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Canada / Skills/Compétences Canada launched National Skilled Trades and Technology Week
Today, Skills/Compétences Canada launched National Skilled Trades and Technology Week, encouraging youth to consider careers in skilled trades and technology. The not-for-profit organization believes that the existing mismatch between skills and jobs in Canada presents an opportunity for young students to align their education of skills with specific industry needs Continue reading
Canada / There are, and will be, acute skilled trade challenges says BuildForce Canada
“The reality is that there are, and will be, acute skilled trade challenges within the construction industry in parts of Canada that simply cannot be ignored,” said Rosemary Sparks, Executive Director of BuildForce Canada, a national industry-led organization that provides critical labour market forecasts Continue reading
Hamilton / Nearly 35,000 manufacturing jobs lost in the past decade
It’s Work Week at CBC Hamilton. And in the wake of U.S. Steel’s shutdown of steel manufacturing in the city, we are taking a look at jobs in Hamilton: where they have gone, what remains, and which industries are desperate for employees. For the first entry in the series, we’re using graphics to illustrate the decline … Continue reading
Canada / Maclean’s 2014 Guide to Jobs is on sale
The new Maclean’s 2014 Guide to Jobs in Canada looks at where Canadians can find the best job opportunities, what they pay and the right schools to help them get there. Within the next three years, there will be 1.5 million skilled job vacancies in Canada and not enough skilled workers to fill them. Part … Continue reading
Canada / Many workers financially unprepared for retirement
Among those aged 50 or older, about half (47 per cent) are still less than one-quarter of the way to achieving their retirement savings target. Continue reading
Canada / Number of people receiving regular Employment Insurance (EI) benefits up 1.5% (+7,800)
In August, 511,900 people received regular Employment Insurance (EI) benefits, up 1.5% (+7,800) from July. Compared with August 2012, the number of beneficiaries fell by 7.8%. The majority of provinces saw increases in the number of beneficiaries in August compared with July, most notably Alberta, British Columbia, Nova Scotia and Quebec. Chosen excerpts by Job Market Monitor. Read the whole story … Continue reading
Canada / The Top-10 Entrepreneurial Cities
Saskatoon and the communities surrounding Calgary (Greater Calgary) are once again the best large Canadian communities in which to run a business, according to the 2013 Communities in Boom report from the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB). On this first day of Canada’s Small Business Week, CFIB recognizes those communities that truly embrace entrepreneurship … Continue reading
Canada / No ‘hard underlying facts supporting’ labour shortages says TD
“From an economy-wide perspective, it is hard to make the case that widespread labour shortages currently exist” says TD Continue reading
Canada / Close to half of full-time college and university students are working
An overwhelming 96 per cent of postsecondary students hold jobs in the service sector Continue reading
Canada / The government is committed to fixing the skills mismatch with the Canada Job Grant says Kenney
In a keynote speech today at the Association of Canadian Community Colleges, the Honourable Jason Kenney, Minister of Employment and Social Development and Minister for Multiculturalism, emphasized the importance of the skilled trades and the vital role of Canada’s colleges in preparing the skilled workforce of the future. “Our government’s top priorities are creating jobs, … Continue reading
Canada’s Skills Gap / 88% of respondents ready to acquire new skills and 38% ready to relocate Hays finds
Canadian workers are beginning to respond to Canada’s well-known and continually growing talent shortage and skills mismatch by retraining themselves for in-demands jobs Continue reading
Canada’s Job Market / A virtual hotbed of contradictions
On the one hand, employers and their associations claim there is a labour shortage. Yet 1.3 million workers are officially unemployed Continue reading
Canada’s Skills Gap / The economy faces a deep structural problem says says Isidore LeBlond, chief executive of Canadian Council of Technicians and Technologists
“The skills mismatch means we’re constantly being questioned by employers looking for the next worker – the worker with the right skill set,” says Isidore LeBlond, chief executive of CCTT. “We want to make sure we’re teaching the right (skills),” he adds. Continue reading
Immigration / U.S. loses out to Canada
Canada really shines in comparison to the United States is in its immigration policy Continue reading
Skills Gap in Canada / 1.3 million skilled labour jobs sitting vacant by 2016
In our single-minded obsession with academia, we forgot that the millions of people who literally built our economy would one day be retiring Continue reading
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