windsor, canada’s jobless capital, hosting regional career fair today
invest windsoressex, windsor regional employment networ...
sep 10 2024
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invest windsoressex, windsor regional employment network, wetech alliance and workforce windsoressex are collaborating on a windsor-essex career fair today (sept. 11).
the free event runs from 3 to 7 p.m. at the wfcu centre at 8787 mchugh street.
many of the area’s major regional employers — both private and public sectors — will be represented, including nextstar energy, narmco group, city of windsor, cavalier tool, nature fresh farms, reko international, seasons retirement, downtown mission, rosati, town of lasalle, southbridge care, university of windsor, lasalle police, ev careers.
the canadian armed forces is also present, offering a wide range of career opportunities.
funded in part by the provincial and federal governments, all job postings at this employment ontario career fair are full-time positions and require a legal canadian working status.
the local career fair comes on the heels of the latest federal labour survey pegging the windsor area as retaining its position as having the highest unemployment rate in canada (9.2 per cent in august).
the statistics canada labour force survey reported there are 19,500 unemployed persons in the area, an increase of 300 in august.
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the number of those employed in the windsor cma dipped by 100 people from its record-high 192,900 the previous month. the size of the labour force — those employed plus those looking for a job — increased by 100 to a record 212,200.
the area’s population continued a robust growth with another 1,200 people arriving in august to push the windsor cma above the 330,000 mark.
observers, however, pointed to the impact of the windsor assembly plant’s annual summer shutdown (august 12-16) the week the survey was conducted. that idled thousands of workers at the stellantis plant and its suppliers.
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