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Canada / Skilled workers lured west, Thx EI changes
Of all the provinces, Alberta registered in the 2011 survey as having the largest proportion of workers – 7.6 per cent – who were living in a different province five years earlier. Continue reading
Australia / IT workers felling threatened by skilled migrants
Skilled migrants entering Australia are causing IT workers to feel threatened in their jobs, according to a new survey. Nearly 1800 IT professionals were surveyed by recruitment firm Greythorn in the first quarter of this year, and more than one third were found to feel threatened by the amount of skilled workers entering the country. … Continue reading
Manitoba / Skills Gap / Recruits skilled workers from southern Europe
Manitoba is trying to help fill a skills shortage by recruiting workers from the crippled countries of Europe. Provincial officials will be interviewing candidates for its “southern Europe recruitment mission” in Greece, Italy, Portugal and Spain this month, looking for temporary and permanent workers. It’s part of what is known as the Manitoba provincial nominee … Continue reading
Canada / The end of the Middle-skilled workers ?
Canada’s “middle-skill” employment sector continues to erode alongside the growth of high-skill jobs, an indication that the labour market is splintering between well-paid, interesting, permanent jobs – and the rest. Canada is not experiencing the same degree of employment polarization as the United States. But it’s not immune to global trends either, which show robust … Continue reading
Canada / Can we do it better in Skilled trades?
A great deal of discussion is going on now about whether Canada is facing a shortage of skilled workers. Whether you are in the camp that believes it is or not, I think most people would agree that a country whose population has a diverse set of skills is able to respond more effectively to … Continue reading
UK / Horticultural Industry Skills Gap: more than 70 per cent of companies struggling
A new study from some of Britian’s leading horticultural organisations has revealed a serious lack of skilled workers in the horticultural industry, with more than 70 per cent of companies struggling to find skilled workers. More than 80 per cent of businesses surveyed said they believed that the poor reputation of horticultural jobs with young … Continue reading
US Labor Shortages / There’s only one problem with this story: It’s mostly fiction
Are we missing a couple million jobs? These would be jobs that exist but lack workers to fill them. The notion that the recovery is being hobbled by too few skilled workers is seductive. It might explain today’s stubbornly high unemployment and why aggressive government policies to promote recovery have been so ineffective. Low interest … Continue reading
Canada and the Talent War / Governments are courting skilled workers
Canadian governments, at both the national and provincial levels, are courting skilled workers such as plumbers, pipefitters, electricians and others from the U.S. and elsewhere. In addition to the program under which Thomas was hired, a category for specific trades began in January to address labour shortages while easing the path to residency, the federal … Continue reading
US / The Skills Gap is good for technical college graduates
Tabetha Moore was a year away from earning her associate’s degree in human resources when a local manufacturing company gave her a full-time job in her field and agreed to pay for her last two semesters of school. The 21-year-old hasn’t yet negotiated the salary she’ll earn after obtaining her diploma from Fox Valley Technical … Continue reading
UK / Number of jobs requiring a degree higher than those not needing any qualifications
The number of jobs in the UK requiring a degree has overtaken the total of posts not needing any qualifications, an employment survey suggests. More than a quarter of jobs are now available only to graduates, it says. The study shows a major shift in the job market towards requiring many more skilled workers, as … Continue reading
Mining / A Skills Gap for a not so much ‘dirty’ work
Canada’s resource sector is facing a skilled labour shortage due to an aging workforce and a scarcity of new skilled workers. In the next five to 10 years, it’s estimated the global mining industry will need well over 55,000 new workers to meet demand. In B.C. alone, according to the Mining Association of B.C., the … Continue reading
Oil and Gas / ACareerJob Addresses the Skills Workers
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
Western Australia / Skilled overseas workers still needed
The resources sector in Western Australia is moving from a construction to operational phase but high levels of new workers are still needed this year and next, including skilled workers from overseas, a new report has found. According to the 2013 State Growth Outlook Study from The Chamber of Minerals and Energy of Western Australia, … Continue reading
Canada’s skilled-worker program / The list of jobs eligible unveiled
Foreign engineers, computer programmers and physiotherapists are among those who will qualify for a revamped federal skilled-worker program when it re-opens next month. Citizenship and Immigration Canada has released its eligible occupations list and named four organizations that will assess the credentials of applicants who studied outside of Canada. These assessments are now mandatory and … Continue reading
Canada / Federal budget to target mismatches
Fixing labour shortages and enhancing the skills of workers will be the centrepieces of next week’s federal budget. But the government also recognizes that serious progress on matching skills with job openings will require close co-operation with provincial governments and the private sector. Businesses say labour shortages are also a top concern, and they want … Continue reading
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