The creation of nearly 650 new jobs has been approved for companies with three-year job licences, according to figures issued by the department that administers the Regulation of Undertakings and Development Law.
Meanwhile, the latest figures show the percentage of jobs available to non-locally qualified people continues to fall slightly.
The percentage of jobs available to people who have lived in Jersey for less than five years in companies with three year licences was 19.6 per cent – the first time the figure has dropped below 20 per cent.
In 1998, when figures were first collated, nearly 25 per cent of these jobs were open to non-qualified people under Regulation of Undertakings definitions of residence.
The total number of jobs available in companies with three-year licences increased from 37,004 to 37,663 in the first six months of this year.
