French supermarket siege: 3 dead
The easiest age for finding jobs is one of the questions that are never convincingly answered, because there is no specific age to stop hunting for a work. If mind and body willing, average world population are just ready to keep going and not to forget the fact that ‘experience always counts.’
There are certain fields where experience matters the most while in some fields it is all about the youthful exuberance.
A data released by Gulftalent. com recently said, “In terms of age groups, professionals in their thirties are highest in demand, compared to their available supply, followed by those in their forties. Younger professionals in their twenties face the biggest competition in the job market, with more candidates available than job opportunities for their age and experience.”
According to news. efinancialcareers.com, globally the easiest age to find a financial job is those in the 36+ age group.
In terms of demand for skills, there will be an upsurge for finance professionals in the GCC, with the introduction of Value-added-tax (VAT) and the need to update finance processes and systems in the coming years. The Gulf job market is set to grow at an average rate of nine per cent this year, according to research conducted by Gulftalent.
“It is all depends on the needs of an organisation at that point of time. Youngsters (25-30) are important because they are exposed to the latest trends in terms of technology development,” Rajeev Krishnan, with over 30 years of experience in the Gulf, including UAE, Oman and Singapore.
He added, “But you also need a group of experienced hands to guide TREBES: Three people were killed in southwestern France on Friday when a gunman held up a car, opened fire on police and then took hostages in a supermarket.
Police later stormed the supermarket in the small town of Trebes and the attacker was killed, Interior Minister Gerard Collomb told reporters on site.
The attacker was known to authorities for petty crimes but was not considered a threat, Collomb said, adding that he was believed to have acted alone.
More than 240 people have been killed in France in attacks since 2015 by assailants who pledged allegiance to IS group, which claimed the responsibility for Friday’s attack.
“He was known for petty crimes. We had monitored him and thought there was no radicalisation,” Collomb said, before adding: “He was known for possession of drugs, we couldn’t have said that he was a these youngsters. Generally, the youth wants a lot to be achieved in a short time and they tend to rebel if the system fails to keep pace with their moves. This is where the experienced leadership plays a key role.”
In Oman, things are no different says Khalfan al Harthy, who retired a few years from a HR job to start a business. “Youngsters want things to move fast and they are not ready to play a waiting game. This is the challenge for most head-hunters. Some may have the necessary skills but lack the temperament to get all along with all types of colleagues to get the best possible results.”
He added, “I suggest all jobseekers and the employed should not compromise on the value for the services they offer. The employers who offer the best working conditions will get the best returns. Any efforts to take advantage of the other will result in a no-win situation.” radical that would carry out an attack.”
Collomb said three people were wounded. He said that before the attacker seized hostages he killed one person
With regards to women, Mariyam, serving in the administration department of a leading financial sector firm, said, “In Asia and also the GCC, including Oman, women play a key family role. They face certain challenges to maintain that fine balance at work and home. Challenges are more for employed women under mid-30s because of little children at home.”
She said, “Taking into the account the overall sincerity of the employees, men and women, the best employers are ones who get the best out of them, and not the ones who keep sacking in the search for someone 100 per cent perfect.”
“A newly-employed youngster will always love to work with an experienced team because they feel slightly secured from any form of competition and there is a someone to guide you to recover easily from mistakes,” said Salim al Balushi, who just joined a retail sector company. while stealing a car with a bullet in the head in the nearby historic town of Carcassonne.
He then shot at police officers before taking hostages.
A 45-year-old lieutenantcolonel swapped himself in exchange for one of the hostages, Collomb said.
President Emmanuel Macron said the incident appeared to be a terrorist attack.
Trebes Mayor Eric Menassi told LCI TV that the man had entered the Super-u supermarket screaming “I’ll kill you all”.
BFM TV reported that he claimed allegiance to IS Collomb said the man had demanded the release of Salah Abdeslam — the prime surviving suspect in the IS attacks that killed 130 people in Paris in 2015. Abdeslam, a French citizen born and raised in Brussels, went on trial in Belgium last month.
He is accused of “attempted murder in a terrorist context” over a Brussels shootout in March 2016, four months after he fled Paris on the night of the carnage during which his brother was among the suicide bombers.
A 45-YEAR OLD LIEUTENANT-COLONEL SWAPPED HIMSELF IN EXCHANGE OF ONE OF THE HOSTAGES HELD IN A SUPERMARKET