CLA suspends summer job scheme for students

CLA officials confirmed yesterday the decision was taken mainly because of tremendous restraint on the manpower of the council.

The council has already teamed up with enterprises to provide temporary summer jobs for low-income laborers for the past four years.

Officials said they were forced to call off the program this year as the staff of the council have come under mounting pressure to help the swelling number of unemployed people find permanent or temporary work.

They stressed the council will consider resuming the program next year in anticipation of alleviated workloads of the council's staff and improved business prospects for employers by that time.

But they also emphasized that the council will still help students land summer jobs by referring them to other relevant government agencies that have been implementing similar projects assisting young people.

The agencies include the National Youth Commission and the Ministry of Education that both give priority to aiding young people and students in need of financial assistance.

For the time being, the CLA itself has maintained busy schedules to cooperate with local-level governments and enterprises to find jobs for adults on the unemployment list.

Figures announced by the Cabinet-level Directorate General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics (DGBAS) yesterday show Taiwan's unemployment rate rose to another record high of 5.82% in May as a result of new graduates from schools joining the job market and a prolonged slump in global economy.

More than 3,000 job seekers registered for over 600 temporary positions of six months offered by the Taipei County Government.

Seventeen people who held Ph.D. or masters degrees from universities here or abroad were competing for one single position responsible for promoting a campaign to encourage the public to conserve energy and reduce carbon emissions.

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