Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - February 22, 2001, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free february 2001 local As skilled help hard to find Survey shortage increases jobless rate by in poll shows by Aldo Santon Manitoba Low unemployment rate could be lowered by another per cent if vacant jobs could be that was one of the findings of a National Survey of Small business own ers about their concerns with a Short age of qualified Manitoba unemployment rate could be lowered from per cent to per cent if we had the people with the right skills for the jobs that Are going said Shelly senior policy analyst with the Canadian federation of Independent Small business owners said the shortage has been caused by College and High school graduates without the right tight immigration rules that keep out desperately needed skilled and generous social assistance programs that act As disincentives for finding its not that colleges and High schools Are turning out graduates with out skills they just dont have the skills that our members say there looking Wiseman were not blaming the colleges were just bring ing it to their the crib Survey found that nation Between and jobs Are going vacant because employers cant find people with the right in the shortages were strongest in the Hospital transportation and communications the Survey found that 17 per cent of Small businesses dont know where or How to find skilled it found that Small businesses in Quebec was most dissatisfied per cent with education and those in Alberta were least dissatisfied 15 per Wiseman said Small business is will ing to train applicants As Long As they Are willing to learn and commit to the but University of Manitoba economist John Mccallum said Small Busi Ness often lacks the resources to overcome a labour Small business cant offer the pro motion and growth opportunities that a larger employer Mccallum adding Small businesses dont offer the training and skills upgrading found at bigger when business says there is a Short age of skilled what there really saying is that there is a shortage at a Price there willing to said past chairman of the Board of Manitoba what business often wants is very very highly skilled people that somebody else trains and who can blame them Brent president of James manufacturer valve boxes said he has Learned from experience the difficulties in finding and keeping skilled we go through two or three before we find one that pooles if we Laid them they find another Job and i know How hard it is to get Good so while Winter is a slow time for the family run ventures 12 he keeps them on the we could easily Lay some of them but if you want to keep you have to pay pooles Mccallum said he endorses the sur Veys findings that a jobs focused education system is key to turning out graduates with the Neces sary Mccallum said he also agrees that Ottawa should loosen immigration policy to allow More skilled workers into the Phil Hob suck Winnipeg free press Brent pooles foreground at his James valve boxes we go through two or three employees before we find one that but he said those Are Lon term Solu adding that if Small business wants to address its skills shortage it must offer better wages and All the provinces Are reporting a so the Only Way youre going to overcome that is by he whats it going to take for some one to uproot their family direct com How much you have left Over after and housing and other Mccallum said he Doest believe there is any substance to the cribs finding that welfare and employment insurance is affecting the people with skills Arent on social he Paul Vic president training enterprises at red River col said the doer government has made a commitment to double College enrolment Over the next five full time enrolment at red River increased eight per cent this Mcgeachie adding enrolments for apprenticeship programs were up 23 per he said All red Rivers programs Are supported by Industry groups that ensure the courses Are red River introduced 13 new 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