Employment News for Cayman Islands

Caribbean Development Bank President Daniel Best said that Cayman, despite its high-income status, faces youth disengagement similar to many countries across the Caribbean.

Real stories of Caymanians with disabilities thriving at work show what’s possible when businesses open their doors – and their minds.

A new hardline approach on work permits is fuelling panic and uncertainty in the business community, industry leaders have claimed.

Cayman Islands’ immigration and employment problems could be solved by enforcing existing laws rather than passing new ones, says a leading immigration lawyer.

Workforce Opportunities and Residency Cayman has urged Caymanian job seekers to utilise its jobs portal so that it can hold employers accountable.

Government on Wednesday vowed that the $2.75-an-hour increase in the minimum wage to $8.75 was just the start of a bigger plan to combat poverty.

Cutting-edge Indian firms are already making their presence felt in Cayman and have based top-tier talent in the islands, experts say.

Recruiting Caymanian barbers is challenging, says Kerrianne Smith of Executive Barbers Studio. And she should know, having set up the barber business at Cayman Falls...

Educators shape their students and the Cayman Islands community.

Young Caymanians seeking careers in public safety can now gain valuable experience with the Cayman Islands Cadets Corps. The Ministry of Home Affairs has created...

Careers Guide talks to Sophie Prior about social media and job-hunting.

Cayman's population jumped 5% in a year's time to almost 88,000 in 2024, the latest government figures have revealed.

New digital skills certificate programme launched in the Cayman Islands.

Interview tips provided by Workforce Opportunities & Residency Cayman (WORC), will help you shine and make a positive impression.

Your résumé is often the first impression a company will have of you, and is the key to clinching an interview and chance at...

Schools and organisations across the Cayman Islands offer a wide range of education and training opportunities.

Here is an overview of some of the options to help you take the next step in your career journey.

The government and private sector offer a variety of scholarships to create higher education opportunities for Cayman’s youth.

A top academic has backed a summertime four-day work week introduced by a major Cayman accounting firm two years ago.

Cayman is facing a brain drain of some of its brightest young talent because of lack of opportunities and the high cost of living on the islands.

Workforce Opportunities & Residency Cayman's Compliance & Enforcement Unit has sounded the warning to employers that it will continue its ramped up random spot checks at workplaces after 16 workers were nabbed for employment and immigration breaches.

After having missed its June deadline the launch of Cayman's new Workforce Opportunities and Residency Cayman jobs portal has now been shifted further down the line with no official start date formalised.

In a new report, the Office of the Auditor General called for better protection and prediction of employment prospects for Caymanians.

The surge in cost-of-living is impacting more and more people with Cayman now facing recruitment challenges in middle income professions, including education and healthcare, that are vital to the functioning of society.

Applications are now open for the National Community Enhancement clean-up campaign which is set to begin in April.

The start of 2024 has brought a wave of new opportunities for those looking for work in Cayman.

Cayman's construction industry offered the most employment opportunities in 2023, leading local job postings by 22.3% on government's Jobs Cayman portal.

Cayman has registered a 1,058 drop in work-permit holders based on January statistics from Workforce Opportunities and Residency Cayman.

Artificial intelligence could make millions of white collar jobs, including in the Cayman Islands' key industries, obsolete within the next decade, delegates at an investment conference in Grand Cayman have heard.

Academic leaders hope to use a labour market survey to better link training and opportunities to the jobs of the future.

The skill set, qualifications and interest of jobseekers in Cayman is mismatched with the opportunities likely to be available as the islands' economy expands and diversifies, a report for the Chamber of Commerce indicates.