In just the first quarter of 2019, the Ministry of Social Protection’s Central Recruitment and Manpower Agency (CRMA) facilitated the employment of some 156 persons.

This was announced by the Ministry on Monday, through CRMA Chief Recruitment and Manpower Officer, Valarie Moore, who explained that, during the first quarter, a total of 781 applications were submitted to employers and 156 persons were successful.
“When we submit persons to vacant positions we cannot guarantee the person [of] getting the job. We help persons to get to the human resource department within a short space of time,” Moore stated, adding:
“You may have all the necessary requirements but at the interview sessions you have to perform so that you can be successful.”

In a public post the Ministry stated that officers from CRMA actively visited work places to solicit vacancies from employers in order to accumulate employment.
Some 393 work places were visited and employers there were presented with fliers and brochures and they were encouraged to use the CRMA services for free. The Chief Recruitment and Manpower Officer highlighted that the agency collaborates with its sister agency, the Board of Industrial Training (BIT) to train the many unqualified young people who visit the agency seeking employment.