{"id":388624,"date":"2018-01-05T06:38:20","date_gmt":"2018-01-05T06:38:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=388624"},"modified":"2018-01-05T15:00:09","modified_gmt":"2018-01-05T15:00:09","slug":"immigration-service-to-bag-ghc4-2m-from-recruitment-exercise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=388624","title":{"rendered":"Immigration Service to bag GHc4.2m from recruitment exercise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Indications are that the Ghana Immigration Service bagged GHc 4,231,850 from its recent recruitment exercise.<\/p>\n<p>The e-vouchers for the recruitment, which were sold in November 2017, were priced at GHc 50.<\/p>\n<p>A total of 84,637 persons applied to be employed by the service, across the country, of which 47,477 were shortlisted for the second phase of the selection process.<\/p>\n<p>Only 500 of this number will eventually be selected nationwide.<\/p>\n<p>This phase of the recruitment process runs from January 4 to January 5, 2018.<\/p>\n<p>The bulk of the of the applications for this year\u2019s exercise was received from the Greater Accra Region, followed by the Ashanti and Brong Ahafo Regions.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-388921 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Applicants-829x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"766\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Applicants-829x1024.jpg 829w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Applicants-243x300.jpg 243w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Applicants-768x949.jpg 768w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Applicants.jpg 874w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>About\u00a015,000 hopeful applicants in Greater Accra Region alone have converged on the El Wak Stadium in Accra for the recruitment procedure to enroll into the Ghana Immigration Service.<\/p>\n<p>The phase two of the recruitment comprised a physical screening and document verification screening exercise, which started on Thursday, January 4, 2018, and will end on Friday, January 5, 2018 with an aptitude test.<\/p>\n<p>The persons applied as graduates, Higher National Diploma Holders and WASSCE Certificate Holders.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-388578\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Immigration-recruitment-33.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Immigration-recruitment-33.jpg 600w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Immigration-recruitment-33-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Immigration Service\u2019s decision to automate the recruitment process was anchored on the relative success of the process used in recent police and fire service recruitment exercises.<\/p>\n<p>The use of the online portals and\u00a0e-vouchers was to make the process more transparent and discourage the payment of bribes and the use of middlemen who defraud potential recruits.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Delali Adogla-Bessa\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indications are that the Ghana Immigration Service bagged GHc 4,231,850 from its recent recruitment exercise. The e-vouchers for the recruitment, which were sold in November 2017, were priced at GHc 50. 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