The difficulty of getting a job remains a growing problem which has got even worse with the global economic crisis pushing most companies towards making posts redundant. Figures provided by the Planning Institute of Jamaica indicate that between October of 2008 and May of this year, 14,750 positions were made redundant. This number has added to the thousands of unemployed already in search of a job. Dr Leahcim Semaj, psychologist at the Job Bank, said persons should gravitate to recession-proof jobs, which would...
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