Wednesday, December 5, from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm is the Nanaimo Education & Career Fair at Beban Park Social Centre, 2300 Bowen Road. The Education & Career Fair’s mission is to support the career pursuits of BC residents “starting from square one”. This includes secondary students planning for higher education; young adults looking to transfer their work experience and skills to a different industry; and new immigrants seeking employment and further training to settle in Canada. For more information see this week’s hot sheet.

Join 15 port-connected companies, along with their Hiring Managers and management, as they outline available and soon to be available positions at a Port Connect Networking Event, Wednesday, November 28, 4:30 pm – 7:30 pm at the Helijet Terminal 100 Port Way, Nanaimo. This is an opportunity for people to find out more about career possibilities and connect with the right people. For more information see this week’s hot sheet.

In early 2018, The Parksville & District Chamber of Commerce and its partner, the Career Centre, identified two interrelated needs in the region:

• A lack of current and local labour market intelligence
• No clear strategy to assist the region in ensuring a healthy, balanced labour market

To address these issues, the Chamber secured funding from the Province of British Columbia to complete a Labour Market Analysis and a Labour Market Strategy. The results of the Labour Market Analysis identified a dramatic undersupply of the workers employers need. There are shortages of labour at all skill levels and in most, if not all, industrial sectors. For more details on the report see this week’s hot sheet.

The Career Centre will be at the Parksville Chamber Business Expo, this Wednesday, November 14, 10:00 am to 4:00 pm at the Parksville Community & Conference Centre, 132 Jensen Avenue. Learn more about the programs the Career Centre offers, explore business options, business solutions and meet the right people. For more details see this week’s hot sheet.