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THUNDER BAY — A federal program that supports the recruitment or retention of skilled foreign workers in Thunder Bay and Northwestern Ontario is on track to continue to grow in 2023.
Most of the 281 successful applicants last year were international students who graduated from Lakehead University or Confederation College, or people already in the city on work permits or on some other temporary basis. Since its inception, the CEDC has helped 213 employers recruit or retain over 500 skilled workers, resulting in more than 700 newcomers coming to the area including applicants and their family members.
Stacey Platt, a workforce development officer with the CEDC, said rural communities have welcomed the expansion, and many employers in the new catchment areas have already registered to use the pilot program to help fill their labour gaps.The CEDC expects that if the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic diminishes, there will be an increase in the number of participants recruited while they are still living in their home countries.
She said its success is measured in the shorter term by the number of people it helps to stay in Thunder Bay and by the number of participating employers who use the program to fill vacant positions."We haven't been able to measure retention yet. We are working on it," Penko told TBnewswatch.
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