Canada’s oil and natural gas industry supports federal budget measures announced yesterday to foster growth and development of Canada’s future skilled trades workforce, the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers said today. “Our industry is the largest employer of skilled trades workers in Canada so we strongly support government measures to promote careers in this sector,” … Continue reading
Canada is facing significant challenges in the availability of skills and talent required to meet the workforce needs of Canada’s oil and gas industry over the next ten years, according to a report released today by the Petroleum Human Resources Council of Canada. “The Decade Ahead: Labour Market Outlook to 2022 for Canada’s Oil and … Continue reading
Jobs in the offshore oil and gas industry are outpacing the availability of skilled workers to fill them. To help bridge the gap, ACareerJob will put its innovative job recruiting and video resume app in front of more than 50,000 oil and gas industry professionals next week at the Offshore Technology Conference. The ACareerJob job … Continue reading
A massive shortage of educated workers has cast a cloud over expansion in Canada’s oil-sands sector, says a secret memorandum sent to the federal government’s top bureaucrat. The memo, released through access to information legislation, noted the poor environ-mental reputation of the oil-and-gas industry is alienating minority groups from joining a workforce that could need … Continue reading