GREAT BAY:--- Minister of Public Health Social Development & Labor, Cornelius De Weever is encouraging the local business community to participate in FRED June 4th-June 7th, 2015 in the Netherlands, Rotterdam. Minister De Weever is strongly urging this participation as "We need to bring our graduating and graduated students back to St. Maarten to build St. Maarten together as well as those who may be working abroad."
The minister met with Stephanie Carty on Thursday to briefly discuss FRED and how St. Maarten can recruit its professionals not just for jobs but also for internships. Minister De Weever mentioned that by encouraging our professionals to return to St. Maarten we will be able to utilize the counterpart policy effectively and establish a database for the Labor Department. The local contact for FRED Ms. Carty can be reached via e-mail This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or via telephone number 721 553-1722.
Flinx Recruitment Expo Dutch Caribbean (FRED) is a recruitment event by Flinx Recruitment where the meeting point is created between jobseekers in the Netherlands and employers in the Dutch Caribbean. FRED has the primary goal to stimulate the ®emigration of students and professionals in the Netherlands to the Dutch Caribbean. FRED has become the annual recruitment event for students and professionals seeking information for career opportunities in the Dutch Caribbean.
"I am encouraging the government owned companies, the Chamber of Commerce and especially our business community to take advantage of this opportunity to recruit our students, our graduates and those who are gaining experience in their fields," said Minister De Weever.