14th September 2015

Competitiveness: CTK/Confederation of Industry and Trade: Czech firms ready to employ 5,000 refugees - survey

 

Czech firms are ready to immediately employ at least 5,000 refugees from countries such as Syria, especially in technical professions, according to a survey that the Confederation of Industry and Trade conducted among several dozens of large Czech industrial companies... Czech firms prefer foreigners with technical education, a good command of English and the readiness to undergo retraining. The language barrier and the very lengthy process of receiving a job permission may be the main obstacles, according to the employers and personnel agencies that CTK (Czech News Agency) has addressed...Read more.

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