Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Disabled can seek govt jobs online, says PSC

By SARBAN SINGH

SEREMBAN: Disabled Malaysians seeking employment in the public sector have been told to apply online with the Public Service Commission (PSC) to speed up the government’s plan to reserve at least 1% of jobs for them.

Public Service director-general Datuk Seri Abu Bakar Abdullah said the disabled should state their status on their application.

“These are among several affirmative measures introduced by the government to ensure the disabled are considered for jobs in the civil service.

“The PSC must also ensure that all vacancies for jobs advertised online or through any other channel have a special section for the disabled,” he said in a circular.

The website of the PSC is www.spa.gov.my.

The disabled can apply for jobs in the top management group which is made up of the cream of the civil service, professionals and management as well as the support groups.

The disabled, he said, can seek assistance from the Welfare Department on how to apply for these jobs.

He said that to be considered for government jobs, the disabled must have registered with the department.

Although there are an estimated 2.7mil disabled Malaysians, only some 10% were registered with the department.

It is learnt that only the Welfare Department has achieved the government’s target to have at least 1% of its work force made of the physically or mentally challenged, blind, deaf or mute.

Abu Bakar said the PSC should ensure that the panel set up to interview disabled persons for such jobs had an officer from the Welfare Department or an officer who had experience dealing with the disabled.

He said Ministries should let the PSC know if there were jobs suitable for the disabled to make it easier for the PSC to place them.