28962: Labrom (reply) re 28927 working for the UN (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

> From Jacqui Labrom

I'm sorry, but for every job vacancy in MINUSTAH there are about 200 or more 
applicants. I've seen two piles of Resumés in their Recruitment offices 
measuring about 4 feet each which haven't even been opened. The Haitian people 
are desperate for a job and the minute they hear a whisper of a new company 
opening up, they're there with their Resumes dying to be seen. The trouble is 
they don't know what jobs are on offer, what kind of experience or skills they 
need, they just apply anyway. Outside all the MINUSTAH offices are lines of 
people with brown envelopes with their Resumes inside trying to catch someone's 
attention to get their CV in. I'm always being asked if I can get someone a 
job.

The willingness to work is there - but not the opportunities.

Jacqui Labrom

Voyages Lumière SA
Journeys for the enlightened traveler
email: voyageslumiere@haitelonline.com
Tel. Office/home: (509) 249-6177
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