Low and Middle-income Countries

On this page: Barbados • Bulgaria • China - Hong Kong • Jamaica • Jordan • Malaysia • Mauritius • Singapore • Sri Lanka • Uruguay

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Barbados

• Labour Market Information System
  http://labour.gov.bb/blmis2/WEBDOC/careerinfo/careerinfo_ginfo.asp
  The career information section has the following topics:
  • Job Profiles
  • Industry Profile
  • The Interview
  • Resumé writing
  • Hot Jobs
  • Profiles (overseas)
  • Local Scholarships
  • Jobs for Disabled

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Bulgaria

• The Job Tiger
  http://www.jobtiger.bg//home.asp
  Job Tiger is an Internet-based searchable database for jobs in Bulgaria, as well as a source of career information. The Search Jobs Section web site helps jobseekers build and manage up to three CVs and three cover letters, informs them of the latest jobs by email and allows them to view and update their online applications. The Advice Center Section provides jobseekers with information on preparing CVs, writing cover letters, interviewing techniques, assessing an offer of employment, and developing references. The More Information Section contains information on education and training opportunities; featured companies; a career library and calendar and other topics. There is additional information on the Job Tiger Scholarship; the Ima nachin (“There’s a way”) television show; Careers Forum; and Coming Home (to attract skilled workers to return to Bulgaria).

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China — Hong Kong

• Careers Advisory Service of the Hong Kong Labour Department
  http://www.careers.labour.gov.hk/2000/cas/web_gui/eng/main/index.htm
  The web site has the following sections all of which carry an extensive amount of information:
  • Choosing careers
  • Training house
  • Job kaleidoscope
  • Careers chat
  • Education and careers expo
  • Handbook for F5 students
• Careers and Guidance Services Section of the Hong Kong Education and Manpower Bureau
  http://www.emb.gov.hk/index.aspx?nodeID=235&langno=1
  The web site provides career education for students in primary and secondary school and advice for parents for helping their children develop career paths. It also offers a Careers Guidance Handbook.

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Jamaica

• Labour Market Information System
  http://www.lmis-ele.org.jm/
  Besides job search and resume posting, this website offers:
  • Career counselling
  • Resumé writing
  • Job-search technique
  • Job interview techniques
  • Financial assistance
  • Entrepreneurial training
  • Technical assistance
  • Occupational profiles
• Career Development and Employment Facilitation (CARDEF)
  http://www.cardef.org/home.HTM
  This web site is HEART Trust/NTA’s (statutory agency of the Ministry of Education), one-stop site for career development and employment facilitation. It offers online career counselling and information and advice on:
  • training, up to tertiary levels
  • small business creation
  • funding agencies and sources providing scholarships.

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Jordan

• Al Alamar: The Human Resources Development Information System Project
  http://www.almanar.jo
  The National Center for Human Resources Development (NCHRD) initiated this project in 2000. The project is designed to assist government officials, including education and training institutions, to better understand labour market trends and to enable employers and work seekers, or those planning to join the labour market, to make informed decisions.
  The project comprises the following components:
  • Basic data (statistics and indicators) on labour force, human resources, supply and demand,
  • A business database,
  • Counselling tools, including demand occupations, skill requirements, and study programmes, and
  • An electronic labour exchange (job bank), which provides a search service through matching the jobseeker’s skills with available job opportunities.

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Malaysia

• Career
  http://www.career.edu.my
  This public-services project is designed to give an insight into the working world. Its web site offers:
  • career descriptions and the qualifications needed
  • interviews with real people working in various careers
  • various courses offered by various colleges
  • selected Career Counsellors to answer questions on careers
  • salary information
  • articles related to career development.

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Mauritius

• Employment Service of the Ministry of Training, Skills Development and Productivity
  http://www.gov.mu/portal/site/empservsite
  Among other tasks, the Employment Service deals with the management of Employment Information Centres, registration, counselling and placement of jobseekers in employment. The web site has a jobseeker’s guide, jobseeker’s bank, job bank and other related resources. The jobseeker’s guide gives advice in writing a letter of application for a job and facing an employment interview.

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Singapore

• Education, Learning and Employment @ eCitizen
  http://ele.ecitizen.gov.sg/
  This Internet portal is by the Ministry of Manpower, Ministry of Education and the National Library Board. It caters to students, parents, jobseekers, employees and employers by giving a wide variety of information on education, employment and human resources. The portal also has a library resources site.
  The Education section covers all levels and types of schooling and education, including scholarships. The Employment section includes labour market information, online career assessment resources, career planning resources with advice on CVs and interviews, as well as information on salaries, work passes and employment guidelines. It also offers a job search function. The Skills Upgrading section advises on training incentives and grants, training courses and skills assessments.

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Sri Lanka

• National Employment Sourcing and Delivery System (JobsNet)
  http://www.jobsnet.lk
  JobsNet provides local and foreign jobseekers in Sri Lanka with referrals to jobs, training, information, advice, and career guidance in Sinhala, Tamil and English.
  JobsNet is an online and service centre-based employment delivery network providing an electronic interface between people seeking employment and potential employers, at the same time guiding jobseekers to re-skilling or training opportunities. It also supports people who are starting their own businesses, by providing financial, training and advisory support packages.
  JobsNet offers guidance on further training and education opportunities in any field or profession available in the country. A novel feature of JobsNet is the Training Institution Accreditation and Program Registration programme through which training institutions may register to become “JobsNet Approved” training institutions.

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Uruguay

• Centro de Orientación y Colocación Laboral
  http://www.mtss.gub.uy/orientacion/intro.htm, ES
  This Labour Market Guidance and Placement Center is a comprehensive career development web site developed by the Ministry of Labour and Social Security. It offers guidance, online counselling, self-administered personal assessments and virtual classrooms. It provides information about training options offered by the Ministry in relation to different target groups. Job-search and entrepreneurial skill training information is also provided.