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Five or six years ago, everyone from the US Chamber of Commerce to the Obama White House was talking about a “skills gap.” New research shows it was the consequence of...

New vice-president hired They fired her director Then they came for her When I saw Jen, she had been let go. For five years she had worked hard to build...

In November, General Motors Canada announced that within a year it would shutter its 100-year-old automotive manufacturing facility in Oshawa, ON.  Amid the ensuing media frenzy, it is important to...

Canada's unemployment rate dropped to 5.6 per cent in November, the lowest rate in comparable records going back to 1976, Statistics Canada said. The number of people directly employed in...

Everyone knows that the world of work is changing. We feel it when we talk with friends and neighbours about our own careers and we hear it on the news,...

You could almost hear Albertans' eyes roll in unison this week, as Unifor president Jerry Dias exited a meeting with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, stood before the national press gallery and described the...

On Wednesday in St. John’s, Choices for Youth and RBC announced a new partnership with funding of $40,000 from RBC. The partnership and money will enable Choices for Youth to...

High schools don't adequately prepare students for the workforce and they should put more emphasis on teaching skills required by employers, the Canadian Federation of Independent Businesses concluded in a...

A new report looking at employment and skills outcomes in Canada by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) shows Indigenous people still face numerous barriers. The report found...

This study investigates the effectiveness of hope-based interventions used with clients in employment counselling centers who were experiencing low hope. Results indicate that increasing hope competencies can increase an overall...