Labour Market Impact Assessment: Solving a Growing Skills Shortage
It’s no secret that there’s a significant skills gap in Canada. An issue that was already looming large in Maclean’s 2014 Guide to Jobs in Canada has only been exacerbated since then. The Globe and Mail note that while the unemployment rate inflated as a result of COVID, job vacancies at the end of 2021 reached record highs. As they put it, “skills-based hiring is on the rise.”
It’s not realistic to expect that you’ll have all the skills you require in one country, despite the fact that Canada has many incredibly talented citizens and permanent residents.
The demand for hiring foreign workers in Canada was growing even before the pandemic – the number of work permits issued to non-Canadians increased by 80,000 between 2018 and 2019.
There’s a genuine need for talent from outside the country. Thankfully, the government understand that, and make it possible to hire foreign workers in a few different ways. That doesn’t mean they make it easy, though.
Here’s where to begin if you are in need of hiring foreign workers in Canada…
