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University graduates should network for job success

The greatest asset of recent graduates of Northern Caribbean University (NCU) is their social capital or network, according to renowned entrepreneur and business columnist Paul Carrick Brunson. “Social capital is everything because who knows you...

Source: Jamaica Gleaner

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The year 2020 can’t end quickly enough for most small business owners. Across the country, the pandemic forced many of them to close their operations temporarily – or permanently – and the continued economic uncertainty threatens to kill the ambitions of entrepreneurs who planned to launch

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NEWS OF a new ministry focused on the environment and climate change has earned the approval of some local stakeholders who have championed the prioritisation of these areas together with the ongoing fight to beat COVID-19. Called the Ministry of...

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