“Where are the jobs the Minister promised us?” – Local residents ask
“I am hereby making another appeal to our people, young and young at heart, to prepare and position yourselves for the exciting new jobs being created in the healthcare sector. The first phase of the new hospital will see the addition of 109 new jobs, 70 in the division of nursing alone, as well as jobs in medical coding and billing, and the introduction of dialysis technicians and scrub techs,” Hon Skelton had stated.
Indeed, especially with the transition from one building to the other, a number of job openings were already on the board for the taking and many of the unemployed, lots being of the youth unemployed population of the Virgin Islands, attempted to grab hold of some of those job as they said they trusted the words of their Minister for Health but were shamefully disappointed.
“We not getting the jobs, that was just a political speech and we were fooled once again. So many of us, I myself went to get even a simple job and there was nothing for me,” one VIslander told this news site.
Another claimed that she was made to understand that the jobs that most young and middle aged VIslanders are qualified to fill were given to persons who are already in the system, leaving positions that require the importation of labour. “They give people in the hospital system already those positions, mind you they could have given us who have no jobs and are well qualified than most of them already in the system...we out of a job and had our hopes built up and then dropped to the curb,” said another.
“It is sad that we the younger generation committed to going to school, passing our examinations, gone to college, got our associates, want a job in our own country to help us build our future, some of us want to go on to higher studies but we can’t do it so we need jobs that we can save to go off and further our studies but we not being given a fair opportunity to do this, especially us young women.”
Contacted about these concerns, Chairman of the BVI Health Services Authority (BVIHSA) John I. Cline said one of the questions asked that addresses the very concerns was “How do we intend to close the gap between the $40M that is given and the $45-$46M that is needed?”
He said it is through human resource management, “So it has become necessary for us to retrain and to reposition people internally before we look outside. It is not that we don’t want to hire people, we just don’t have the money to do it so we hire as many persons as we can but we are not able to hire all that we think we need because of financial restraints.”
He said that currently the BVIHSA is trying to fill the human resources needs of the hospital on a ‘shoe string’ budget.
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40 Responses to ““Where are the jobs the Minister promised us?” – Local residents ask”
You are a hypocrite and definitely not wise.
One time you supporting NDP ideas then you against them. Then you against those that defend their rights and you hide behind the blog.
Get a life and your name should be "MIX UP."
All I can say is the message of Mr. Osborne is of GREAT merit.
"BEWARE of those that will drive your well being and businesses into the ground so that you will have to BEG THEM for bread, scholarships, jobs, and handouts!"
Ms. Osborne expected government to finance his private venture and then turn around and pay him hundreds of thousands of dollars to purchase the same thing they financed from him.
This place has more opportunities then anyone could imagine. STOP LOOKING FOR GOVERNMENT JOBS!!! The marine industry is booming, the so called down island people are still trying to fight there way into the BVI, have to ask yourself why. Expats show up daily taking advantage of opportunities.
The problem with some of you is the days of the 50,000.00 petty contract and hand out have come to an end and you can't just keep wasting tax payers money doing a half @$$ job!!!
The season is in people are hiring if you don't want a job create an opportunity for yourself. People are cooking food and selling, vegetables are being sold on the side of the road. Get ya behind out and do what you have to do to take care of your family.
Many of the successful BVI Landers did any job to get ahead, now you look at them and figure you should have the same
Fisherman never have fish left over in my village it all sells!!! Stop complaining and go look work instead of trying to take over the head position at the hospital with a high school certificate
You sound too selfish with your bias blog. Tax payers dollars is for everybody not NDP and funny man only.
Ayo got Orlando gray hair dropping out!
So you are telling me that there are a bunch of BVIslanders, qualified to work in the health services and medical profession and are just home jobless? Give me a @#$%^& break. Perhaps the reason why some non-bvislanders are being employed by the Hospital is because they have worked in Hospitals before? Until we let go of the Government job or Trust Company job mentality nothing will change.
BC is a big hypocrite and the Minister of Health has his head in the sand, giving perfect, hopeful speech but not investigating what is really going on down there, although the public has been crying out for mercy in our own country, the top administrators busy directing any extra money that can be used to hire people to their b**k acc.....
They are hiring friends, family and cronies. They are hiring people who have no qualifications for jobs and overlooking applications that are fitted for the jobs. Administration is far from operations in the sunshine. Down there needs a thorough and INDEPENDENT AUDIT for it is full of corruption, conflict of interest and lies after lies.
Have no money, then why not cut the bonuses and on call payments that were given to the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief of Medical Staff, Director of Hospital and Human Resources Officer last year and use this money to hire the people. These salaries are already high in the sky. The CEO has a salary of $150,000.00; Chief of Medical Staff $140, 000.00.
It is greed that is running the hospital, the top suck everything for themselves, then CRY government ain't giving them enough money and make the government look bad. The Chairman of the Board directing everything to his company-- Infinite at high prices now he here saying it doesn't have money to hire people who need work.
New hospital, new fancy building at a glance but check deep inside of operations and see corruption on a new and gander scale and our officials are deaf, blind and dumb. Government in the sunshine, which sunshine?
Only the highest positions in Government get paid and those jobs are very limited. Geme gene gene People who are very good at what they do and present themselves in a professional way never have a problem getting jobs. Matter of fact they can find jobs anyplace on earth
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You are a bitter @$$#$%^e! I really hope you don't have kids.
So enjoy your stay in my homeland. One day my ivy league educated kids will return home and at that time you and all your cronies can suck it. Bitter? You ain't see bitter yet, but you will.