Employee referrals
Processing job vacancies
Running the Bermuda Job Board

Almost every point you have is already available for people of Bermuda. Don’t know what else you want the Government of the day or the CS to do short of actually going out and finding people to put into the training that they offer.

if people are serious there is an onslaught of opportunities for them.

This statement right here is an attack on employers, while shows the complete lack of understanding that all of the mentioned are REQUIREMENTS in a modern employment context. Hiring Bermudians in any industry sector is easier, more cost effective and better for any business in Bermuda. So they are not making excuses not to hire Bermudians , they never have. It is the lack of qualified skills, work ethic and general pro-activeness that has lead to this situation. Everyone knows this, otherwise jobs in construction, landscaping and the service industries would have been filled and remained filled by Bermudians, but we went through a significant period of time under the PLP where Bermudians did not want or need those jobs, essentially we set ourselves up for this situation and now the likes of Jason place blame on the employers, well in reality it was the unions and their leaders that never looked at the situation for what it was and started to make the necessary steps to ensure Bermudians were qualified and willing to work in certain sectors of the economy, is that not what the Unions should be doing for their members and the working class?

Bermuda is a knowledge-based economy. Almost its whole economy is based on insurance and financial services. If the local workforce don’t learn basic math or how to write a business letter in high school, then they can’t provide the skilled labour that is needed. No amount of “workforce development programs” or “pipelines and career pathway opportunities” or any of those other buzzwords will change that.