Live Epic Jobs skilled trades event for students cancelled
Epic Jobs, an annual event that introduces almost 2,000 area students to the skilled trades, has been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Running at two locations – the Wayne Gretzky Sport Centre and the Sanderson Centre – Epic Jobs in its 4th year, features high...
COVID-19 worker impact survey launched
Today, the Workforce Planning Board of Grand Erie, in partnership with Workforce Planning West, has launched the COVID-19 Worker Impact Survey to help inform the development of employment-related initiatives to respond to this crisis. The COVID-19 crisis has already...
We’re monitoring COVID-19’s impact on local labour market
COVID-19 is affecting almost everything, including the work we do as a community organization. The Workforce Planning Board of Grand Erie is working to stay on top of how COVID-19 is impacting local businesses, organizations and residents, including workers laid off...
Recruitment & retention big issue: EmployerOne 2020
Many local employers say recruitment and retention challenges is a major concern, the 2020 EmployerOne survey found. Our community’s seventh annual EmployerOne survey, conducted in January 2020, engaged 251 employers in Six Nations, New Credit, County of Brant,...
What job seekers & employees are saying
With job attraction and staff retainment being major issues in our Grand Erie region, there’s been a need to hear the perspective of both job seekers and employees. Gaining a broader understanding of workforce challenges as experienced by local workers and job seekers...
Job numbers show labour force shrinking
After setting record lows last fall, Brantford jobless rate is climbing and the labour force continues to shrink. Statistics Canada’s local labour force survey of local residents estimated the city’s unemployment rate at 4.7% for February, up from 4.3% in January,...
Job market a mixed story to start 2020
Brantford’s jobless rate pushed up in January, part of a recent trend which has seen fewer people working since last summer. The city’s unemployment rate was 4.3% last month, a half percentage rise from 3.8% in December, according to Statistics Canada’s seasonally...
Brantford area job market strong in 2019
Brantford’s jobless rate has climbed for the first time in six months, but 2019 overall saw strong job growth. The city’s unemployment rate was 3.8% in December 2019, up from the historic low of 3.1% in November, according to seasonally adjusted estimates derived from...
20 questions for 2020
Area employers are being urged to answer 20 questions to kick off 2020. The Workforce Planning Board of Grand Erie and about 20 partner organizations will be sending the annual EmployerOne survey out to employers throughout January. It is the 7th year for the survey,...
Videos celebrate local manufacturing
Four new videos have been released that celebrate local manufacturers, their products and the occupations behind them. The We Make It Here videos, one for each Grand Erie municipality, showcase local manufacturers who make a diverse range of goods, ranging from...
