Happy New Year 2022 from WPBGE
From our Board of Directors and staff: The Workforce Planning Board of Grand Erie wishes everyone a happy and healthy New Year. The year 2022 starts with a strong sense of déjà vu. Resilience was a key buzz word last year and it will remain important again this year....
Workforce Series – Interview with Gordon
In our Workforce Series, where we share stories from local people who work in some of our region’s most important industries, we talk to Gordon Bouchard who recently took part in the Welding Training program through the Ogwehoweh Skills and Trades Training Centre...
Employment steady but jobless rate jumps
November 2021 employment held firm in Brantford, but for the second straight month the local jobless rate jumped as more people entered the job market. The city’s November unemployment rate was estimated at 7.6%, up from 7.2% in October, based on a Statistics Canada...
Seasons Retirement Community in Brantford hiring
About Seasons: Established in 2009, Seasons is a Canadian company that owns and operates senior retirement communities in Ontario and Alberta. Driven by their corporate vision to “Connect, Care, Change," Seasons' management team has developed a culture that is...
Big opportunities to work in trades careers
There are big opportunities for careers in the trades, with strong demand, lots of jobs and good wages. There are so many opportunities that even people who’ve never considered the trades should take a look. Skilled trades workers build and maintain infrastructures...
Brantford jobless rate jumped in October
October 2021 employment remained steady in Brantford, but the jobless rate still climbed significantly as more people entered the job market. October’s unemployment rate rose to 7.2%, more than a percentage point higher than September’s 6.1%, according to estimates...
Tank Traders hiring for St. George Production Facility
Tank Traders® is the largest provider of the Barbecue Propane Tank Exchange Program in Canada and growing in the USA, employing about 350 people across their facilities and depots and they are hiring for their Ontario production facility in St. George. Their company...
Celebrating Small Business Week
Making wall art for her own home was a stepping stone for Ashley Breitkopf to start her own business. The Norfolk County resident started Shaded Pines in 2018 at age 19 and has been slowly growing the business ever since. Shaded Pines makes a variety of laser cut and...
Workforce Series – Interview with Caleb Haines
In this week’s Workforce Series, where we share stories from local people who work in some of our region’s most important industries, we talk to Caleb Haines who is a licensed Automotive Service Technician for Bluestar Ford in Simcoe. He is also a mentor for Organized...
Brantford jobless rate edges up, but stays low
September 2021 employment numbers for Brantford saw the jobless rate edge up, but it is still one of the lowest in Ontario. September’s local unemployment rate was 6.1%, up from 5.7% in August but matching July’s figure, according to seasonally adjusted estimates...