Labor Exchange Project

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Labor Exchange Project Anglophone Caribbean and
Suriname
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Caribbean Labor Exchange Project Components

• Phase I Capacity Building
• Phase II Sustainability

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Phase IJuly 2000 December 2004

• Employment Service Capacity Building
• Internet-Based Job Matching System
• Tripartite Dialogue
• Awareness of Benefits

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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

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Project Design1.9 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
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Ministry Requirements

• Staff to Operate Centers
• Adequate Facility
• Tripartite Advisory Committee
• Business Plan with Marketing Strategy

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Capacity Building

• Employment Services
• Occupational Coding
• Résumé Writing and Interviewing Techniques
• Job Search Techniques
• Job Counseling
• Employer Outreach
• Customer Satisfaction

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Capacity Building

• Technology Training
• Basic Computer Skills
• Microsoft Software
• Job Matching Software
• PC Recruiter Operation

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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.

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Computer Technology

• Proprietary Systems
• Jamaica
• Trinidad
• Barbados
• Network Installation and Internet Access
• PC Recruiter Installation
• Website www.caribbeanpartners.org

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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)

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Building Benefits Awareness
Selling the Benefits of Labor Exchange Services
to Strategic Partners

• Increasing the Number of Employers Using the
  Center
• Building Successful Job Development Plans
• Selling to Customer Needs
• Seven Secrets of Creating Successful Partnerships

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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

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Networking Conferences

• March 2004
• Steps for Sustainability
• PC Recruiter Strengths and Weaknesses
• Needs Analysis Findings Recommendations
• Draft Proposal
• Seek Donor Funding

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Project Results
Created 8 One-Stop Centers
Track 1 Bahamas December 2001
Barbados January 2002
Jamaica January 2002

Track 2 Antigua April 2002
St. Vincent June 2002
Suriname August 2002

Track 3 Belize September 2002
St. Kitts December 2002
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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

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Employment Services Role in Economic Growth

• Expand Partnerships
• Fill Coordination Vacuum
• Collaborate to Attract Resources

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Stakeholder Partnerships . . .
Financial Resources
Private Sector Competitiveness
Community Economic Renewal
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. . . Set Stage for Economic Growth
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HEADQUARTERS 4619 Emerald Street Suite
D-1 Boise, ID 83706 Telephone [phone] Facsi
mile 208-367-0465
WASHINGTON, DC 1015 Eighteenth Street Suite
1000 Washington, DC 20036 Telephone [phone]
Facsimile 208-842-0885
Website www.w-s-i.net