The much publicised government job website, www.GLMIS.org.gh, which will become effective from November 30 this year, has been greeted with mixed reactions.
This follows the launch of the website by the Minister of Employment and Labour Relations, Haruna Iddrisu, at a press conference in Accra on Wednesday, November 16, 2016.
Dubbed: “Ghana Labour Market and Information Systems (GLMIS),” the minister said there will be space on the website where various public and private institutions can advertise employment openings for the public to be aware of.
While majority of people remained lukewarm to the news, other people displayed strong sense of emotion.
In an interview with Today, event planner, Camry Tagoe, said: “Great initiative, this website will allow majority of the youth who are technologically inclined, and are always on the internet have good information on job availability. My area is security, and I believe this will aid most graduates in the hunt.”
A student, Abubakar Nawas, also expressed joy at the initiative, saying it will further curb the recruitment scams “we have witnessed for the past year as well as keep graduates informed of job opportunities in the government sector.
Another student, Issac Nkansah, also lauded the initiative, but offered some useful suggestions.
According to him, “with the health sector, they know the number of students they trained and graduate every year, and with this available data, they know how to post workers to various facilities. Same can be done across all professions.”
National service person, Fatima Derby, however, expressed disappointment in the labour ministry’s innovation.
“I don’t see how this makes any difference to the alarmingly huge unemployment gap in this country. A website? How is this different from the adverts in the newspapers that people apply for?
…If the government really wants to be useful it should create employment opportunities in the many under-utilised sectors of the economy. It should make policies to support and incentivise small businesses and entrepreneurs. This website idea is not brilliant at all”, he averred
An unemployed graduate, Martin Ocrah, also called it a “white elephant project” claiming the public sector was full of protocol and favouritism.
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