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Last Updated: Jan 21, 2018 - 6:15:47 PM |
Photos show Senator the Hon. Dion Foulkes, Minister of Labour, shaking hands with job seeker; persons being interviewed, and those lined up outside the Gym seeking to be registered for employment. (BIS Photos/Derek Smith)
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NASSAU, The Bahamas – Multitudes of persons turned up at the Kendal G.L.
Isaacs Gymnasium on Saturday, January 20, 2018 for the second
installment of the Ministry of Labour’s Public Employment Services
Initiative, “Labour on the Blocks.”
Facilitated by the Department
of Labour, the purpose of this weekend’s initiative was to register job
seekers interested in employment in the construction field.
Between
the hours of 12 noon to 4 pm, job seekers turned up with relevant
requested information, which was entered into the Department of Labour’s
database.
Present were Senator the Hon. Dion Foulkes, Minister of Labour; Robert Farquharson, Director of Labour; and other officials from the ministry.
Slide show: (BIS Photos/Derek Smith)
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Also there were businesses and institutions such as the Bahamas Technical and Vocational Institute (BTVI), which registered job seekers onsite for potential employment and skills training.
The Ministry of Labour launched its Public Employment Services (PES) initiative, “Labour on the Blocks” on January 13, 2018 in Bain and Grants Town, and will host monthly “Labour on the Blocks” events in communities in New Providence. The initiative will be extended to Grand Bahama and to the Family Islands, including: Abaco, Eleuthera, Andros and Exuma.
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