Address issue of excessive local labour

 EACH year, we expect to see  more  and  more  university and college graduates flooding the labour market. 

After graduation, graduates – with their colourful CVs and certificates – look for jobs almost everywhere, but unfortunately are unable to find suitable jobs due to job scarcity. 

Some find jobs while others  roam  the  streets, but most end up as filling clerks or dust wipers in offices just to get started. 

Companies have the advantage to recruit these graduates at any rate they wish. 

With the increased cost of living and the little they earn, imagine how they would survive. 

More  and more are graduating each year, but there are less job opportunities available. 

Also, a lot of expatriates and foreign labour are being hired. 

Some of the jobs can be done by our locals but are taken  up by so-called expatriates. 

Our nationals either roam  the streets looking for jobs or put their certificates aside and become street vendors. 

So, can the government see what is happening in our labour market? 

Can it put policies in place to reduce unnecessary overseas labour recruitment? 

Also, is it possible to establish overseas employment agencies to export our excessive labour force? 

We recruit labour from outside, but we have a surplus  local labour and we also  fail to export them, and yet we continue to produce more. 

Is there a plan for our labour market?

Tromai

Port Moresby