Job Market Trends and News

(Source: http://www.jobbank.gc.ca/LMI_bulletin.do?cid=3373&AREA=25262&INDUSTRYCD=&EVENTCD=#)

Week of Jun 02 – Jun 06, 2014

• Total E&P Canada is delaying the Joslyn oil sands project near Fort McMurray indefinitely, resulting in the loss of 150 jobs
• Lockheed Martin and the Government of Alberta have signed an agreement to help companies and post-secondary institutions develop and commercialize innovations
• A recent report from Mercer LLC, a human resources consultancy, is forecasting an employee shortage in the Canadian energy sector in both skilled labour and management
• Nordstrom is hiring 400 employees for the Chinook Centre store in Calgary, which is scheduled to open on September 19, 2014
• The Government of Alberta has opened a new Edmonton Alberta Supports Centre. Four additional centres are planned to open in Edmonton in 2015.
• Coalspur Mines is delaying the construction of the Vista coal project in Hinton due to weak coal prices
• Blackline GPS is increasing its office, manufacturing and warehouse space in Calgary for a planned expansion into the European market
• TELUS is spending $800,000 in 2014 to improve wireless service in the Barrhead area
• Diaper Roo, a cloth diaper and cleaning service, has opened for business in Grande Prairie
• The Holy Spirit Roman Catholic Separate Regional Division No. 4 has approved a $55.7M budget for the 2014-2015 school year, and the hiring of 15.26 full-time equivalent teachers
• Maritime Bus Alberta has launched a dedicated luxury transportation service between Edmonton and Fort McMurray
• Enerkem and the City of Edmonton have opened the world’s first commercial advanced bio refinery to exclusively use municipal solid waste to produce biofuels and chemicals