Job fair for unemployed youths carded Feb. 9
In light of this, Minister for Education and Culture Hon. Myron Walwyn is appealing to businesses to be part of the Fair to facilitate registrants from the YUR, which will allow them to engage with prospective employers in finding work opportunities.
“A number of businesses have already come forward to offer jobs to these young people, and I thank you for exercising sound corporate citizenship. We now need the support of a larger cross section of our business community to join this effort,” Hon. Walwyn charged.
In his plea to the business community, the Education Minister pointed out that owning businesses in the Virgin Islands (VI) come with the responsibility of training youths and assisting Virgin Islanders in realising their professional aspirations.
“When our youths are productively engaged it sets the stage for thriving communities that filters into social, educational, and economical aspects of our lives, our Territory,” Hon. Walwyn further stated.
The Minister also noted that in his personal interaction with the registrants, he realised that “they are prepared to take on work challenges as they are now aware of their role in advancing the Territory”.
“The VI stands to gain a cohort of eager and gainfully employed young people. Their energy and talents will be needed to advance our economy as they provide the necessary labour that can be trained to fit our organisations, culture and add to its goals,” Hon. Walwyn added.
Over the past week and a half, registrants have been attending work readiness seminars aimed at matching youths with best suited jobs based on their aspirations and personalities, promote good work ethic, understand appropriate work behaviour and teach youths the confidence needed to win any employer.
The training sessions, which conclude today February 3, 2012, were facilitated by Judith Vanterpool and Albert Wheatley. The sessions covered customer service, team building skills, personality profiling and effective communication between colleagues, supervisors and managers.
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