{"id":33120,"date":"2026-11-14T20:27:10","date_gmt":"2026-11-15T00:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=33120"},"modified":"2026-11-14T20:36:46","modified_gmt":"2026-11-15T00:36:46","slug":"revamped-national-job-bank-to-respond-to-guyanas-evolving-labour-market-minister-singh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/revamped-national-job-bank-to-respond-to-guyanas-evolving-labour-market-minister-singh\/","title":{"rendered":"Revamped National Job Bank to respond to Guyana\u2019s evolving labour market \u2013 Minister Singh"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Senior Minister in the Office of the President with Responsibility for Finance, Dr. Ashni Singh, has welcomed the relaunch of the National Job Bank, highlighting the importance of modern technology in connecting jobseekers with employment opportunities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" src=\"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/image-84-1024x684.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33121\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/image-84-1024x684.png 1024w, https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/image-84-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/image-84-768x513.png 768w, https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/image-84-1536x1027.png 1536w, https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/image-84.png 1616w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the minister, this is critical as the country\u2019s labour market continues to evolve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking at the relaunch on Thursday evening, Minister Singh commended Minister of Labour and Manpower Planning, Keoma Griffith for spearheading the modernisation of the platform, which now incorporates enhanced digital tools and artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" src=\"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/image-85-1024x684.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33122\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/image-85-1024x684.png 1024w, https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/image-85-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/image-85-768x513.png 768w, https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/image-85.png 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere could be no more timely a moment for the revamping and relaunching of the job bank than today,\u201d Dr. Singh stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"685\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/image-86-685x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33123\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/image-86-685x1024.png 685w, https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/image-86-201x300.png 201w, https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/image-86-768x1148.png 768w, https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/image-86-1027x1536.png 1027w, https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/image-86.png 1070w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 685px) 100vw, 685px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to Singh, the emergence of new employers and employment arrangements, including remote work and second jobs, reflects the changing dynamics of the local labour market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"685\" src=\"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/image-87-1024x685.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33124\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/image-87-1024x685.png 1024w, https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/image-87-300x201.png 300w, https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/image-87-768x514.png 768w, https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/image-87.png 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He pointed out that employers are increasingly seeking specialised skills that were previously not in demand locally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere are jobs being created today that five years ago were inconceivable. They didn&#8217;t exist. They certainly didn&#8217;t exist in Guyana,\u201d the Minister explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He further highlighted the importance of the Ministry of Labour and Manpower Planning in responding to these developments, noting that Guyana&#8217;s rapidly changing employment landscape requires forward-looking approaches to workforce development.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1070\" height=\"1600\" src=\"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/image-86.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/image-86.png 1070w, https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/image-86-201x300.png 201w, https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/image-86-685x1024.png 685w, https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/image-86-768x1148.png 768w, https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/image-86-1027x1536.png 1027w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1070px) 100vw, 1070px\" \/><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senior Minister in the Office of the President with Responsibility for Finance, Dr. Ashni Singh, has welcomed the relaunch of the National Job Bank, highlighting the importance of modern technology&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33123,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[361,350],"tags":[488,448,412,405],"class_list":["post-33120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-and-economy","category-news","tag-488","tag-ncn","tag-ncn-guyana","tag-ncn-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33120","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33120"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33120\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33126,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33120\/revisions\/33126"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}