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Ontario infrastructure increases jobs and incomes, finds reportOntario’s average infrastructure spending of $10.7 billion per year between 2006 and 2013 has not only supported an increase in jobs, but added about $1,000 per year to the income of every Ontarian, found a recently released report by the Conference Board of Canada. |
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Canada calls for skillsCanada's immigration rate is twice the rate of the US because it has a policy of promoting skilled immigrants. New changes in its rules are now attracting a lot of professionals, especially from India. |
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Summer Jobs Service Helps Northern Employers, Northern StudentsApproximately 4,200 students are expected to find employment in Northern Ontario this summer thanks to the province's Summer Jobs Service. Participating employers receive a $2-per-hour hiring incentive when they hire students aged 15-to-30 years old who are planning to return to school in the fall. |
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Canada’s Best Jobs 2013Is a six-figure salary too much to ask for in today’s labour market? Not if you know where to look. |
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2013-2014 Local Labour Market Plan ReportEach year, the LMG produces a Local Labour Market Plan (LLMP). Local labour market planning is a process for identifying, assessing and prioritizing the skills and employment needs of employers, job seekers, apprentices and learners. |
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Nipissing Mining Hiring Requirements ForecastsThe Labour Market Group and the Mining Industry Human Resources Council (MiHR) are pleased to announce the release of the Nipissing Mining Hiring Requirements Forecasts 2013 report. |
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Generation JoblessGENERATION JOBLESS delves into why so many young Canadians are overeducated and underemployed. |
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The new underclassWhy a generation of well-educated, ambitious, smart young Canadians has no future. |
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Ontario Gains 35,300 Jobs in FebruaryEmployment in Ontario rose by 35,300 jobs, including an increase in youth employment of almost 21,000. In February, Ontario created nearly 70 per cent of all new jobs in Canada. |
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New Ontario Government Highlights the NorthThe new Ontario government has created a new Northern cabinet committee, chaired by Bill Mauro, MPP for Thunder Bay - Atikokan. |
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Changes On the Way for Regulation of Skilled TradesBig changes could be coming to the regulation of skilled trades if the proposed amendments to The Ontario College of Trades and Apprenticeship Act (the “Act”) are proclaimed into law in January 2013. If the amendments are made, the College of Trades (the “College”) – established in April 2008 – will become the “arms-length” body regulating the certification of skilled trades with a mandate to “protect the public interest and regulate persons practicing in skilled trades in Ontario and employers who employ them.” |
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The Labour Market Group (LMG) invites you to serve as a member of its Board of DirectorsAre you concerned about your future workforce needs? Are you having trouble finding qualified, skilled employees for your business? If these issues are affecting you and your business, and you are interested in resolving issues such as these, The Labour Market Group (LMG) invites you to serve as a member of its Board of Directors. |
