Mobily to train 6,000 Saudis in mobile sales, maintenance
RIYADH, August 25, 2016
Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Labor and Social Development and Etihad Etisalat (Mobily) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to train and support Saudi nationals to work in mobile sales and maintenance shops.
According to the MoU, the telecom company would provide training to around 6,000 Saudi males and females across the kingdom.
Minister of Labor and Social Development Dr Mufrej Al-Haqbani attended the signing ceremony where a number of officials and representatives from the company were present. They included Dr Abdulrahman Al-Oraini, director-general of Yesser, and Mobily chairman Sulaiman Al-Gwaiz.
The trainees will acquire necessary skills to join the phone market through apprenticeship to master salesmanship, marketing, accounting basics, warehouse management and maintenance basics, in addition to dealing with play stores and solving technical issues relating to services, products and systems.
The move, a part of Mobily's CSR initiatives, is in sync with the directive that targets the total Saudization of all sales outlets and maintenance shops of mobile phones and their accessories with the aim of providing employment to Saudis.
The signing ceremony was led by Dr Ibrahim Al- Shafiei, director of the guided nationalization programme, and Mulfi Al-Marzooqi, chief human resources officer of Mobily.
Al-Haqbani said the apprenticeship programme will enable Saudi nationals to enter the labor market.
Mobily's CEO Ahmed Farroukh extended his thanks to the ministry for signing the MoU with the company which represented the keenness of both parties to support positive initiatives. - TradeArabia News Service