Portugal: first employment forum for Portuguese-speaking African countries

The first recruitment forum for Portuguese-speaking Africa took place on March 7 and 8, 2008 in Lisbon. Created by Global Career Company, an international recruitment and consulting agency, this forum enabled to gather 26 multinational companies and hundreds of applicants. (Ref. 080207)
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During this forum, there were about 220 vacant positions in one of the five Portuguese-speaking African countries (PALOP, Portuguese for: Países Africanos de Língua Oficial Portuguesa): Angola, Mozambique, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, and São Tomé and Príncipe. Some of these countries have a booming economy. Such is the case for Angola, which has an annual growth rate of about 20%. “This can explain why 98% of our applicants are from this country. Besides, the Angolan government set a quota of 70

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