Headlines scream Alberta is shedding jobs.
With an unemployment
rate of 5.4% Alberta is doing better than many countries in the world
including Canada which hit a 7.7% unemployment rate in February. While
Alberta gained 3,300 jobs in January 129,000 were lost across the
country. Numbers look scary till you get the full story.
Unemployment
numbers increased in resource based jobs partially due to seasonality
and to some projects being put on hold. Not all categories are being
hit. In fact there are and will be shortages in many industries looming
in the future. Tailors, dietitians, nutritionists, architects and
beekeepers (yes beekeepers) are looking at labour shortages in the near
future.
Alberta is coming from a place where teenagers were
dropping out of school to go work in the oilfields and make more than
their parents. Billboards everywhere had staff needed signs and the
province showcased itself across the world as the place to move to for
work, low taxes and great quality of life.
Which it still is.
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