Brazil is creating jobs and keeping its unemployment rate stable this year. But the country may not achieve the government’s goal, which is to create about 3 million new jobs in 2011. From January to the end of August, Brazil has created 1.82 million new formal jobs. In the same period of 2010, the number was higher: 1.95 million.
In August, the total unemployment rate, that is measured in the seven biggest metropolitan areas of Brazil, was 10.9%, lower than 11% in July 2011 and 11.9% in August 2010. And the total number of unemployed people was estimated at 2.4 million people, 27,000 less than in July.
In terms of job creation, 190,400 new formal places were created in August, according to the Ministry of Labor. However, this number is lower than the one registered in August 2010, when the country opened 299,400 new formal jobs.
Rates are provided by Department of Statistics and Socioeconomic Studies (Dieese) and they are not disclosed by industry sectors. However, recently, the Ministry of Labor, in partnership with the telecommunications industry, announced that about 22,000 people will be qualified to work in the installation, maintenance and repair services networks, mobile telephony, broadband and cable TV.
This qualification work is part of a project presented by the Brazilian Federation of Telecommunications (Febratel) and approved by the Ministry that aims to finance training courses. The project has a budget of $22.8 million and provides 5,200 hours of qualifying. The courses will benefit employees of the Federal District and nine states: Amazonas, Bahia, Ceara, Minas Gerais, Paraná , Pernambuco, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul and São Paulo.
Febratel seeks to align the efforts of the federal government targeted public policies for the development of the country, specifically in strategic economic sectors such as telecommunications. The agency says that the country needs to be prepared for the growing demand for this type of professional.
The providers of telecommunications services in Brazil employ 436 000 workers directly, doubling the number of jobs in the industry since privatization in 1998.
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