IDB Caribbean Tourism Career Accelerator (Barbados Edition: Cohort 1)
IDB Caribbean Tourism Career Accelerator (Barbados Edition: Cohort 1)
Global Startup Foundation Launches the 4th Annual IDB Caribbean Tourism Career Accelerator (Barbados Edition: Cohort 1)
ATTN: IDB Caribbean Tourism Career Accelerator (Barbados Edition: Cohort 1)
DATE: August 1 – 31, 2023 @ 10am-12pm EST on Tuesdays – Thursdays
LOCATION: Virtual (Barbados Citizens Only)
MEMO: An Initiative Powered by Global Startup Foundation in partnership with IDB Caribbean, Barbados Tech Summit, IBM Cloud, Digicel, Marriott, and more.
We are pleased to announce the IDB Caribbean Caribbean Tourism Career Accelerator (Barbados Edition: Cohort 1).
This is the Caribbean’s first and largest Digital Career Workforce Program created to engage, train, and prepare youth professionals for future jobs in tourism. This free multi-week training and subsequent internship program will feature tourism stakeholders, corporate partners, and regional government affiliates across regions.
Over 100 speakers, partners and stakeholders will be announced over the next few weeks to kick off this major initiative!
Target Beneficiaries: The Tourism Career Accelerator (Barbados Edition: Cohort 1) is a multi-week workforce reskilling training and internship program targeting young professionals ages 18-35 who are interested in a career in tourism.
Eligibility is as follows:
Age requirement: 18-35
Education requirement: High School graduate (college degree is not required)
Citizenship: Barbados
Language requirement: English (Basic); Creole (Fluent); French (Basic)> Program instruction will take place in English with a mixture of creole speaking training sessions.
Experience: No prior work experience is required.
Benefits & Offerings: Free skills training, work experience internship with a top tourism company locally or abroad, stipend payment for remote work period, potential job placement post-graduation, alumni community network for continuous annual training, programming, offerings and career opportunity.
More information via www.caribbeanfuturesummit.com
Applicants can apply via: https://forms.gle/t8TnKgH1i1ZYKyci9
