By Naomi Marshall
“Things are getting better in Linden, Upper Demerara-Berbice” says Region Ten’s Chairman, Rennis Morian.
The Regional Democratic Council (RDC) Region 10 has partnered with Qualfon to create jobs for 100 residents of Linden.
At a press conference on Tuesday, Morian noted that the partnership is focusing on jobs for young people of the mining town.

“Basically this is the focus of the government that the Regional Democratic Council should engage with the employers in relation to the employment in the region,” Morian said.
Senior Site Manager of Qualfon, Plaisance, Shem Erskine stated that the idea was brought about by at least five Lindeners who moved to the city seeking jobs and are presently apart of their team. He further noted that their team met with a few community leaders and the feedback that they received has been exceptional which lead them to host a Job Fair.

The Job Fair will be held on Saturday, December 2, 2017 in Lens building at 9:00hrs in the mining town. The fair will focus on hiring persons from Linden to work for Qualfon.
At the fair, on-the-spot interviews will be conducted by Qualfon’s Marketing team. Once that is done they will be conducting an assessment in Georgetown at Qualfon on Sunday, December 3, 2017 and Monday, December 4, 2017. Transportation will be provided. At the final stage of the process, those that passed the assessment will be officially employed at Qualfon.

Those employed will be based in Georgetown, however, their transportation cost to and from work will be funded by Qualfon.
Those interested must be 17-years-old and over; must have completed secondary school and are asked to walk with any form of valid identification proof and qualifications if any.
“This is going to be an ongoing relationship between us and the community. Whenever there are jobs available we’re going to reach out to those leaders within the Linden community who we formed a partnership with,” highlighted Erskine.

Councillor Charles Sampson pointed out that there is a high level of unemployment in Linden, especially among the young people.
“I am hoping that after this programme and the subsequent interviews a lot of our young people would be employed,” stated Sampson.
He also appeals to the young people to take up the opportunity so they can get jobs and earn some money and have a good life.
According to Morian, this is the first partnership but certainly is not the last since the RDC plans to meet with another team in the near future to address the infrastructural development in Linden.