Since the recent upgrading of Jamaica’s Labour Market Information System (LMIS), some 4,208 persons have found jobs, while the system has attracted 1,300 employers and 23,000 jobseekers. Making the disclosure, Minister of State in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Zavia Mayne, said the LMIS has had a “significant impact” on the labour
The Multicare Youth Foundation (MYF), in partnership with Starbucks and the HEART Trust NTA, recently launched the second phase of its Starbucks YUTE Work project in Kingston at the Trench Town Polytechnic College. The initiative, which began in April 2018 in Kingston and Montego Bay, with funding from the United States-based Starbucks Foundation, is providing
The Labour Market Information System (LMIS) is being revamped to make it more user-friendly, efficient and secure. The website, which falls under the purview of the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, enables employers to post job openings, and persons seeking employment to upload résumés. Job matching and placements are executed through the LMIS’s
