With so many companies and processors in the food and beverage industry struggling with employment, such as hiring, vacancy, retention and etc. this survey report, Labour Market Information Survey looks at some of key issues that might be contributing to this. There were 740 food and beverage companies that were surveyed across Canada from Atlantic Canada to British Colombia in a variety of sectors, to make sure a comprehensive view was seen. Different aspects were examined like industry training, government programs, HR processes and more to really understand the challenges the industry as whole is facing.
More than half food and beverage processors are experiencing challenges finding qualified applicants, while slightly fewer are experiencing challenges with applicants who lack proper training or have unrealistic wage expectations.
Half of firms have experienced a lack of applicants with proper training (48%) or wage expectations that are too high (49%).
Nearly half of food and beverage companies surveyed rate the educational programming designed to produce graduates for their sector as being inadequate or non-existent.
