Tag Archives: Caribbean employment

Youth, jobseekers urged to consider careers in agriculture

Jobseekers, youth reminded that agriculture is more than working in a field BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS — A regional non-profit wants to encourage more Caribbean jobseekers, and especially young people, to pursue jobs in agriculture. The Caribbean Youth Environment Network (CYEN) made the appeal recently while speaking to media organization Barbados Today. According to a CYEN survey…
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Construction jobs abound in SVG

PM Gonsalves: No skilled labourer in SVG cannot get a job right now KINGSTOWN, ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES — A boom in construction jobs in St. Vincent & the Grenadines means almost no skilled worker in the country should struggle to find work. [caption id="attachment_6642" align="alignright" width="418"] No skilled worker should struggle to find…
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IMF suggests ways Grenada can improve local jobs

Wage increases, better training, pension among the recommendations SAINT GEORGE’S, GRENADA — Just as the country prepares to wrap up public consultation on minimum wage increases, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has published a comprehensive list of recommendations to help improve jobs in Grenada. Notably, increasing minimum wage for public workers is among the recommendations…
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New ILO programme will help 300 get jobs in Belize

Programme will target women, youth, marginalized groups BELMOPAN, BELIZE — The International Labour Organization (ILO) is on a mission to help ensure more marginalized groups find jobs in Belize through a new programme it plans to launch in the near future. [caption id="attachment_6607" align="alignright" width="275"] Most Belizean businesses are MSMEs. (Photo by Mikhail Nilov on…
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