Digital skills, such as social media marketing, graphic design, transcribing and virtual assisting, are become increasingly essential to all industries, fueling a demand for digital experts and the creation of digital careers. But how does one get started? Listen to this edition of Career Talk to find out.
The HEART Trust National Training Agency has a new and improved job placement portal for job seekers. The state-operated training agency’s labour market portal which is accessible at lmip.heart-nta.org, pulls together the agency’s labour market research as well as secondary information taken from agencies such as JAMPRO and STATIN. Listen to Career Talk to get the details.
University Of Technology (UTech), rolls out two new graduate programmes across five disciplines in its Built Environment Faculty. Listen to Career Talk to get the details
On today’s programme, we continue our conversation on setting goals and accomplishing them with Founder of the Goal Accelerator Club and Productivity Ambassador with the Jamaica Productivity Centre, Nicole McLaren Campbell. Listen to learn more on Career Talk.
On today’s programme, we continue our conversation on setting goals and making them happen with Founder of the Goal Accelerator Club and Productivity Ambassador with the Jamaica Productivity Centre, Nicole McLaren Campbell. Listen to learn more on this edition of Career Talk.
On this week’s edition of Career Talk, Founder of the Goal Accelerator Club and Productivity Ambassador with the Jamaica Productivity Centre, Nicole McLaren Campbell shares tips about setting goals and making them happen.
Founder of the Goal Accelerator Club and Productivity Ambassador with the Jamaica Productivity Centre, Nicole McLaren Campbell shares tips about setting and achieving goals on this week’s edition of Career Talk.
Customer Service is a familiar term that refers to the assistance and advice provided to a customer for a product or service as required. It focuses on human interaction and directly supporting customers with a particular set of skills. These skills include: patience, product knowledge, and tenacity. While customer service is important in any business or organization, Customer Experience Coach, John Formica says customers want more than service.
The Caribbean Institute of Hospitality Management has been transforming lives one skill at a time since 1982. The Kingston-based private institution, a training partner with the Heart Trust National Training Agency and City and Guilds, offers courses in: Culinary Management, Cooking, Cake Baking and Decoration, Waitering, Floral Arrangement and Housekeeping. The Culinary Management Diploma programme runs for 12 months and offers day and evening classes.
On today’s edition of Career Talk, we continue exploring the topic of career swapping, with input from Media Personality, Dr. Terri-Karelle Reid.
Did you know that LinkedIn ranks in the top 5 in search results when your name is googled? That is of course if you have a LinkedIn account. LinkedIn is more than an online resume holder, it is the place where people in business go to be positioned as thought leaders, to find clients, gets leads, to get recruited and to find recruits.
Brand Strategists work closely with brand managers, marketing specialists, and social media managers to develop methods to enhance a brand’s visibility and market share. We sat down with Brand Strategist, Corve Dacosta who gave us some insight into the various elements that make up this career. Stay with us to hear more on today’s edition of Career talk.
The Faculty of Humanities and Education at the University of the West Indies, is introducing a Bachelor of Arts in History and Journalism. The first cohort will start studies in September. The course of study is designed to expose students to the best of both disciplines to help them develop the research and analytical skills of historians along with the communication skills and strategies of journalists.
The Faculty of Humanities and Education at the University of the West Indies, is introducing two new undergraduate degree programmes: a Bachelor of Arts in Music and Performance Studies and a Bachelor of Arts in History and Journalism. The Bachelor of Arts degree programme in Music and Performance Studies will be rolled out in September.
On this week’s edition of Career Talk, Personal Branding Coach, Naomi Garrick continues to share steps to build a better personal brand from her workbook, A PR Chick’s Guide: 8 Steps To Building Your Personal Brand.
According to Personal Branding Coach, Naomi Garrick, the three step process to building a personal brand includes clarity, value and communication. On today’s edition of Career Talk, Naomi shares four steps to building a better personal brand from her workbook, A PR Chick’s Guide: 8 Steps To Building Your Personal Brand.
Branding is often described as a marketing practice which involves crafting a unique image name or logo representative of a business. But after Career Talk’s Anjuii James Sawyers spoke with Personal Branding Coach Naomi Garrick she explained that that description is simply a doorway to an entire world of how branding can make or break a business. Listen to Career Talk as we discuss personal branding and how you can build a stronger personal brand.
Building and maintaining a strong brand could mean the difference between a household name and a nine day wonder. Career Talk’s Anjuii James Sawyers sat down with Brand Strategist Corve Dacosta to gain insight into the value of his job in the age of social media.
Job seekers are being encouraged to take advantage of the Ministry of Labour and Social Security’s free career development services. Find out more on today’s edition of Career Talk.
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