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For the past two weeks, Guardian Me­dia In­ves­ti­ga­tions Desk has ex­am­ined the Gov­ern­ment’s re­cruit­ment dri­ve—through Em­ployTT—and its tan­gi­ble im­pact on the state of the coun­try’s un­em­ploy­ment.

At the time of its launch, Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar an­nounced the ini­tia­tive would pro­vide more than 20,000 job op­por­tu­ni­ties across T&T.

In Oc­to­ber 2025, Labour Min­is­ter Leroy Bap­tiste told the Sen­ate that the ini­tia­tive would de­liv­er “re­al jobs, re­al dig­ni­ty —not make-work pro­grammes. Not de­pen­den­cy traps.”