Latin America and the Caribbean lost 2.2 million jobs in 2009 amid the global economic crisis, according to a Business Week article.
The unemployment rate is 8.4% and the total number of unemployed is 18.1 million. Does this mean there are no jobs available for us Caribbean job seekers?
I don’t believe so. A review of the Caribbean job sites shows that new jobs have been added over the past days and weeks. Positions are still available for the right skills match.
What this means is that our skills arsenal must have at least one deep skill that would not be generally available in the region. For example, having knowledge and skills in insurance audits, rather than just being an insurance agent, or being Cisco certified rather than general router and firewall knowledge.
Every job market is tough right now and you must be able to show your benefits as en employee. Find an area in your skills you enjoy and learn more about it, dig deeper. This will benefit you whatever part of the world you work in.
/Caribguy
