Government of Canada’s Immigration Pilot a Positive Step in Addressing Critical Labour Shortages for Meat Processors
The newly announced federal Agri-Food Immigration Pilot will help to address serious recruitment concerns in Canada’s meat processing facilities. This sector employs nearly 60,000 people across the country in both rural and urban locations. Most of the jobs are predictable, full-time positions with opportunities to progress to higher skilled, higher paying jobs. The announcement of […]
LMI Study Reveals Serious Workforce Gap for Industry
Results from a 2019 labour market information study being completed by Food Processing Skills Canada (FPSC) has quantified the major gap in employment for the food and beverage manufacturing sector between 2018 and 2025. This latest study, which builds on the 2011 published report, Who is Processing Your Food? Food & Beverage Labour Market Information is providing […]
Don’t Stagnate, Choose to Grow – The Case for Upskilling
The definition of stagnation is the lack of activity, growth and development. So, if you are not supporting your employees in upskilling, are you stagnant? And what happens when you don’t continually train and advance the people within your organization? Let’s take a look at what you’re risking: · Losing your competitive edge (when employees […]
Talent Attraction – A New Playbook for Industry
Talent attraction is a top priority for industry if businesses are going to grow. The next generation of skilled young people will fill exciting new jobs and replace retiring individuals. Food and Beverage Ontario’s labour market research in 2019 has identified that half of all the employees in the sector are 45 years and older […]
Youth, Recent Immigrants, and Indigenous people are highly motivated to find employment in the food and beverage processing industry
Youth, Recent Immigrants, and Indigenous people are more highly motivated than the general public to find employment in the Canadian food and beverage processing industry Ottawa, February 5th – Research completed by Food Processing Skills Canada (FPSC) is providing employers with valuable insight into the motivations, perceptions, interests, challenges and preferences of prospective employees for […]