The Government of Canada advised Canadians not to travel for non-essential travel
. At a press conference, Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos alongside other federal ministers announced that the government was planning to continue to increase testing passengers at the borders.
The Minister said that as the number of Omicron cases increases,
the Government gets more “concerned that Canadians will be stranded abroad because of the rapidly evolving measures that other countries may put in place, and also because of the significant risk of catching this variant, this virus while travelling abroad.”
#Omicron, #travel, #non_essential_travel, #COVID_19, #travel_measures
December 22, 2021
New Brunswick will hold a virtual international recruitment event where New Brunswick’s employers will be recruiting in the transportation sector.
International candidates who have experience in one of these 2 National Occupational Classification (NOC) codes are encouraged to get registered to receive an invitation to work in the province:
NOC 1525 – Dispatchers and NOC 7511 – Transport truck drivers.
To participate in the events, applicants must prepare the following documents: the photo page of the applicant’s current passport, visa for applicant’s current country of legal residence if it is not country of citizenship, language test results, ECA report, CV, and applicant’s spouse's CV (optional).
#New_Brunswick, #Job_fair, #recruitment_event, #NB
https://www.welcomenb.ca/content/wel-bien/en/recruitment_events.html
December 16, 2021
In December 2021, it has been a year since the last Federal Skilled Worker (FSWP) draw.
According to the inventory snapshot dated July 25, 2021, there were 140 remaining applications under the FSWP.
However, there were 34,902 FSWP applications in the inventory, among which for 8,985 applications IRCC just started the processing; 4,816 applications with the selection process in progress; 19,903 applications waiting for admissibility; and 1,031 applications pending the final decision.
#FSWP, #IRCC, #Express_Entry, #skilled_workers
December 15, 2021
In December 2021, the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) published a new report arguing that the temporary foreign worker program (TFWP) is the main way to solve the labour shortages in the country.
According to the CFIB report, more than half of small Canadian businesses experience labour shortages and have difficulties with hiring, retaining, or getting staff to work the hours needed.
In addition, due to the labour shortages, about a third of small businesses abandoned or delayed projects, turning down contracts and sales.
CFIB claims that temporary foreign workers can help tackle the labour shortage problem in agriculture and professional services. The Federation recommended improving the TFWP to invite more workers to Canada.
#CFIB, #TFWP, #temporary_workers, #labour_shortage
https://www.canada.ca/en/employment-social-development/services/foreign-workers.html
December 14, 2021
