ROADTOWN Tortola BVI, February 3rd, 2012  – Minister for Education and Culture Honourable Myron V. Walwyn has issued a plea to the business community to support the Ministry’s upcoming Job and Career Fair to be held on Thursday, February 9th at the Multi-Purpose Sports Complex.

In a recent television and radio message, which will be broadcast on various stations today Minister Walwyn said, “Our entire Virgin Islands community stands to benefit from a cohort of eager and gainfully employed young people. Their energy and talents will be needed to advance our economy as they provide the necessary labour that can be trained to fit an organisation's culture and add to its goals.”

Minister Walwyn acknowledged and thanked the businesses that have already come forward but called for greater participation from the entire business community.

“A number of businesses have already come forward to offer jobs to these young people and I thank you for exercising sound corporate citizenship. We now need the support of a larger cross section of our businesses community to join this effort.”

Highlighting a responsibility of businesses the Minister added, “Your opportunity to do business in the Virgin Islands also comes with the responsibility to train our youth and assist Virgin Islanders with realizing their professional aspirations.

When our youth are productively engaged, it sets the stage for a thriving community that filters into social, educational and economical aspects of life in our territory. In my personal interactions with registrants, they are prepared to take on work challenges, as they now are aware of their role in advancing our Territory.”

As a lead up to the Job and Career Fair, the Ministry held a two week Job Readiness Forum which targeted the 490 individuals who registered with the Youth Unemployment Register. Attendees were trained in communication skills between colleagues, supervisors and managers, customer service, team building, personality profiling and interviewing skills.

Businesses should contact the Ministry of Education and Culture to register for the Job and Career Fair at 468-3701 ext. 3355. Alternatively, they can email the Minister directly at mwalwyn@gov.vg.

The Job and Career Fair, the Job Readiness Forum and the Youth Unemployment Register all stand to motivate and train young people to become enlightened, responsible and prepared to join the workforce as they contribute towards national development.

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