ICT: Foreign Labor Is a Need

10 years, 1 month ago - March 13, 2014

The area of Information Technology and Communication (ICT) recruits. However, it can not find skilled labour and with experience in this area in Mauritius.

Therefore, most companies prefer to go abroad to recruit graduates and people with experience in this field. "It is normal that foreign research expertise for some positions. We are forced to turn to the highly skilled and experience in order to train those who are recruited in the country. The big worry is that the sector is currently facing a shortage of skilled labour. Sometimes there is no staff meeting certain locally desired profiles.

"We have no choice but to resort to foreigners. But the priority is to recruit Mauritians, "said Roshan Seetohul, President of Outsourcing & Telecommunications Association of Mauritius (OTAM) to Le Matinal. The ICT sector, one of the pillars of the Mauritian economy was revitalized in recent times and now several companies are currently recruiting.

Roshan Seetohul reminds us that there is often a "mismatch" between supply and demand. To overcome this problem the IT Outsourcing prefers to recruit employees Madagascar or even India which, he says, "very good developers." Employers are turning to the foreign workforce to ensure the growth of this sector. The number of employees in this sector is expected to reach 19,247 by 2015. With some 13,000 employees in the ICT sector in 2010, the growth of this industry is one of the highest.

Text by Le Matinal

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