Unemployed Bermudians have been invited to register with the Bermuda Job Board on November 27 to help them to find work.

The Bermuda Industrial Union will have staff members on Union Square from 9am to 1pm to sign people up to the national jobs database operated by the Department of Workforce Development.

There are immediately available positions in the fields of landscaping and masonry, but staff will sign up individuals interested in all categories.

“The Department of Immigration has received several applications from employers looking to fill certain posts and we want to ensure that by broadening our search for suitable candidates we have performed due diligence in the quest to get Bermudians back to work,” said George Outerbridge, the director of the Department of Workforce Development.

“It has been reported to us by the BIU that there are several Bermudians who have been made redundant recently and others that are underemployed who would greatly benefit from registering with the Bermuda Job Board and also on our internal database. This is a perfect opportunity to widen the scope of registered qualified candidates.”

Interested candidates should bring with them a resumé, a working e-mail address and relevant job references.

Senator Michael Fahy, the Minister of Home Affairs, said: “The current Work Permit Policy requires that employers filling vacant posts for ‘Restricted Job Categories’ must check with the Department of Workforce Development for a suitable candidate before applying for a work permit application.

“We therefore encourage all individuals looking for work in these categories to register directly at the department in order to be referred for available job opportunities. It should be noted that applying on the Bermuda Job Board does not replace this requirement to actually register on our internal database — they are two separate processes.”

Chris Furbert, the BIU president, added: “The BIU and the Government were involved in a similar partnership some years ago and unemployed Bermudians were encouraged to come to the BIU to complete application forms, which we shared with the Department of Labour and the Department of Immigration.”

For more information on the Bermuda Jobs Board or for registering at the Department, please contact the Department of Workforce Development at: 297-7714. The website can be found at: www.bermudajobboard.bm.