National Initiatives Concerning the Career Guidance/Information/Vocational Counselling - Jordan

Source: National Center for Human Resources Development

The Human Resources Development Information System Project (2000-2003)

The National Center for Human Resources Development started working on this project at the beginning of 2000 in cooperation with the Ministry of Planning, the National Information Center, the General Directorate of Statistics, the Ministry of Education and the Vocational Training Corporation. The project comprises two broad aspects of information:

• First, information on education and training, addressing the present and future labor force supply according to educational and skill characteristics.
• Second, information addressing the present and the future characteristics of the labor market in terms of educational and skill requirements, work conditions, pay, and the supply-demand indicators.

The project will yield reliable information that provides fast and efficient linkage between the available skills of work seekers and job opportunities. It will further enable employers and work seekers, or those planning to join the labor market, to make informed decisions. The system will also provide information that helps educational and training institutions (Ministry of Education, Universities, Vocational Training Corporation and the private sector) to modify their training programs in accordance with the changes in the labor market. Besides, the system will provide information that enables decision makers, planners, employers, employees and students to better understand issues related to labor market trends.

The project comprises the following components:

1. Basic data (statistics and indicators) on labor force, human resources, supply and demand.
2. Business database.
3. Counseling tools including requirements of skills, study programs and demand expectations.
4. Electronic labor exchange (electronic recruitment), whereby the system will provide a search service through matching the job seeker’s skills with available job opportunities.

CIDA (Canadian International Development Agency) has allocated one million Canadian dollar (half a million JDs) as a grant to implement the project in three years. The Canadian Ministry of Human Resources Development in conjunction with the NCHRD and other bodies have started implementing the project. The estimated cost of the project amounts to about one million JDs, half of which is a grant by CIDA. It is expected to be accomplished by the end of the year 2002.

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