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Department of Workforce Development website

We invite you to explore this site and learn more about the DWD and how it serves the community of Bermuda. For further information, please contact us. We welcome your suggestions and feedback on how the DWD can enhance the range and quality of its services for Bermudians.

OUR vision

We strive to be Bermuda’s premier provider of services that strengthens the workforce, thereby enabling businesses and the community to sustain economic prosperity.

OUR mission

Our mission is to develop a resilient workforce and to provide a sustainable and stable community.

Core
values

We are customer-focused and deliver positive experiences with every interaction. We understand our customer needs. We are accessible, friendly, reliable, and provide timely service to all customers. We are proactive in offering options and solutions to all stakeholders.

We ensure that our conduct is ethical, honest, consistent, fair, equitable and transparent. We accept responsibility for our actions and substantiate decisions made with respect to our management, employees, business partners and customers. We demonstrate best practice competence and skills that are required to attain our mission.

We integrate development solutions and opportunities as an approach to guide management, employees, business partners and customers towards achieving high performance in their professions. We strategically and positively alter the general course of a situation, particularly as it applies to economic and environmental changes. With stakeholder input, we continue to renew or upgrade developmental requirements, solutions and services that will maintain customer confidence and ensure quality assurance.

We create a culture that will promote management and employee involvement, open communication, teamwork and co-operation. Our employees are our most valued asset. We recognise that the quality, motivation and performance of our employees are key factors in achieving our success in our community.

We provide a high standard of service to all of our stakeholders that will be in the best interests of maintaining a sustainable and healthy economic environment.

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    Youth Employment Strategy

    The Youth Employment Strategy aims to address unemployment by facilitating greater opportunities and educational pathways for all young Bermudians between 18-26 years old. In an effort to address the current and future demands of the labour market, the Ministry of Economy and Labour has developed a strategy to ensure that our young people are prepared for the current and future world of work.

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