By SOMAN BABY<\/p>\n
HIRING professionals from India in Bahrain is becoming extremely difficult due to improved salaries and incentives there, according to a visiting recruiting agency chief.<\/p>\n
This is coupled with an unprecedented demand for skilled workers and professionals in India, said Andhra Pradesh Recruiting Agents Association president Mohammed Abdul Razzak.<\/p>\n
It means that employers in Bahrain have to pay more to get good workers from India, he added.<\/p>\n
“India requires the services of the majority of its skilled and experienced workers back home to work on its infrastructure development projects,” Mr Abdul Razzak told the GDN.<\/p>\n
“Because of the economic boom being experienced in India, their salaries back home have increased. It is now on a par with what is paid in the Gulf or even more”.<\/p>\n
Mr Abdul Razzak, who is the managing director of the Hyderabad-based Razzak Enterprises, said he was finding it difficult to recruit engineers for the Gulf.<\/p>\n
“An 11.4km flyover project in Hyderabad requires the services of 600 engineers,” he added.<\/p>\n
“As there is a shortage of engineers locally, Indian companies are now ready to recruit Indian engineers from the Gulf offering them higher salaries.”<\/p>\n
Mr Abdul Razzak appealed to companies in the Gulf to increase the salary of their workers.<\/p>\n
“We can still get good workers from different parts of India for projects in the Gulf, provided they pay a decent salary and good accommodation,” he added.<\/p>\n
“Many companies in Saudi Arabia and UAE have already increased the salary of their workers by 30 per cent”.<\/p>\n
Mr Abdul Razzak, who has been in business for 32 years, has recruited thousands of workers for different Gulf countries.<\/p>\n
He appealed to employers in the Gulf to deal only with approved recruiting agents.<\/p>\n
“There are about 6,000 authorised recruiting agents,” said Mr Abdul Razzak.<\/p>\n
“However, the unauthorised agents are mushrooming, and their number has reached more than 20,000.<\/p>\n
“These unscrupulous sub agents are the ones who exploit poor unskilled workers seeking jobs in the Gulf, by charging huge service fees”.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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