December 16, 2022
Continued economic diversification amongst Caribbean nations is creating new jobs, career paths and growth, notes Caribbean Employment Services Inc. CEO Joseph Boll. Further, emerging industries present an opportunity to amalgamate with existing industries, lending to their development and improving the economic resilience of nations overall.
“This is an incredible development we’ve been seeing recently,” said Boll. “Obviously, the pandemic was somewhat of a traumatic wake-up call for governing bodies and businesses, as we all realized just how reliant the region was on tourism. But economic diversification continues to emerge as an amazing silver lining in all of this, as we’re now seeing new business and job opportunities in industries that we would have previously never expected to come across in this picturesque region.”
Caribbean Employment Services Inc. is a market-leading digital talent acquisition service that aims to connect the top talent from the Caribbean with hiring managers, HR professionals and decision-makers in companies both within the Caribbean as well as abroad. Further, it aims to provide the region’s jobseekers and those who are already employed with news and resources related to Caribbean labour.
Over the past year especially, Caribbean Employment has noted an uptick in job opportunities in emerging fields, particularly in technology. Likewise, regional leaders and experts have encouraged Caribbean countries to embrace modern developments that will increase their respective economies’ resistance to external shocks like the pandemic. By embracing digitalization, for instance, Caribbean residents can enter international markets to provide skills, services and products even while still living and contributing to the economies of their local islands. At the same token, the widespread popularity of remote work can also help Caribbean workers to secure high-paying jobs for foreign employers even while they are still physically resident in their home countries. While such developments may have been previously discussed, the economic turmoil of the pandemic, and the resultant necessity for residents to find alternative livelihoods, have made them a reality.
At the same time, new industries have begun calling the Caribbean home. Several fields in technology, for instance, have nestled in countries like Barbados, The Bahamas and Jamaica, among others. Additionally, new technological advancements have begun to become intertwined with agriculture, which has been one of the historical major industries of many Caribbean nations. Careers in aquaponics have steadily gained popularity amid the pandemic, and now countries like Guyana and Jamaica are eyeing the billion-dollar global essential oil industry.
“It’s no longer the case that the ‘only’ jobs are in tourism, hospitality, finance or healthcare,” Boll added. “Now, we’re seeing entirely new, viable careers. Caribbean Employment Services Inc. is thrilled with this trend, and we’re eager to assist both employers in these emerging industries who are looking to bring on the best minds, as well as jobseekers keen to get involved in new economic sectors.”