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Omar Yaqub

New online resource helps employers and HR professionals understand foreign-earned educ... - 0 views

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  • A new tool will help employers and human resources professionals better understand academic credentials earned abroad. The online tool will improve the attraction and retention of newcomers which is an important part of addressing the province’s future labour shortage
  • Education Overview Guides are an online resource that explains how international education credentials compare to Alberta education credentials and standards. Employers, Human Resource professionals, potential immigrants, and recent newcomers can all benefit from understanding how foreign education credentials compare to Alberta standards.
  • For more information on the Guides, please visit the Education Overview Guides. For more information on Foreign Qualification Recognition and to see other resources, please visit Foreign Qualification Recognition or call 780–427-2655 (toll-free by calling 310–0000).
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shared by Omar Yaqub on 20 Jul 11 - No Cached
  • Services sector downsized 13,000 to15,000 positions during the downturn - more than any other secto
  • Approximately 70% of the Services sector's workforce is located in the field where workers need to be prepared to work in all weather conditions and may be away from home for long periods of time.
  • Oil and gas key operating areas tend to be in hard-to-recruit locations such as remote areas and regions with low population densities.
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  • Much of the Services sector work is seasonal and activity levels fluctuate with oil and gas prices.
  • The Services sector is a preferred labour supply source for the Exploration and Production and Oil sands sectors that often hire full-time employees from its contracted workforce.
  • The Services sector may be facing a labour shortage, but the industry as a whole will soon have to adapt to a much tighter labour market. During the downturn, cost management was the primary concern for the industry. In the latter half of 2010, attraction, retention and workforce development returned as key priorities for many oil and gas companies. Industry recovery has also increased the challenges around managing compensation and benefits expectations as well as employee turnover/retention. These workforce issues continue to escalate in today's market. For many companies, managing labour issues will be key to sustaining growth.
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