As much as 40% of the 430 immediate vacancies that were available to laid off sugar workers at a job fair at Patentia, West Bank Demerara, are estimated to have been filled, according to the Private Sector Commission (PSC).
The PSC collaborated with more than 20 companies from around the country to host the job fair for the ex-sugar workers, who have been finding it difficult to find jobs after the Wales Sugar Estate would have concluded grinding approximately 14 months ago.
Hundreds, comprising laid off workers and residents from the surrounding areas, had swarmed the fair, hoping to be able to get the opportunity to gain employment at one of the companies that were present.
