Takoradi port recruitment for security assistants
The Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority has opened recruitment for interested individuals to fill vacant positions in the security department as security assistants.
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Scores of unemployed Ghanaians on Thursday thronged the Essipong sports stadium in Sekondi in a bid to be recruited as security assistants at the Takoradi Port.
Sources say that there are about 30 vacancies to be filled.
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In Ghana, the unemployment rate measures the number of people actively looking for a job as a percentage of the labour force.
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According to the Ghana Statistical Service, unemployment rate in Ghana decreased to 5.20% in 2013 from 5.96% in 2010. Unemployment rate in Ghana averaged 8.82% from 2001 until 2013, reaching an all time high of 12.90% in 2005 and a record low of 5.20% in 2013.
But a World Bank report dubbed "Landscape of Jobs in Ghana" released early on this month revealed that about 48% of youth in the country between 15-24 years have no jobs.
Source: YEN.com.gh