BC’s economy is booming and there will be an estimated 1 million new job openings in BC over the next decade.  BC’s industries are growing as a result of the Vancouver 2010 Olympics, the proximity to the strong Asia Pacific economy, and the increasing amount of major construction projects, and we are looking for experienced workers. Read More...

VANCOUVER -The story of Canadian forestry in the past year has been unflinchingly depressing, as a darkening nightmare in the market for wood has forced employers to fell thousands upon thousands of jobs. Read More...

Filipino linemen for the county
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The website for Red Seal Recruiting Solutions Ltd., a BC recruiting company, lists job opportunities for linemen in BC, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick with ...
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They are highly skilled, highly paid workers making up to $40 an hour and more — and employers are desperate to hire them. Labour shortages are spread throughout B.C.’s economy but today’s must-have workers are the power line technicians who deliver electricity to homes and businesses. Read More...

Chamber of Commerce, politicians laud unofficial decision that will bring major refits to Victoria Carrying out a major overhaul on a submarine is far more complex than doing a refit on a boat, even a big one. Not only is it highly technical work involving sophisticated equipment that must be tested and recalibrated, but space is tight in what the industry calls a restrictive environment. Read More...

Victoria roofing companies are ready to recruit in the Philippines and Mexico and construction firms were combing Europe and Australia and hoping the mild weather turns nasty in Eastern Canada. The insatiable appetite for workers in the capital region is showing no signs of relief as Help Wanted signs continue to clutter every sector of the economy. Read More...

Victoria’s unemployment rate dipped again in December — from 3.8 per cent to 3.6 — and remained one of the hardest working cities in the nation behind only Calgary, at 2.6 per cent, and Saskatoon, at 3.3.Read More...

Top government priorities: skills and training. Funding in place? Yes. Clear game plan? No. Find out why. You don't need to be a demographic whiz to see B.C.'s looming labour market crisis on the horizon. A real crisis. Not the little shocks that have already hit, as a shortage of skilled trades pushes up costs, delays projects, and even leads investors to think twice about B.C. But a real, across-the-board earthquake of a labour market imbalance, with 150 employers competing for every 100 new entrants into the job market, and shortages that go way beyond the construction trades. Read More...

The president of the Vancouver Island Building Trades Council says the issue of a skills shortage has not been accurately portrayed. Vancouver Island is not in the midst of a shortage as much as some skills are in particular demand, Philip Venoit said. These include cement finishers, drywallers, painters and glaziers. Read More...

Red Seal links workers and jobs Times Colonist; Decembre 1, 2005 by Darron Kloster

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If you can handle a nail gun, wire a house or sling chain on an oil platform, Kael Campbell wants to find you a job. has opened a skilled trades recruiting and consulting company in Victoria that he hopes will help alleviate some of the desperate shortages on job sites around the city and province. Read More...