Saudi Arabia to recruit 3,000 more Bangladeshi workers in 2017

Saudi Arabia will recruit 3,000 more Bangladeshis to work in various sectors in 2017, according to a major recruiter.

News Deskbdnews24.com
Published : 27 July 2017, 06:30 AM
Updated : 27 July 2017, 06:30 AM

Eastern Recruitment CEO Fahad Al Sulaim praised Bangladeshi workers and informed Bangladesh Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Golam Mosi of the plans at a meeting in Riyadh on Thursday.

Ambassador Mosi also spoke with top officials of various Saudi corporations, including Nesma, Al Yamama and Nasser S Al Hajri, and encouraged them to recruit skilled Bangladeshi workers at a meeting in Saudi Arabia’s Dammam on the same day.

The ambassador highlighted the honesty, professionalism and expertise of Bangladeshi workers and urged the companies to recruit doctors, engineers and other professionals in addition to labourers.

Mosi also highlighted the need for worker training, the provision of information regarding employment in Saudi Arabia to increase the number of workers Bangladesh supplies to the country.

He also spoke of the measures taken by the Sheikh Hasina government to meet these objectives.