Flipping Grand Bahama

Graduation season once again and just this morning I read an article from a young Bahamian woman who said that the professions that a young Bahamian can return home and find employment in are: law, medicine and accounting. I smiled to myself because she is right in a way. For many years I have been very concerned about the youth especially at this time when the world can begin to feel so vast and a future so very unclear. However everyone and so did I at first, have the notion that finding a job is the only way to go. In the industrial age that was most important and set you off on a career path that was easily tracked, but we are no longer in that age. We have reached the age of technology and in another few years it will be even more defined in robotics. We need to stop thinking of today only and prepare ourselves for the tomorrows: they are only a day away. Was it less than 20 years ago most of us were introduced to mobile phones and lap tops. How have those things chang...

Grand Bahama is coming back on track and some people are being encourage to be ready for everything. Passing by Port Lucaya today I noticed that the old Port Lucaya Resort has been completely torn down to make way for some thing new and exciting. It has been said that this is being done by the new owners for the Port Lucaya Marketplace. More exciting things on the lookout. And this coming weekend the  Grand Bahama Chamber of Commerce's Small Business Development Committee will be hosting a two-part workshop focusing on Resume Writing and Interview Enhancement Skills on  Saturday June 13, 2015 and Saturday June 20, 2015  beginning at  10 a.m.  here  at The Chamber of Commerce. Some of the topics that will be focused on during the Resume Writing Segment and Interview Enhancement Skills are: How to create a Personal Brand What is a resume and what is it used for? Resume writing do’s and don’ts How to write a good objective...