economic development and the skills shortage in british columbia
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Economic Development and the Skills Shortage in British
Columbia
Skills Challenge 2020
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The British Columbia EconomicDevelopment Association isthe lead association of economicdevelopment practitioners,dedicated to providing services insupport of its members, theirprofessional development needs,activities, profile and economicdevelopment goals.
BCEDA
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The BCEDA is comprised of 400 membersthat include:
• Communities• Associations• Government sectors & representatives• Consultants• Private Sector Real Estate/Development• Trusts• Partners (BC Hydro, Fortis, Wedler Engineering, etc)
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• Business Retention and Expansion• Business Attraction• Tourism• Small Business and Entrepreneurship• Strategic Planning• Partnership Development• Workforce Development
Typical Economic Development Functions
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• Workforce development has become of the most important ED issues because:• Knowledge has become the driving force of economic
growth• There is a lack of skilled labour • Demand is increasing for skilled labour• Critical demographic shifts• Policy changes (Federal and Provincial)
Workforce Development – The Economic Development Connection
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• Workforce availability factors, especially in high skill areas drives business location, development, and expansion decisions
For Economic Development
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To connect workforce and economic development issues communities must:• Combine/coordinate job creation and job placement activities
more tightly• Find ways to involve business sector• Make better use of labour market and other relevant
information (BR+E)
Community Economic Development
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• Workforce development partnerships should focus on:• Serving needs of communities and existing businesses• Make better use of community assets and resources
(colleges and universities)• Improving community’s overall economic development
Economic Development
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Prince George Economic Development &Workforce Expansion Program
Heather Oland, Chief Executive OfficerInitiatives Prince George
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IPG’s Role In Recruitment• Increase local and regional work force capacity• Attracting new population growth to our city• Development and implementation of a comprehensive
population growth marketing campaign• Development and implementation of a city wide
recruitment plan• Organize IPG’s attendance with local employers at job fairs
across Canada• Develop marketing collaterals for use by local employers
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Online Job Fairs
• Funding provided by Immigration Employment Council of BC – thank you!
• Designed to connect employers in Prince George with skilled new Canadians living in Metro Vancouver.
• Eliminate the costs associated with traditional job fairs.• Conduct strategic, targeted marketing in the Lower
Mainland
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Online Job Fairs• The platform offered the following features:
– Pre-job fair resume submission option– Pre-scheduled interviews– Voice and text chat options– Navigation page which listed all of the employers– A virtual booth for each business
• Included a description of the company and a listing of jobs offered
– Prince George Information Page • Included information, web links, photos and videos
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Online Job Fair Results• Online Job Fair 1 (June 2013)
– 1171 job seekers attended the job fair– 13 companies had booths at the job fair– 71.36% of job seekers were from Metro Vancouver
• Online Job Fair 2 (November 2013)– 1900 job seekers attended the job fair– 16 companies had booths at the job fair– 78% of job seekers were from Metro Vancouver
• 57% of all participants were new Canadians
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• A large number of new hires in next six years will require a post-secondary education
• Most employers do not have a plan
• Local labour force unable to meet needs (47% do not have formal education)
Central Okanagan
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• Formalize/maintain a formal group to oversee human resource issues in the region.
• Continue to develop and foster a means for employers to communicate their training needs to the training bodies
• New Economic Development Strategies• Targeted recruitment/attraction strategies.
Central Okanagan - Recommendations
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• Annual labour market data collection• Develop a strategy to attract recent graduates of BC
post-secondary institutions• Increased basic skills training to prepare the
unemployed for skill upgrading• Develop strategies to assist the innovation and
emerging high technology industries in the Okanagan Region
Central Okanagan - Recommendations
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• Proposing to complete a Labour Market Study. Activities to include:– Analysis of human resource supply and demand in the region – Identification of trends and emerging issues – Forecast of expected human resource supply and demand – Identification of skills gaps, training requirements and barriers to hiring and retaining – appropriate human resources (including specific population groups); and, – Development of a human resource plan to address the identified labour market issues.
Kamloops
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• Live Here Work There• BC BusinessCounts
Other examples
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• Workforce development training will continue to play a critical role well into the future because the economy will continue to:• Experience major changes• Have increasing need for skilled labour
Conclusion
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• Workforce development training is a partnership effort that needs the active involvement and leadership of:• Business• Local government• Local EDO• Educational system
Conclusion
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To help overcome Skill Shortages we need to:• Focus on both short and long term, respond to local
conditions• Be flexible and adaptable to changing economic
conditions
Conclusion
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Together we must:• Establish local based workforce
development boards• Adopt a shared vision • Organize and Collaborate with
Partners in Education and Business
Conclusion
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Economic Developers recognize that long-term economic success in a community depends on
their ability to create, attract and retain an educated and skilled workforce.
BCEDA