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Wrla Branches Out To Recruit New Employees To The Industry

WRLA has established a relationship with the Calgary Board of Education to participate in the Careers internship program. Mitch Wile from The Cedar Shop was the first to take advantage of this connection, and is training these high school students on all areas of operations and will focus on sales during the busy season. The students have been eager to learn about all the opportunities in the industry, and plans are already underway to hire on a full-time basis.

Mitch says, “If you don’t get involved with something like this, your business will be left behind. This is the future, and if we don’t grasp it, all our businesses are going to suffer.” Read the full story on page 14.

There will be an info session to get more Calgary members connected to the program, and we will research similar programs across our provinces to connect members to opportunities that will build a staff recruitment funnel.

To ensure the industry is represented at career fairs, the WRLA has connected members to opportunities in various regions to help recruit talent in a tough labour market. We have seen some uptake in Winnipeg.

Red River College Students in the carpentry and civil engineering programs participated in our show. Civil engineers often become spec writers for buildings and both RRC and the WRLA felt that this is an important connection to make. We will continue to expand on these relationships.