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ericschand · 04-07-2006, 07:45 AM

Good article on Alberta's boom and the job market.

http://www.albertaventure.com/abventure_4578.html

"Real Canadian Superstore, which needs 100 employees for Fort McMurray and Grande Prairie, has offered to pay folks from Halifax, no less, full airfare, $2,000 in moving expenses as well as first month's rent for basic retail positions."

" He says even high-end Calgary restaurants can't find staff to peel carrots at $14 a hour."

"If Fort McMurray, for example, can't find enough police officers to patrol its streets, teachers to tend its classrooms or doctors to serve in its hospitals, let alone staff for the local Superstore, who in their right mind will want to live there to build more oilsands projects?"

04-07-2006, 07:45 AM	#1
ericschand Scoring Winger Join Date: May 2005 Exp:	Alberta Job Market Good article on Alberta's boom and the job market. http://www.albertaventure.com/abventure_4578.html "Real Canadian Superstore, which needs 100 employees for Fort McMurray and Grande Prairie, has offered to pay folks from Halifax, no less, full airfare, $2,000 in moving expenses as well as first month's rent for basic retail positions." " He says even high-end Calgary restaurants can't find staff to peel carrots at $14 a hour." "If Fort McMurray, for example, can't find enough police officers to patrol its streets, teachers to tend its classrooms or doctors to serve in its hospitals, let alone staff for the local Superstore, who in their right mind will want to live there to build more oilsands projects?"