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What is the future of your job? The World Economic Forum’s Future of Jobs report seeks to understand the current and future impact of key disruptions on employment levels, skill sets and recruitment patterns in different industries and countries. It does so by asking the talent and strategy executives of today’s largest employers to imagine how jobs in their industry …

Concern over labour shortage persists Val Litwin is hopeful that Pamela Goldsmith-Jones, the newly elected MP for the West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast-Sea to Sky Country riding, is making Whistler’s labour shortage one of her priorities. “I get the sense this is one of her top items as our representative,” said Litwin, CEO of the Whistler Chamber of Commerce. “This has been …

Guest worker legislation addresses worker shortage Employers will be temporarily allowed to hire thousands of unskilled immigrant workers for seasonal jobs under a provision in the recently signed federal spending bill. Processors along the Gulf Coast often rely upon immigrant workers, using the H-2B visa program, to fill their workforce needs. But because of the seasonal nature of the industry, …

Backpacker worker shortage putting strain on crop harvesting, growers’ group says A shortage of backpacker workers across three states is the worst ever seen by fruit growers and it is threatening the harvesting of crops. The number of working holiday visas to Australia has dropped by 34,000 in two years, according to growers. They say it is threatening harvesting because …

Oilpatch layoffs could mean future skilled worker shortage in Alberta, experts warn Industry experts are warning that energy industry layoffs combined with Baby Boomer retirements will lead to shortages of skilled workers when Alberta’s economy starts to rebound. “One really simple fact that remains relevant is — notwithstanding this current economic moment in time — our country and certainly our province …

Labor Shortages to Have Uneven Effect Across U.S. As Demographic Transformation Continues, Qualified Workers Fast Becoming Scarce in Many States, Led by Northeast and Midwest Companies in high-risk U.S regions need to start planning now for deep and long-lasting labor shortages, according to a new Executive Action report published today by The Conference Board. The US Labor Supply Problem: Which …

Survey shows growing US shortage of skilled labor U.S. employers are finding it increasingly difficult to find skilled workers, according to a survey published on Monday, suggesting upward pressure on wage growth down the road. The National Association for Business Economics’ latest business conditions survey found that 35 percent of the 112 economists who participated reported their firms had seen …

The Great Worker Shortage The great conundrum of the U.S. economy today is that we have record numbers of working age people out of the labor ‎force at the same time we have businesses desperately trying to find workers. As an example, the American Transportation Research Institute estimates there are 30,000 – 35,000 trucker jobs that could be filled tomorrow …

Why America Has a Shortage of Skilled Workers A recent report called “The Skills Gap in U.S. Manufacturing 2015 and Beyond” projects that, “Over the next decade, nearly three and a half million manufacturing jobs will likely need to be filled, and the skills gap is expected to result in 2 million of those jobs going unfilled.” This skilled workforce …