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‘Glory year’ expected in U.S. energy

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The United States’ booming oil sector is seen as the best place to invest among global energy executives, but a growing shortage of skilled labour could put a serious crimp in expansion plans.

In a survey of industry executives to be released Monday, U.K.-based GL Noble Denton, an energy service company, said the industry in the United States can look forward to a “glory year,” with record activity despite concerns about tougher regulations and availability of needed workers.

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Job ads outnumber job seekers in Calgary

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Calgary – A new report examining online job ads has become the latest indicator of Calgary’s increasingly tight labour market.

The Conference Board of Canada’s Metro Help Wanted Index — released Wednesday — looks at the number of new, unduplicated jobs posted online across 79 job-posting websites. According to the data, the number of ads posted by Calgary employers increased by 6.7 per cent during the month of December.

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Grande Prairie struggles with acute labour shortage

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At Stratus Pipelines in booming Grande Prairie, general manager Errol White is posting help wanted ads and bumping up wages, sweetening the pot with extra training and footing the bill for housing and food.

Those are all signs that Alberta’s long-looming labour shortage has arrived in Grande Prairie, and White is on the front lines.

“It’s next to impossible to find people; we’re getting into wage wars at this point,” White said.

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Grande Prairie struggles with acute labour shortage

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At Stratus Pipelines in booming Grande Prairie, general manager Errol White is posting help wanted ads and bumping up wages, sweetening the pot with extra training and footing the bill for housing and food.

Those are all signs that Alberta’s long-looming labour shortage has arrived in Grande Prairie, and White is on the front lines.

“It’s next to impossible to find people; we’re getting into wage wars at this point,” White said.

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Child labour growing issue

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Many young people regularly help out on the family farm. Scenes like a farmer’s son driving a tractor, helping collect bales or working during the busy harvest season are iconic images of what the rural, Prairie lifestyle is all about.

Those images have also served to muddy the waters of the child-labour debate on Alberta farms, according to some. But no matter how the issue is viewed, many agree now is the time to address the dilemma.

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Retention network comes to Fort

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The Fort Saskatchewan Chamber of Commerce has put forward a new initiative to help businesses throughout the city with employee retention and attraction.

Friday, Nov. 30 marked the first Employee Attraction and Retention Network (EARN), where businesses took part in a seminar as a partnership between the local chamber, Careers Under Construction, and Alberta Human Services.

“We’ve been hearing for many years across our region about the labour and worker shortage,” said Conal MacMillan, executive director at the chamber of commerce.

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Lamphier: Finding skilled workers a tough job all over the world, not just in Alberta

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EDMONTON – With the lowest jobless rate and the fastest-growing economy in Canada, Alberta is again grappling with labour shortages.

The situation isn’t yet as severe as it was at the height of the last boom, but if existing trends persist, a repeat of 2006-2007 may be just a year or two away.

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Alberta business owners finding a talent shortage

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CALGARY—Alberta business owners are on the hunt for employees but are discovering that talent is more difficult to find.

BMO Bank of Montreal’s Hiring Outlook Report, released Friday, said Alberta businesses are the most likely to say it’s difficult to attract talented employees (63 per cent). Businesses on the Prairies and in Alberta are most likely to say retaining employees is the most difficult challenge (51 per cent), added the report.

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