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Building and Educating Tomorrow’s Workforce

Building and Educating Tomorrow’s Workforce. Calgary Regional Partnerships. Caroline Fairbrother Alberta Employment, Immigration and Industry. Date, 2007. Topics. Alberta Employment Immigration and Industry Building and Educating Tomorrow’s Workforce Current initiatives around Calgary

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Building and Educating Tomorrow’s Workforce

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  1. Building and Educating Tomorrow’s Workforce Calgary Regional Partnerships Caroline FairbrotherAlberta Employment, Immigration and Industry Date, 2007

  2. Topics • Alberta Employment Immigration and Industry • Building and Educating Tomorrow’s Workforce • Current initiatives around Calgary • Labour Market Partnerships

  3. AEII • Workforce Supports • Employment and Training Programs • Supports for Low Income Albertans • Labour Force Development • Immigration, Economic and Rural Development • Immigration Policy and Programs • Investment and Industry Development • Labour Attraction and Industry Competitiveness • Regional and Rural Development

  4. AEII • Labour Standards and Workplace Safety • People, Skills and Workplace Resources • Publications, labour market information and forecasts, Alberta learning Information Service www.alis.gov.ab.ca • Delivery Services • 6 regions

  5. What’s going on now… Trends Changing and Increasingly Competitive Global Setting Increased Urbanization Hot Economy Rising Education Requirements The Demographic Time Bomb Strong Economic Growth and a Tightening Labour Force

  6. Alberta’s Occupational Demand/Supply Outlook – 2006-2016 400,000 109,000 Gap! 291,000 Demand Supply Data Source: www.hre.gov.ab.ca/lmi

  7. What this means to employers… Competition for Workers Loss of Mature Workers Skill Shortages Rising Wages/Benefits Changes to HR Policies Turnover Labour-saving Technologies Recruitment and Integration of Immigrants Hiring from Under-represented Groups

  8. The Strategy…Building and Educating Tomorrow’s Workforce - - - - - INFORM - - - - - Education, Career, Workplace and Labour Market Information • DEVELOP • Education & Training Investment • Technology Adoption • Process Improvement • ATTRACT • Immigration & Mobility RETAIN • Community & Work Attractiveness O U T C O M E S MORE: Improved supply of appropriately skilled, knowledgeable workers BETTER: Highly skilled, educated and innovative people INNOVATIVE: High performance work environments that can make maximum use of innovation and technology

  9. Priority Actions and Sub-Strategies Building and Educating Tomorrow’s WorkforceBroad Priority Actions INFORM ATTRACT DEVELOP RETAIN Ministry Action Plans 3-5 Year Plans Industry and Workforce Sub-Strategies Government is Lead Influence More than One Industry Industry is Lead Sector Specific

  10. Labour Market Partnerships • Encourage, support and facilitate human resource planning and labour adjustments • Promote industry/community involvement and community capacity to address labour market needs • Develop and promote labour market intelligence and its use in labour development

  11. Labour Market Partnerships • Research and Analysis • Planning • Promotion • Communications • Coordination

  12. Thank you for your time! ? Questions & Comments

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