“Alberta`s job market is back” says Todd Hirsch in this article on the Troy Media website. The oil patch is active and although some parts of the province and some industries aren’t growing as fast as the energy sector Alberta is heading for a tight labour market.
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Forbes has published a list of the top 10 jobs in the US. These are jobs that are hiring and growing in demand for skilled workers. Click here for Forbes Top 10 Jobs Slideshow Click here for Forbes article on Top 10 Jobs Click here for a report from Jobfox on Top 25 Jobs for [...]
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albertaJOBcast in less than a minute Hello my name is Dean Owen and my company is albertaJOBcast. We can help you get your employee recruitment message in front of the millions of people who take part in social networks such as Facebook and YouTube. We help you engage the 18-35 year old job seekers who [...]
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Here’s a link to upcoming job fairs where Central Alberta employers are taking part.
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Hector Goudreau, Alberta’s employment minister says the province could find itself short 110,000 workers over the next decade unless government and industry start thinking of new ways to attract and retain workers. The province is currently between 30,000 to 40,000 workers short in all fields of employment. He made the comments prior to announcing a [...]
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From Yahoo News . . . Online networks help job-hunting April 21, 2008 By Julie Mollins. “Job seekers should tap into online networking sites to help hunt down potential employers, new surveys suggest. The polls, conducted in Canada and the United States on behalf of California-based recruitment firm Robert Half International, showed that most executives believe [...]
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What makes a JOBcast special? Here’s an article from Yahoo Careers on recruiting Gen Y workers. Here are some key points to keep in mind: With unemployment at all-time historic lows and different demands and expectations from Gen Y, recruiting entry-level employees is tougher than ever before. …efforts should include touting “soft benefits” such as [...]
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A great article from CRN, an IT industry magazine on 7 Strategies for Recruiting Generation Y Workers. This is my favourite . . . 4. Tlk 2 them While face-to-face communication is important for workers of any age, electronic communications become an essential supplement for Generation Y workers. In fact, Dallas-based solution provider CompuCom changed its [...]
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Based on these numbers from StatsCan, you might want to consider publishing JOBcasts in a language other than English. … few countries have a larger proportion of foreign-born than Canada. … thus, from 1986 to 2006, the immigrant population went from 3.9 million to 6.2 million, accounting for respectively 15.6% and 19.8% of the Canadian population. [...]
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The Alberta Government announced a raise in the minimum raise from $8.00 to $8.40 per hour effective April 1, 2008. newslink: Alberta Government news release
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