Employment promotion agency helps young people enter the labour market
2007-04-20
The Moroccan state employment agency works with jobseekers, employers and entrepreneurs to facilitate the country's labour market. The organization is young but has placed more than 31,000 Moroccans in jobs and plans to expand and improve its services.
Text and photos by Sarah Touahri for Magharebia in Rabat – 20/04/2007
 ANAPEC’s services are proving popular with young people |
At the National Agency for the Promotion of Employment and Skills (ANAPEC) in Rabat’s Agdal district, young people carefully examine job postings on the wall. Some note down the details they need and then approach staff to ask for further information.
Amale Bahraoui, a young business management graduate, says she comes here at least once a week. It has been almost nine months since she graduated, but she has still been unable to find a steady job that lives up to her expectations. She did find one six months ago through ANAPEC but the position's monthly salary of 1600 dirhams ($200) was not to her liking. She has returned to the agency to find a new job with higher pay.
Next to her, Salaheddine Kamali, an economics graduate, is also trying to find a job that matches his background. This is the first time he has visited the agency and he hopes to find a job as soon as possible. "I didn’t have much faith in ANAPEC’s services but a lot of my friends have found jobs through it", he says confidently.
On the first floor, four members of the staff are responsible for searching for and handling job offers from employers and matching jobseekers with positions. They greet and give guidance to jobseekers. They also advise young entrepreneurs on their business plans.
Hafif Kamal, ANAPEC’s general manager, explained that this state-run organisation offers a wide range of services to jobseekers, employers and entrepreneurs. It helps jobseekers by putting them into their database of candidates and it helps employers by providing them with potential applicants from its national database and advertising open positions free of charge. ANAPEC also compiles an initial shortlist of candidates for employers according to criteria agreed upon in advance. The agency helps entrepreneurs with their business plans and assists foreign companies in hiring Moroccan staff.
Thousands of Moroccans have already travelled to Spain to work in a variety of sectors such as agriculture. By the end of 2006, ANAPEC had found jobs for 31,000 people. It has 400 experienced advisers and 10,000 businesses among its clients. In 2006 the agency identified over 6,000 job training opportunities as part of a special drive. The Moukawalati programme saw the opening of 70 helpdesks, expressions of interest from 11,000 project sponsors, 2,600 projects shortlisted and 800 submitted to banks.
 Many women have travelled to Spain to work in agriculture with the help of ANAPEC |
It is anticipated that ANAPEC will find positions for 38,000 jobseekers this year. "2007 looks to be shaping up well," Kamal told Magharebia. The agency’s action plan for this year focuses in particular on supporting its job promotion programme, under which it plans to help 200,000 young graduates find jobs by 2008. ANAPEC's own development plan comprises five main areas: expanding and modernising its network of offices, developing high-quality pilot schemes and management, increasing the professionalism of its services, opening up the agency to partners, and motivating staff to improve their performance. One hundred new jobs are expected to be created within the organisation.
A total of 189m dirhams will be needed to achieve these objectives (112m for operations and 77m for investment), representing an 85.7% increase over last year’s spending. In 2007, the ANAPEC network will expand to comprise some fifty local offices.
Hamdane Bencherif, a Rabat business manager, says he is currently seeking trainees from ANAPEC. He believes this will give him the opportunity to test candidates before hiring them. However, the agency has measures in place to protect trainees. Currently the maximum training period is eighteen months, after which the company has to offer a permanent post. If the agreement is broken, the employer is obliged to inform ANAPEC within 48 hours. Training salaries can vary between 1600 and 4500 dirhams.
Some trainees are unhappy when companies offer only the minimum salary. Salim Kartouchi, an IT graduate, tried three companies. "They all offered the same: 1600 dirhams a month. I didn’t accept because that doesn’t even cover my travel expenses," he said.
Hakima Souiri, a law graduate, disagrees. In her view the most important thing is to enable young people to get a foothold in the job market. "At the beginning, the salary doesn’t matter. What’s important is the experience, which helps you find a better job later on," she told us.
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hayat arjil Posted 2007-04-24
almaghribiya is an interesting channel . i like it very much but i have a coplaint about some thing .almaghribiya re_ show the same programmes as the first moroccan channel shows it should shaw its own prodrammes .thank you
نزيهة Posted 2007-04-25
I'm a teacher in a private school and the employer refuses to grant me an ANAPEC contract, what are its advantages for me?
a.mashharawi Posted 2007-05-02
That's good and very interesting
مصطفى Posted 2007-05-16
You're all liars, thieves
Anonymous Posted 2007-05-17
Thank you for your interest
rajaa souyeb Posted 2007-05-21
Thank you for letting us know this information. Honestly, we need your articles. But, in my opinion, Anapec is doing its best to help the youth; despite the role it is actually playing. There are always more questions than answers.
brahim Posted 2007-05-23
I want to know whether I can register at the Youth Employment Promotion Agency
هدى بنعمار Posted 2007-06-24
Salam alaikoum, I'm a young girl I obtained a bachelor degree in psychology last year, I haven't found a job and want to register at the ANAPEC and don't know how, please give me necessary information.
المصطفى Posted 2007-08-09
My belief is that the National Employment Promotion Agency has so far failed to contain the crisis because it lacks mediation capability between recruiters and job seekers. Even if we assume it does, the solutions provided are no more than a form of patchwork. The problem of joblessness is intrinsically linked to other, much more complicated issues because the job candidate is always caught between this hideous cat-and-mouse game of contract awards or lack thereof, in which case the welfare of the job seeker is put in jeopardy by stifling his legitimate right to a job as well as that of the business owners who are always worried about the reshuffling of the Agency’s personnel to avoid the daunting responsibilities of salary scheduling and related issues. We should not also forget that businesses in Morocco are largely inadequate in all aspects to absorb part of the unemployed population, considering the stringent taxation system they face in a country where business and economic ventures alike are highly risky- especially when they are failing to manoeuvre themselves under bureaucratic pressure, complex regulations, random tax amendments, deterioration of the market and the widespread lack of understanding by the consumer of the free market economy and fairplay. In the midst of this mayhem, positions are lost and businesses, regardless of size, prove to be unable to bypass this fragile situation. We hope there is a genuine, firm and integrated political will with a modern economic perspective that caters to the interests of the masses, especially the working class considering they are, first and foremost, human beings and need to live in non-negotiable dignity. We hope the businesses receive the required improvement and consideration as a fundamental basis of our national economy and not simply an individualistic enterprise that churn profit for its owners only.
safran Posted 2007-08-10
There's nothing to do
سهام Posted 2007-08-30
Salam alaikoum, My attitude towards the phenomenon of unemployment widely spread among Moroccan young people, is that it is actually a deep-rooted crisis. Despite all serious attempts to stop the flow of unemployed people and integrate them in the labor market, we still suffer and suffer every year from an increasing number of unemployed young people. I’m one of them. I obtained a bachelor degree with the help of God and a technical diploma from an applied institute, but unfortunately, our wishes didn’t come true. But will and determination are still present with the help of God in the hearts of our Moroccan young people who has been and is still enduring the first phases of his studies until graduation and afterwards. We have endured hardship which taught us patient and not to stop until the last minute. We’re not desperate from the mercy of God the Almighty. The livelihood in His Hands, God says “And for those who fear Allah, He (ever) prepares a way out. And He provides for him from sources he never could imagine”. Oh Lord sustain us and assist those who work on employing the Moroccan youth. Thank you for your efforts. God help us.
منار Posted 2007-09-24
Salam alaikoum, I'm a Moroccan young girl. I have a bachelor degree in law. I want to register at the national agency for the promotion of work but don't know how. So please help me. Thank you.
يونس Posted 2007-10-23
I advise you to fear God namely in the young people of the nation.
محمد بوعسول Posted 2007-10-31
We Thank ANAPEC for its services to young people, God is the Helper.
marwane el biyari Posted 2007-11-03
I thank very much this initiative of this entreprise and hope they will achieve great success because the young people of the Maghreb are going astray.
....?boubaker Posted 2007-11-08
Salam, the opportunities you offer don't cover all the fields of specialization. Anyway, this is a good initiative. Thank you.
mohammed Posted 2007-11-16
The problem here in Morocco is that the young people holding diplomas do not know a thing about the business environment. Both bachelors and masters have become common and neither requires an internship at the end of the education. A dissertation does not suffice to confront the minimum hiring requirements. In my opinion, the solution on the side of the State, if it is unable to take care of the entirety of those holding diplomas, is to privatise the education of our young people, moving it to internships, and in exchange, offering them fiscal subsidization. Unfortunately, I notice that, after having lost hope in being integrated, the majority of those holding diplomas do whatever they can just to live. They end up working in construction, being forced into it as if they had never studied! This is socially dismal! You know well that in Morocco such forced work is paid poorly, while social services cost quite a bit. If the State gives the possibility of creating a business thanks to Moukawalati, then I think it is better to facilitate its tasks in such affairs. An unemployed candidate holding a diploma has neither has the initial capital needed to get started nor to make a good analysis. So how would he then be able to have his own business? This is really difficult!!!
الحجاج بن يوسف المغربي Posted 2007-11-27
Oh God I repent to you, there's no turning of your fate and no attorney for a judgment you ruled out except the favourable testimony of your prophet Mohamed. Oh God we don't want a job if it will entail your anger, we don't want a post if it will cause your anger. But, Lord, what can we do, we are in Morocco, oh Lord assist it and us, you're forgiving and merciful.
ali chantir Posted 2007-12-06
Salam alaikoum, I'm a Moroccan looking for a work contract in Spain. I have 3 children and I'm unemployed. Please help me. Salam.
عزيز Posted 2007-12-07
I'm a young man, I'm 21, I want your help to get a work contract in Spain or any European country. Thank you.
حلمي Posted 2007-12-10
I'm a Moroccan young man. I have a degree in geography. I work in a private institute. I teach the preparatory and secondary classes at a very low price 350 riyals an hour, can this be considered a job?
majda Posted 2007-12-14
Hello, I assure you that ANAPEC are all liars. I have been registered there since it was called CIOP and I still am even now that it is called ANAPEC. I have gotten nothing from them despite my skills and diplomas. I hold a diploma in economic sciences and an ISTA diploma as a technician with three years' internship. When I went to their central agency in the big city and the agents working there did not even know that ANAPEC was located in my city. There is even one of their offices in my city, though, I have never found anyone there since I re-registered. And, they required me to re-register multiple times with every change in the agency.
Marocain pur Posted 2007-12-20
This agency is nothing but a false hope put in place expressly for the unemployed people who hold diplomas. This poor people are waiting around hoping to have a job or are in internships while the days pass by without any concrete results…just wind…You just wait all your life while others are living theirs happily and having children. You, you are always hoping to have a job…so go and sell mint…nothing.
محمد من بلقصيري Posted 2007-12-28
This agency doesn't do its mission towards young people. We have noticed that it shows interest to the unemployed who have no degrees and workers (building) with a total neglect of graduates who lost their trust in this agency and who receive no replies to their applications, by God it's a farce.
hanane temsamani Posted 2007-12-29
In spite of the hardship I endured to find a job, I can't deny the initiative of ANAPEC even if my luck wasn't good with it but my friends work thanks to the efforts of ANAPEC. I wish them success, it's the hope of university graduates.
مصطفى افزي Posted 2007-12-31
I'm a Moroccan young man. I have a baccalaureate degree. I'm 22 and have experience in commerce. I'm looking for a permanent job with a humble salary. I ask you today to help me to achieve this request. Thank you.
asmaa Posted 2008-01-02
I'm looking for a job. I have a bachelor degree in Arab literature, I want a job. Rescue us from unemployment.
فريدة Posted 2008-01-05
العلام محمد Posted 2008-01-17
Salam alaikoum. I would like to ask the directors of this site about projects proposed to young people who wish to set up a medium entreprise. I'm one of the young people who have no knowledge in the field of entreprise. But unemployment has led this category to enter the world of entreprises. So what are the projects you propose to set up a medium entreprise?
عبدالرزاق Posted 2008-01-25
I am a young man. I have a degree in informatics. I am looking for work.
عبد الحق العصيمي Posted 2008-01-27
I’m a Moroccan young man. I was born in 1980 in the city of Casablanca. I have a bachelor degree in history and civilization. I worked as animator and prepared some TV ads. I’m also active in the artistic field as actor and play director for many plays. I’m honoured to register my name in this special service hoping from those with bounty hearts to help us find a stable job to provide for me an income to build my future and assist my family. Sincerely yours. Abdelhaq Laadimi.
الصدقي عبد الرحمان Posted 2008-01-28
I want to work in agriculture in Spain, so show me a way
Anonymous Posted 2008-02-02
I am a young Moroccan man. I just want to find a job; I do not care what the pay is! I just want some work to save me from this life of unemployment.
rabi3 Posted 2008-02-08
I hope honestly from the administrators who work in these respectable institutes to provide necessary help to unemployed young men and with all transparency which we lost in this country. Thank you.
محمد Posted 2008-02-11
I’m a young man. I’m 23. I have a bachelor degree in law I want to register at ANAPEC but don’t know how. Please provide me with necessary information. Thank you.
mustafa Posted 2008-02-20
I am a young man. I'm 30 and I'm an immigrant in an Arab country. I wish success to Moroccans.
nezha Posted 2008-02-20
I am a 25-year-old girl. I have a secretary’s and office-reporting diploma. I am looking for work.
عبدو Posted 2008-02-22
This is enormous; for the sons of this nation to be lost, this is enormous, by God.
Anonymous Posted 2008-02-26
I want a job.
مصطفى Posted 2008-03-01
I have an agriculture diploma. I'm looking for a job in Spain, please help me may God reward you. Thank you.
hasna sbira Posted 2008-03-09
It is good to have this service here in Morocco, but it would be more interesting if you had found specific contacts.
يونس المحجوبي Posted 2008-03-17
Salam alaikoum. I want to know if I can get information about this initiative.
azdine Posted 2008-03-18
I have never worked in my life I just want to understand what work is like. Now I have a money problem, I no longer make a living, I need work.
khayi moussa mohamed Posted 2008-03-26
I am Mohamed from Morocco, the city of Salé, I am looking for a stable job in Spain. I have a diploma in mechanics.
noreddine Posted 30 days ago
I want to work in agriculture in Spain so please tell me what to do. I have a baccalaureate in literature. Please reply as soon as possible.
اسماعيل Posted 25 days ago
I thank everyone who works on this interesting project, the address Tiki Tagmoute, Taghjijt, province of Guelmim.
نادية Posted 19 days ago
I ask God to help all these young people find a job in our country.
نادية شكير Posted 16 days ago
Patience is the key to the solution. My dear ones don’t stop looking, finding a respectable job is hard today.
malika Posted 14 days ago
In reality I can’t find anything to say because I am myself looking for a job but amidst the unemployment phenomenon I discovered I don’t think that I have an opportunity with you. But I won’t despair. I am a young girl, I am 30, baccalaureate level, literature. I want to work to support my family thank you for your help. God is the assistant. May God assist you for the help you offer to young people.
حسناء Posted 14 days ago
Salam alikoum. I have a bachelor's degree in private law. I ask God that you help me in finding a job. Thank you very much.
حميد افقير Posted 8 days ago
I am a young Moroccan man, I am 23. I have a bachelor degree in the English language and a diploma in pre-schooling education. I want a job. Thank you.
azdin Posted 7 days ago
I am a young Moroccan man, I am specialised in welding. I want to work in a company.
LAHCEN Posted 3 days ago
Can ANAPEC find temporary work for experienced retirees so they can subsidise their basic living expenses? Best regards and thank you
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