GCC ministers of labor honor Mohammed Abdul Latif Jameel (fourth from left). JEDDAH – Mohammed Abdul Latif Jameel, Chief Job Creator at Bab Rizq Jameel (BRJ), proposed the merging of all related governmental and private organizations responsible for job creation under one umbrella. He delivered the message during the opening ceremony of the 29th session of the GCC Ministers of Labor, where he was honored. Since 2003 to the end of August 2012, BRJ created more than 230,000 job opportunities in Saudi Arabia and more than 300,000 job opportunities in the Middle Eastern countries where it operates. Jameel also suggested to the GCC ministers of labor to create a network of branches in the cities to supply the service, which is viewed as a service or a commodity. The job creation team should work in the field in direct contact with the society in the districts, seeking to detect barriers and difficulties, developing the right solution and gradually resolve difficulties according to a specific schedule. According to Jameel, this mechanism will enable unemployed to benefit from such branches and to choose from the available job opportunities, all under one roof. In addition, he Jameel suggestion included linking such branches with the related organizations in the fields of education, higher education and vocational education, so that such organizations will be supplied with their basic requirements needed by male and female students throughout education, in addition to the specialties needed by public and private educational institutions. Jameel underlined that the best contribution that a businessman could do for his society is to create job opportunities for young males and females in all fields. In his speech, Jameel thanked the organizers for the recognition, and said: “In this ceremony, I am not representing myself only. Instead, I am representing more than 700 of my associates who are working as job opportunity coordinators in more than 36 BRJ branches in the Middle East. Not only that, but I am representing above 300,000 young males and females in this region, who decided to abandon unemployment and to fit in the job opportunities provided to them. In fact, they honored us with the opportunity to serve them. Without the support from God, and then the success of those young males and females, we would have never been able to walk along this road. Thank you all." Jameel said BRJ has provided more than SR1.3 billion to finance small projects and productive household projects. “We are looking to reach one million job opportunities within the few upcoming years," he said. In the Middle East, BRJ has 36 branches, of which 26 branches are in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 5 in Egypt, 2 in Syria, 2 in Morocco and one branch in Turkey. – SG
