It is well documented that Canada is facing a massive impending labour shortage due to the retirement of the baby boomers. “There is still a need for better communication and connection between Aboriginal career seekers, educational institutions and employers; however we are slowly seeing an increase in Aboriginal graduates entering professions and becoming doctors, lawyers, engineers and accountants as well as a significant increase
in the amount of Aboriginal people entering the trades in areas with booming resource sectors such as the Alberta oil sands and the oil and gas producing regions of northern BC,” added Kelly. It is well documented that Canada is facing a massive impending labour shortage due to the retirement of the baby boomers, and both employers and Aboriginal career seekers will certainly benefit from attending the fair. The design of the event will allow employers to offer on-site job interviews leading to immediate employment for job seekers. Having this option available for employers differentiates this event from most other recruitment fairs and enhances employment opportunities for career seekers. With their large client and community contact databases PNG, 2G and AHRC have great reach across Canada which will guarantee large scale participation in the event by employers, post-secondary institutions and Aboriginal career seekers. BC Hydro and Aramark Remote Workplace Services have recently come onboard as supporting sponsors and numerous other
organizations are in the midst of finalizing sponsorship agreements. “We are working hard to make this event unique and successful for Aboriginal career seekers, educators and employers. We need this fair, we need on-site job interviews, and we need to get more of our people, especially our youth, educated and working” said Rochelle as we ended our interview. For more information on the recruitment fair go to http://theeventpros.ca/ conferences/2013-BC-Career-Fair.html or scan this QR code.
We commend the organizing partners on this initiative and look forward to reporting from the event in May of 2013.
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