Caribbean Employment

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St. Lucia minister says embracing digitization can lead to new business and job growth

Minister Hippolyte outlines the importance of e-commerce in enhancing job growth in St. Lucia’s economy  CASTRIES, ST. LUCIA — The nation must fully embrace digitization to seize new business opportunities, foster job growth and ultimately restore the economy, asserted Minister for Commerce, Manufacturing, Business Development, Cooperatives and Consumer Affairs Emma Hippolyte. As the St. Lucia…
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Sandals Resorts & Bahamas Labour Dept. host job fair to hire 300 workers ahead of hotel’s reopening

200 employees to be hired at Sandals Royal Bahamian while 100 to be hired at Sandals Emerald Bay  NASSAU, BAHAMAS — As Sandals Resorts International (SRI) prepares to officially reopen its Royal Bahamian property that has been closed for more than a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the company is hosting a job fair…
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Bahamas Labour Dept. expands efforts to facilitate employment with Online Skills Bank

“Because of the Online Skills Bank, it has a greater reach, and so we see a lot of persons now applying in various disciplines…” — Christopher Farrington, public employment services officer NASSAU, BAHAMAS — The Bahamas Department of Labour’s efforts to assist citizens and residents with gainful employment has become more digitized over the last…
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Employment in Barbados inches higher in second quarter of 2021

Wholesale & retail trade industry employed the most Barbadians between April and June 2021  BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS — Barbados has become the latest Caribbean nation to evidence signs of a gradual recovery from the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic as newly released labour statistics show a slight increase in employment in the second quarter of…
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