged.
In Costa Rica approval has been given to a trust fund through which private companies will be paid $2,700 for each employee hired from the vulnerable population.
The government initiative that aims to pay companies around $2,700 per employee hired from the vulnerable population, has won its first endorsement to be included in a trust administered by Banco Popular.
In Central America, the youth unemployment rate is estimated at over 24%, while in Germany, where the dual education is practiced, youth unemployment is 6%.
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A visit to Costa Rica by the German Education Minister has put back on the table the concept of dual education, an education method where time is shared between the traditional classroom and work as an apprentice in a trade or professional specialty, in a company.
The government of Costa Rica will pay $2,700 per person to enterprises hiring in vulnerable sectors and whose staff remain in their posts for at least 12 months.
From a statement issued by the Presidency of Costa Rica:
Promoting job creation in two ways: an economic benefit to businesses that hire people and training in dual education.
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The communication and technology sector predicts that for the next two years it will hire more technical staff and university graduates than licensed professionals with master's degrees or doctorates.
The need for staff with technical rather than academic skills continues to grow in the field of technology and communications. A study by the Chamber of Information Technology and Communication concludes that only 2% of companies in the technology sector in the country plan to hire professionals with a PhD, while only 32% said they expected to hire graduates.
For the fourth quarter of 2012 the most optimistic hiring plans have been reported by the transport and communications sector, with a Net Employment Outlook of +27%.
From the Report by Manpower, Employment Outlook Survey for Q4:
Employers in all six sectors expect an increase in their workforces during the fourth quarter of 2012. The most optimistic hiring plans have been reported by the transport and communications sector, with a Net Employment Outlook of +27%. The construction sector reports optimistic hiring intentions of +22% and a steady hiring climate is anticipated for the trade and services sectors with trends of +15% and 14%, respectively.
The Social Security Fund will recruit foreign medical specialists for the Limon Hospital.
Given the refusal of medical specialists in Costa Rica to work in the Caribbean city, health authorities in conjunction with the Medical College have agreed in principle to the recruit for one year foreign specialists to fill vacancies in Limon.
Deputy Health Minister, Mauricio Vargas, said the hiring of foreign doctors is temporary and "parallel to the creation of a law on mandatory social service," reports the article in Nacion.com.
The recruitment company needs 1,200 people with fluent English to work in customer service positions in a Costa Rican call center.
"We are pleased with the positive signs shown by our market for creating new jobs", commented Julio Méndez, head of Manpower Costa Rica. He was explaining that the 1,200 new posts strengthen the trend indicated in the third quarter results of its survey of employment expectations.
While Costa Rica’s state-owned banks are hiring more employees, those in the private sector cut back their workforce in first five months of 2010.
State-owned Banco Nacional and Banco de Costa Rica stated that the increase comprises temporary positions for vacation and sickness cover, in addition to some short-term contracts for specific projects.
Of all companies, 20% plans to hire staff during 2010, according to a Manpower survey.
"The region of Puntarenas and Limon is the most optimistic, with a net trend of +26%, while the most pessimistic one is Heredia", reported Nacion.com.
The survey was conducted in 35 countries, and placed Costa Rica 5th as the country with better employment expectations, highlighting communications and transportation as the industries which expect to hire most personnel in 2010.
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