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Alison Cerney, of the 27th Street Shoppers Drug Mart, Logan McNeil, of the downtown Shoppers Drug Mart, and Karen Baines, of the Polson Shoppers, donate $5,104 from their Tree of Life fundraiser for the McMurtry Baerg Cancer Centre, to Dalvir Nahal, of the Vernon Jubilee Hospital Foundation board.
College hosting employment fair and Employment Fair is presented by the Okanagan School of Business and the Okanagan College Student, Graduate and Co-op Employment Centre. For more information and a full list of participating employers, visit www.okanagan.bc.ca.
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Students and community members will have the opportunity to speak and network with 60 regional and national employers at the seventh annual Okanagan College Business Expo and Employment Fair in Kelowna Wednesday. Free and open to the public, the event is being held at OC’s Centre for Learning from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. “We encourage people throughout the Okanagan Valley to stop by,” said event organizer Jamie Morrow. “Although the event takes place in Kelowna, there will be companies from across Canada attending that are recruiting new staff,
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Okanagan College’s Kelowna campus is the site of the Business Expo and Employment Fair Wednesday. including three national banks and a number of multinational organizations. There are job opportunities available regionally and beyond.” Among the 60
employers who will be onsite with information booths are Sparkling Hill Resort, Natural Factors, Cintas Canada, Tolko Industries, Scotiabank and JV
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er with those seeking jobs and careers, enabling a direct line of communication and networking for job seekers.” The Business Expo
Skills training discussed by ministers Morning Star Staff
With the technology hub in B.C. growing rapidly, students and industry leaders conveyed their skills training needs at a roundtable discussion with two provincial cabinet ministers. “B.C. is gaining a competitive digital Amrik Virk edge in the global marketplace and
post-secondary education and skills training are vital to making that happen,” said Amrik Virk, advanced education minister. “We are here listening to the needs of students and industry ensuring British Columbians are getting the right training.” Close to three-quarters of all future jobs in B.C. will need at least some postsecondary education. Professional, scientific and technical services are expected to continue to be among the most indemand areas in the years to come. The technology sector is one of the fastest-growing areas of B.C.’s economy.
This sector creates jobs for more than 84,000 people at more than 8,900 established companies. It also generates revenues of $18 billion per year and accounts for 10 per cent of B.C.’s exports at $4.1 billion. “Students in B.C. have an opportunity to become leaders in the booming technology market,” said Andrew Wilkinson, technology minister. “It is discussions like these which allow us to find additional avenues for collaboration to address the need for skills training in the technology industry.”
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