The Central Recruitment and Manpower Agency (CRMA) was successful in finding employment for thousands of Guyanese last year; and the  Labour Ministry under whose purview its falls, is hoping to have similar success this year.

Minister of Labour, Dr Nanda Gopaul, is encouraging more business entities, whether private or public, to register with the CRMA.
“That is working pretty well, that is collaborating with other agencies around the country, and we are sharing information. We have been able to place a few thousands in jobs last year, and this year we are hoping to do the same…we want all the skills we can have to harness the resources of this country,” Dr Gopaul told the Government Information Agency recently.
In  November 2010, 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.
Similarly, employers can access the services of the agency by posting their vacancies online.
In 2011, the Labour Ministry conducted job fairs to take the services of the Labour Department and the new services of the CRMA directly to the people. Charity, Region 2, Bartica, Linden and New Amsterdam were beneficiary areas.
The ministry also catered for those persons who do not have access to the internet as it has partnered with the Regional Administration to provide hard copies of the application forms.
Over the period 2009 to 2010, the CRMA increased its job placement rate by 11 percent, from a total of 2023 to 2270. During that period, registration also increased by 10 percent from 2732 in 2009 to 3003 in 2010, while notification of vacancies increased by 19 percent from 2479 in 2009, to 2972 in 2010.
The agency exists with the objective to place individuals seeking jobs in suitable employment and provide career guidance and counselling. It is the agency’s mandate to fulfil the desire of jobseekers through matching their level of qualification required by organizations; recruiting and arranging interviews to be conducted; registering the unemployed actively seeking employment, and making a record of all informed vacancies.
Active jobseekers can log on to the CRMA website (http://www.crma-gy.com/) and register as a member.
After registration, an employer can publish information on the website about the vacancy available. This is followed by a telephone contact to certify the details for the vacancy. Once this information is established, a jobseeker will be selected.