The lack of aviation mechanics, surveyors, welders and other technical specialists has forced some companies to hire foreign staff.
Such is the case for Singapore Technologies Aerospace, with operations in the Panama-Pacific Howard Special Economic Area and which needs about 100 aviation mechanics a year to maintain the fleet.
An article by Minerva Bethancourth in Prensa.com indicates: "the dean of the School of Mechanical UTP, Víctor Sánchez Urrutia, explains that there is a very low intake of students because people are interested in enrolling. What is more the course requires three years of training and is considered very costly. "
Source: Prensa.com
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April 2011
Available candidates lack communication skills, arrive late to interviews, submit poorly written resumes, or resign shortly after being hired.
By the end of this year, several multinational companies will open up shop in Panama and will help the economy grow at 7%, as long as they are able to find skilled, proactive and responsible candidates, capable of selling their selves at job interviews.
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.
November 2010
There isn´t adequate availability of skilled labor to build, manage and administrate the ambitious projects of the state's infrastructure plan.
The construction of the first Metro line involves 3,000 jobs, the redevelopment of the Canal another 6,000 and other infrastructure projects raise the total to 34,000 direct jobs which will be created by 2011.
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