Lack of Qualified Human Resources in El Salvador

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Data analyzed from the latest Job Fair organized by El Salvador's Chamber of Commerce in conjunction with the Ministry for Employment, indicate that attendees qualifications, technical understanding and level of English were often below that sought by hiring companies.

"Companies were looking for people with university level engineering, accountancy, computing and analysis qualifications as well as sales, technical support and customer service specialists," reports Elsalvador.com.

Source: elsalvador.com

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