This situation is further complicated by the fact that approximately 85% of the Ministry of Agricultural Development’s technical staff are in the process of retirement.
"Although the country has institutes for training agronomists, it is difficult to compete with the salaries offered in the private sector, said Sebastian Mirones, Secretary General of MIDA.
This situation is a constraint to domestic production, since there is no proper induction for farmers on best practices for food production, as recognized by the authorities”, reported Panamerica.com.pa.
Source: Panamaamerica.com.pa
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September 2011
A lack of qualified personnel, an aging population and legal obstacles preventing the hiring of foreigners are impacting on the competitiveness of businesses.
The problem, faced by all economic sectors alike, is causing an overall increase in wage levels.
"Just a few years ago, the list of professionals who were difficult to recruit in the labor market focused on bilingual accountants, civil engineers, logistics specialists and high-profile managers, eventually others have been added to that list such as domestic workers, sales executives, beauty technicians and foremen", reported Prensa.com.
July 2011
The shortage of skilled labor has led Panamanian companies to get creative when recruiting staff.
Companies with a need for skilled labor have reached agreements with other companies to share staff, provided incentives to employees to recommend others for vacant positions and have even retain staffed who have officially retired.
September 2011
Current business needs do not match up with the supply of professionals nationwide.
Lack of public policies encouraging diversification of careers, and the limited interest of students in non-traditional careers are two of the reasons for the low supply of personnel in the country on offer to companies that come looking for laborers.
July 2011
Training of qualified personnel at all levels is absolutely insufficient to meet the demand of an economy with such high growth rates.
In Panama, the gap between demand and supply of employment, both in quantity and quality, is expanding at the same pace as the growing list of infrastructure projects in execution, which is increasing the arrival of multinational companies, saturating hotels with the number of business travelers and tourists.
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