Labour Market News

Labour Market Information or LMI provides data on employment, including details about: career trends, unemployment rates, labour shortages, wage rates, job openings, job descriptions, necessary qualifications, and working conditions.

Job seekers and career planners can use this information to make decisions about, for example: which training to take; which businesses are hiring; which jobs suit their abilities; which jobs pay enough to support their family; or in which part of Canada are they most likely to find work.

The Link and Coastal Chronicles are written about the local Powell River and North Vancouver Island regions, making the information even more relevant for those who wish to live and work here.

Latest LMI Blog

Step by Step: Credit Cards and You

Jobseekers will often lament, "If I only had a job, my life would be perfect."

A new job, however, can't solve old problems.

Consider credit-card debt: a new job will sometimes eliminate that debt-for awhile. Too often, however, the debt starts creeping back. This is usually because the problem is not the lack of funds, but the underlying behavior. People with high incomes find themselves riddled with debt just as often-or more often-than people with low incomes.

Credit is easy to obtain in our society: university students and others with no income ... Read the entire blog.

Newsflash! Powell River on board for Marine Training Program

Good news for Powell River's Marine Industry! Local Marine Operator Training Program to launch February 9th at VIU Powell River. Fully funded by the Ministry of Jobs, Tourism and Innovation's Employment Skills Access (ESA) Program, successful students will gain skills and earn certificates that meet Transport Canada's standards to work on and operate a commercial vessel.

A three-week program for marine industry job seekers and workers that are:

a) unemployed with no attachment to EI in the last three years for a regular claim or past five years for a Maternity/Parental claim; or

b) ... Read the entire blog.

Contact Business Link for your hiring needs. For recruitment support and information about the local labour market call Laura Braden at 604.485.7958. FREE JOB POSTINGS