Over 1500 youths acquire jobs via Central Manpower and Recruitment Agency

Aug 18, 2016 News

With youth unemployment in Guyana relatively high, the Central Manpower and Recruitment Agency, (CMRA) under the Ministry of Social Protection has been instrumental in assisting over 1500 young persons’ acquire jobs in the various sectors.
According to information obtained from the Ministry, approximately 1,561 applications have been processed via the agency, within the first half of 2016.
The CMRA would have received about 1854 vacancies from various companies.
According to Public Relations Officer of the Ministry of Social Protection, Terence Esseboom, the vacancies advertised are essentially for semi-skilled workers such as factory employees, cashiers, cooks and labourers. He said that the job seekers are usually between the ages of 16-35 years old.
These jobs, he said, differ from the ones advertised by the Ministry of Public Service. Esseboom outlined that within the last twelve months, 2,212 jobs were acquired via the agency.
In 2014, the CMRA was able to place 2,385 jobs for applicants.
The CMRA was established by the Government as a method of placing individuals seeking jobs in suitable employment, in addition to providing career counselling and guidance to such persons.
It is the Agency’s mandate to fulfill the desire of jobseekers through matching their level of qualification required by organisations recruiting and arranging interviews to be conducted, registering the unemployed actively seeking employment, and making a record of all informed vacancies.
In recent years, the CRMA made its services available online through a public/private sector modernisation and e-governance programme, that allows persons with access to the internet to make submissions if they are seeking employment from anywhere in the country.
The Ministry had also conducted job fairs to take the services of the labour department and the new services of the CRMA directly to the people. Charity, Bartica, Linden and New Amsterdam were beneficiary areas.
In cases of persons who do not have access to the internet, it has partnered with the Regional Administration to provide hard copies of the application forms.
Based on a recent study from the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), Guyana has recorded a youth unemployment rate of about 40%. In the study, Guyana and seven other regional countries were surveyed in regards to their youth unemployment. The report indicated that out of the reviewed countries, Guyana’s rate was the highest.
According to the report’s findings, the regional countries with the highest persistent youth unemployment were Guyana and Suriname. Since 2000, these rates have been consistently above 30% with Guyana’s rate hovering around 40% this time.
The CDB report covered a period from 1991 to 2012 for selected countries in the Caribbean.
In regards to Guyana, the report showed that rates have been steadily rising over the years.
From 2005 to 2006, the country saw a noticeable decline in the youth unemployment rate. The rate held relatively steady from 2006 to about 2009, when it started increasing.
Between 2001 and 2002, Guyana saw a staggering 50% rate of youth unemployment, a figure far above that of any other country. Since then, the country has been hovering between 30% and 50% but never below the 30% mark. The only time in just over 20 years Guyana fell below 30% was between 1991 and 1992 when the rate was about 27%.

Latest News

Over 1500 youths acquire jobs via Central Manpower and Recruitment Agency

Related

Similar Articles

The Glenn Lall Show|| February, 14th, 2025

Follow on Tik Tok @Glennlall

THE BLUNT OF THE DAY

Sports

Everest Masters to engage Costa Rica in T20 fixtures

GCB saddened at passing of Former GCB...

Guyana/Barbados battle as opening round gets...

ESCL T20 starts March 2

Guyana boys team selected for 2025 PAHF Jr...

Mainstay Goldstar FC receives NSC support ahead...

Features/Columnists

The clock and the cloud

CARICOM Nations Should Respond Together To new U.S. Policies

Wood snake year

Publisher’s Note

Weekend Cartoon

Bridge Watch

Demerara Harbour Bridge

> Berbice Bridge […]

Over 1500 youths acquire jobs via Central Manpower and Recruitment Agency

Share this:

Related

Similar Articles

The Glenn Lall Show|| February, 14th, 2025

Follow on Tik Tok @Glennlall

THE BLUNT OF THE DAY

Sports

Features/Columnists

Publisher’s Note

Weekend Cartoon

Bridge Watch

Demerara Harbour Bridge

> Berbice Bridge […]