Since December of last year, we've been reporting on ACTYL, the Canadian company who has come to Belize to recruit locals to work in Western Canada at the McDonalds fast food restaurants.
Well, they've been impressed with the Belizean applicants, and they're back in Belize to recruit more workers in the Belmopan area. The president of the company spoke to us today about how interested persons can submit their applications.
Here's what she told us:
Linda West - President, ACTYL
"Our recruitment has been going very well. We started last December and we're back down in January. Now, we're back down in April and what we're mostly recruiting this time is people into the fast food industry particularly McDonalds. So we're looking for young bring people who have finished high school and have waitressed or waitered some of their life."
Daniel Ortiz
"How has the response been from the Belizean public?"
Linda West
"The Belizean - the response has been excellent, we're back down for our third time and we really like the Belizean. They have excellent English and good work ethic. We have our first few people up in Canada and they're doing very well."
Daniel Ortiz
"I've understand you have extended your stay to continue with the recruitment, tell us about that."
Linda West
"Yes, we're staying tomorrow and Wednesday morning here in Belize City at 4 Albert Street the Labour commission, and then we're out in Belmopan for Wednesday afternoon, Thursday and Friday at 19 Barbados Street."
Daniel Ortiz
"How will people approach you to get considered for the application?"
Linda West
"Just come on in, bring your resumes and bring a copy of your passport and any other document you have. Just come on in, sit down and chat with me, see what the opportunities are."
This is ACTYL's third trip in just four months. A release says they plan on making nearly 100 new job offers in April alone.
In its previous trips to Belize, the Actyl Group made more than 70 job offers. The release adds that Western Canada's labor shortage stems from the fact that the region experienced slow economic growth until about 2007, and many of its young people left for opportunities in other parts of the country.
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