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CANADIAN JOB OPPORTUNITIES
To find out about the latest job adverts and availability of jobs, workers and salary scales in any part of Canada click this link: http://lmi-imt.hrdc-drhc.gc.ca/ or www.labourmarketinformation.ca . These sites answer all your questions about jobs, skills and the availability of workers in local areas across Canada.
Demand for skilled workers
The demand for skilled workers is drastically rising in industrialized countries. ILAS (LLP) and Partners can assist applicants for job based visas in arranging for their visas and the necessary documents to settle in Canada and other featured destinations as workers or business executives.
Right now the growing demand for skilled workers is at an all-time high. In Canada there are thousands of job vacancies and an inexhaustive opportunities for business enterprise. Canada and other Western countries are entering a critical period. They need to find young skilled workers to fuel their economies. Many workers are now reaching retirement age and there are few people to replace them.
Canada urgently needs skilled workers from other countries to fuel the growing economy and to fill the labour shortages created by retirements and emigration. Canada, with the largest per capita immigration levels in the world, has a very open immigration policy that allows more than 250,000 people per year to realize their dream of coming to Canada for settlement. .
There are thousands of jobs that need to be filled in Canada and other countries, if you are interested in any of the listed vacancy or would like to work in Canada or the other countries on our website, complete our on-line questionnaire, attach your CV and we would give you invaluable advice on Canadian visa requirements and assist you with your application.
New Excerpts and Quotes
“Without significant increases in immigration of skilled workers, many sectors of the Canadian economy will not be able to expand and keep pace internationally.” - Canadian Chamber of Commerce
Within the next ten years in virtually every profession and in every industry, access to skilled labour will be the number one challenge. - Canadian HR Reporter, 05/23/05
“We’re relying more and more on immigration to sustain the growth of the population and therefore the growth of the market. Immigration remains Canada’s trump card” - David Foot, author of Boom, Bust and Echo.
“Canada’s unemployment rate dropped back to a three-decade low in September, and a survey suggests companies are having increasing difficulty finding the right kinds of workers to support their growing business” - Report on Business, Globe & Mail, October 8, 2005
“Within the next ten years in virtually every profession and in every industry, access to skilled labour will be the number one challenge…By 2011 it is expected that immigration will account for all growth in the Canadian work force… attracting immigrants workers with the necessary skills must become a priority” - Canadian HR Reporter, May 23/05
“Growth will be constrained unless the city [of Toronto] deals with serious labour shortages.” - City of Toronto Economic Development Division
Canada’s birthrate is only at 1.5%. A growth rate of 2.1% is needed just to maintain the same size population. - Statistics Canada, 2003
“Canadians must look at dramatically boost the number of workers it brings in from overseas” – Labour Minister Joe Fontana Canadian Press October 30, 2004
“Everybody wants more immigration.” Immigration Minister Joe Volpe, The Toronto Start Sept. 24, 2005
By 2011, about 20% of the working population will reach retirement age. - Statistics Canada
The future of Canada will soon depend for is very survival on a steady supply of foreign-born workers…Immigration is the key to our future economic success - Canadian Business 03/14/05
Small business survey finds 265,000 unfilled jobs across Canada. - Canadian Federation of Independent Business, April 2003
“Immigration is a key solution to labour shortages” - City of Toronto’s Economic Development Division, July, 2003.
Jobs are there and they will be there in the future, if businesses can stay in business. And that hinges on having enough skilled people. – Toronto Star, February 2003
“Video Resumes are a time saver and a fresh new approach to recruiting” HR, Elliot Matsuura
By 2011, about 20% of the working population will reach retirement age. Statistic Canada
Small business survey finds 265,000 unfilled jobs across Canada - Canadian Federation of Independent Business, 04/03
“Immigration is a key solution to labour shortages” - City of Toronto’s Economic Development Division, July, 2003.
“It’s a very good idea to see a video. It gives you an idea of what people are like. It does work!” - Leo Laporte, “Call for Help” Tech4 TV Canada, April 15, 2005
“Video Resumes are a great idea” - HR, CIBC
An estimated 30,000 skilled workers will be needed for the construction in the oil sands -The Globe and Mail 03/21/05
Mining will need up to 81,000 new workers … nearly 40 per cent of the mining workforce will retire in the next decade - Canadian HR Reporter, 09//12/05
Canada’s mining industry faces a critical shortage of young blood. The shortage of skilled trades people, engineers and geo-scientists, and acute labour shortages have the potential to stall or even shut down mine production. - Toronto Star 03/08/05
Labour shortages exist from entry-level to highly experienced, and serious signs of unrealized economic potential - Canadian Federation of Independent Business, 2002
“Growth will be constrained unless the city deals with serious labour shortages expected by the end of the decade” - Canada NewsWire, July 2003
“Strong economic conditions, coupled with the effects of an aging work force, are setting the stage for increased competition for talent in Canada’s labour market” - Director of the Conference Board’s Compensation Research Centre.
“Vacancy rate estimates suggest that there are considerable numbers of jobs available in every province.” -
Canadian Federation of Independent Business, 2002
“Canada could experience a one million worker shortage by the year 2020, but for some sectors, shortages already exist.” - Conference Board of Canada
The Toronto region will face labour shortages across all occupations and skill groups by the end of the decade. To make up for shortfalls, Toronto will need to rely on immigration as a major source of new entrants into the labour force. - Canada NewsWire, July 2003
“Canada will depend almost solely on immigrants for growth in the workforce in the next decade” - Statistics Canada 2003
By 2011, the country will be relying entirely on immigrants for all its labour force growth” - Statistics Canada
Jobs are there and they will be there in the future, if businesses can stay in business. And that hinges on having enough skilled people. – Toronto Star, February 2003
“The current shortage of such trades as tool and die making is acute and getting worse”. - President of Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association, June 2003
“One of the side effects of a good economy has been a continued and persistent labour shortage among many small and medium-sized enterprises throughout Canada.” - Canadian Federation of Independent Business 2002
“Our manufacturing sector is facing an unprecedented shortage of skills of all kinds” - Director of Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters, Perrin Beatty
“Canada’s natural population increase is in steep decline” - Toronto Star, December 2002
“Canada, because of this [immigration], has a higher potential growth than most other countries. Amongst the developed world, we can expect to become relatively more powerful as far as economic growth is concerned.”
- David Foot, author of Boom, Bust and Echo
[Immigrants] are an investment in human potential needed for this country to remain a viable nation” - Toronto Star, October 2002.
ILAS now offers legal & visa services for American, Canadian, Australian, New Zealand, South African, Polish & Nigerian applications.