Iran labor force
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Iranian Engineers Outnumber Technicians
EghtesadOnline: Iran has turned into a country of engineers. Labor force statistics for March 2011-17 show the ratio of engineering technicians to engineers is 1 to 1.7 in the country.
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War for Talent Shows Nuclear Deal Rewards for Skilled Iranians
EghtesadOnline: Aryan’s timing was impeccable: Months after he returned to Iran from college in Canada, job offers started to pile up. A decade of economic sanctions was drawing to an end in…
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Workers’ Minimum Wage to Rise by 14.5%
EghtesadOnline: After a 12-hour session, the Supreme Labor Council agreed to raise workers’ minimum wage for the next fiscal year (March 2017-18) by 14.5% to 9.3 million rials ($244.7) per month.
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Women Overtake Men in Job Market
EghtesadOnline: Women held 89% of all the jobs created over the past Iranian year (March 2015-16), according to the minister of cooperatives, labor and social welfare.