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Caribbean Labor Exchange Project Overview

Learn about Anglophone Caribbean and Suriname Labor Exchange Project Components, focusing on capacity building, sustainability, and technology training. Discover benefits, strategies, and requirements for this initiative aimed at enhancing employment services and job matching. Get insights into Project Results and the key advantages of the Internet-Based Job Matching System.

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Caribbean Labor Exchange Project Overview

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  1. Labor Exchange Project Anglophone Caribbean and Suriname

  2. Caribbean Labor Exchange Project Components • Phase I: Capacity Building • Phase II: Sustainability September 30, 2004

  3. Phase IJuly 2000 – December 2004 • Employment Service Capacity Building • Internet-Based Job Matching System • Tripartite Dialogue • Awareness of Benefits September 30, 2004

  4. Phase IINovember 2003 – March 2004 Focus on Sustainability • Assess Region-wide Needs for Customizable Job Matching System • Support CARICOM Goal for Regional Labor and Automation Strategy • Identify Potential Donors September 30, 2004

  5. Project Design$1.9 million - 2.5 Years Donor: U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of International Labor Affairs Contractors: National Association of State Workforce Agencies Worldwide Strategies, Inc. Track 1 : Bahamas, Barbados, Jamaica, and Trinidad & Tobago Track 2 : Guyana, Suriname, Antigua & Barbuda, and St. Vincent & and the Grenadines Track 3 : St. Kitts, Grenada, Dominica, Saint Lucia, and Belize September 30, 2004

  6. Ministry Requirements • Staff to Operate Centers • Adequate Facility • Tripartite Advisory Committee • Business Plan with Marketing Strategy September 30, 2004

  7. Capacity Building Employment Services • Occupational Coding • Résumé Writing and Interviewing Techniques • Job Search Techniques • Job Counseling • Employer Outreach • Customer Satisfaction September 30, 2004

  8. Capacity Building Technology Training • Basic Computer Skills • Microsoft Software Job Matching Software • PC Recruiter Operation September 30, 2004

  9. Internet-Based Job Matching System Key Advantages • Jumpstarts working relationship between employers and Labor Ministry. • Enhances job search for high school and college graduates and for expatriates. • Provides planning information for vocational training and employment policy. September 30, 2004

  10. Computer Technology • Proprietary Systems • Jamaica • Trinidad • Barbados • Network Installation and Internet Access • PC Recruiter Installation • Website: www.caribbeanpartners.org September 30, 2004

  11. Tripartite Dialogue • Develop Stakeholder Commitment • Ministry of Labor • Employers Federations • Trade Unions • School and Training Institutes • Regular Committee Meetings on Progress and Problems • Suggestions for Specific Center Services • Marketing Center Services to Membership • Process Improvement Planning (Jamaica) September 30, 2004

  12. Building Benefits Awareness • Increasing the Number of Employers Using the Center • Building Successful Job Development Plans • Selling to Customer Needs • Seven Secrets of Creating Successful Partnerships Selling the Benefits of Labor Exchange Services to Strategic Partners September 30, 2004

  13. Networking Conferences May 2003 NetWORK for Success • 8 Countries plus Tanzania • Best Practices and Lessons Learned • Workshops • The Sustainability Question • Website and PC Recruiter Maintenance and Enhancement • Suriname, St. Kitts, Antigua, Belize, and St. Vincent Form Team September 30, 2004

  14. Networking Conferences March 2004 Steps for Sustainability • PC Recruiter Strengths and Weaknesses • Needs Analysis Findings & Recommendations • Draft Proposal • Seek Donor Funding September 30, 2004

  15. Project Results Created 8 One-Stop Centers September 30, 2004

  16. Project Results Internet-Based Job Matching System • Hosted by Antigua • Regional Automation Proposal • $3.6 million, 3 - 4 Years • Ministerial and CARICOM Support 9 Country Collaboration September 30, 2004

  17. Employment Service’s Role in Economic Growth • Expand Partnerships • Fill Coordination Vacuum • Collaborate to Attract Resources September 30, 2004

  18. Vocational Training Employment Services Local Government Chamber of Commerce Workforce Development Local Enterprise Agencies Trade Unions Private Enterprises NGO’s Consulting Firms Social Service Agencies Stakeholder Partnerships . . . Financial Resources Private Sector Competitiveness Community Economic Renewal September 30, 2004

  19. . . . Set Stage for Economic Growth September 30, 2004

  20. HEADQUARTERS 4619 Emerald Street Suite D-1 Boise, ID 83706 Telephone: 208-345-0751 Facsimile: 208-367-0465 WASHINGTON, DC 1015 Eighteenth Street Suite 1000 Washington, DC 20036 Telephone: 202-331-7045 Facsimile: 208-842-0885 Website: www.w-s-i.net

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