BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS — Caribbean Employment Services Inc., a market-leading digital talent acquisition firm based in Barbados but operational throughout the Caribbean, is projecting a positive trajectory for employment in the region heading into 2024. The firm’s CEO, Joseph Boll, noted: “Unemployment in most of the CARICOM (Caribbean Community) Member States is trending downward, and many […]
Workers with disabilities around the globe often, unfortunately, face discrimination. Some may find themselves discriminated against on the job, while others may not be hired at all. This is no different in the Caribbean, where officials note disabled workers “are often doubly disadvantaged and marginalized”, with just 10 percent of people with disabilities being employed […]
BRIDGETOWN, 4 August, 2022 — Opportunities to work abroad continue to increase for Caribbean jobseekers, as a trend of foreign workers looking to this region to recruit continues. According to Caribbean Employment Services Inc. CEO Joseph Boll, this trend will continue for the foreseeable future and it’s up to Caribbean businesses to make their best […]
Could this pose a challenge for local employers and governments? BRIDGETOWN, 20 July, 2022 — True to the Caribbean’s resilient nature, the region’s workers are finding a positive side to an otherwise tumultuous international labour climate. While many “First World” nations are facing a shortage of skilled workers, Caribbean workers are stepping up to fill […]
After a pandemic that nearly wiped out the sector, the cruise industry is finally seeing a robust comeback in the Caribbean, along with the jobs that have benefitted our people for years. For just the first half of this year alone, Grenada, Jamaica, and The Bahamas are among the Caribbean nations that have seen the […]
Digital transformation holds the key to improving the labour market in the Caribbean, potentially addressing the vexing issue of brain drain; enabling the diaspora to return home and engage with the local economy; bringing widely-discussed economic diversification to fruition; and reducing reliance on government entities for jobs. All of this can be accomplished by Caribbean […]
In a new annual report, ECLAC estimates that the total number of poor people rose to 209 million by the end of 2020, which is 22 million more people than in the previous year. In addition, it calls for creating a new welfare state. (March 4, 2021) Poverty and extreme poverty in Latin America reached levels […]
October 12, 2020 – Prime Minister, Dr. the Right Honourable Keith Mitchell is impressed with the progress of work on the Kimpton Kawana Bay project. During a recent tour of the project site, Dr. Mitchell, accompanied by Parliamentary Representative for the area, Honourable Nickolas Steele, witnessed the start of work on the construction of the […]
July 02, 2020 – Prime Minister, Dr. the Right Honourable Keith Mitchell, has called on landlords across the country to be more sensitive to the plight of some tenants who are impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The appeal from the Prime Minister applies to landlords who rent properties for both residential and commercial purposes. In […]
