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Calgary Employment Bootcamp: Addressing Workforce Development Challenges

Join us for the Calgary Employment Bootcamp on November 3, 2010, designed to address critical workforce challenges. As a promotional agency focused on supporting business investment attraction and expansion, we will explore long-term demographic issues, labour market information, and employer best practices. Key sectors experiencing growth include healthcare, retail, and construction, with demand for skilled occupations steadily rising. Learn how to enhance workforce strategies, foster an inclusive workplace culture, and plan for succession. For more information, visit www.calgaryeconomicdevelopment.com.

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Calgary Employment Bootcamp: Addressing Workforce Development Challenges

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  1. Under Pressure: Calgary’s workforce Employment Bootcamp Nov. 3, 2010

  2. About Us • Promotional agency • Mandated to support business • Investment attraction • Expansion • Other challenges – workforce development

  3. Workforce development • Guided by business; cross-industry • Long term demographic crunch • Three areas of focus: • Labour market information • Employer best practices • Talent attraction

  4. Unemployment Rate by industry

  5. Unemployment Rate by occupation

  6. Highest growth jobs (by skill level, total job growth) • Jobs requiring college education or apprenticeship training • Jobs requiring university education • Jobs requiring secondary school or occupation specific training • Jobs requiring management occupation • Jobs requiring on the job training.

  7. Top employing industries (by total employment demand, at 2017) • Professional, scientific and technical services • Health care and social assistance • Retail trade • Construction • Manufacturing

  8. Highest growth occupations (by total jobs) • Retail salespersons • Retail trade managers • Registered nurses • Information systems analysts & consultants • Financial auditors & accountants

  9. Highest growth occupations (by growth rate) • Nurses aides, orderlies and patient services associates • Dentists • Dental assistants • Licensed practical nurses • General practitioners and family physicians

  10. Employer considerations • Increased competition • Inclusive workplace culture • Organizational skills & knowledge capture • Succession planning • Management practices

  11. Worker considerations • Jobs are slow coming back • Employer market through 2011 • Skills upgrading will be key • Wage growth may be slower

  12. More information www.calgaryeconomicdevelopment.com www.liveincalgary.com Elsbeth Mehrer Manager, Workforce Development 403.221.3557

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