skilled job offers for Saudi nationals, continuous improvement for the productivity of national laborers through education and training, and matching the national human resources training programs with the real requirements in the labor market. He defended the government policy not to disburse unemployment bursaries and rather suggested to offer premiums for job-seekers who actually enter training courses. He described the Human Resources Development Fund as an important mechanism to reach Saudization of jobs objective. In conclusion, he pointed to the fact that despite limited impact of the international financial crisis on the Saudi economy, Saudi Arabia faces "somewhat high" rates of unemployment, terming the problem as of priority to labor market planners.
