Employment in Parksville
The largest employers of full and part time positions in Parksville are:
School District 69: 650 employees
Quality Foods: 400 employees
Tigh Na Mara Resort and Conference Centre: 224 employees
Thrifty Foods: 120 employees
Quality Resort Bayside: 85
McDonalds, 75 employees
Aquila Cedar Products: 55 employees
City of Parksville: 75 employees
Detailed Design Services: 50 employees
Bravenet Web Services: 47 employees
There are many Automotive and Restaurant businesses offering good, year around employment.
This area is made up of small employers and self employed individuals. There are just under 1,000 business license holders within the City of Parksville boundaries. It is recommended that individuals considering relocating to Parksville research employment opportunities to determine the options that are available.
The Career Centre provides work and career related services to residents of the Parksville/Qualicum area since 1977. Their goal is to provide personalized services that are free and available to residents of the Parksville/Qualicum area. In addition to a multitude of self-serve resources and group workshops, they offer individual employment and career assistance. To satisfy career development needs, the Centre offers interest and ability assessments, self-employment and business information, educational options, a career development and job search library with books, magazines, newspapers, videotapes and more. Free faxing, photocopying, work related Internet access, and telephone messaging services to support your job search. Local employers advertise job openings using the job posting service. www.careercentre.org
If you are interested in careers in tourism see the studies at: http://www.tourismvi.ca/research/
Skilled Worker Attraction from Outside Canada
Resource Information
January 14, 2007
A new process has been developed by the Federal and Provincial Governments Immigration ministries to assist employers interested in attracting foreign skilled labor and filling those job vacancies quickly.
A Regional Occupations list has been created indicating professions that are in demand in B.C. This results in an expedited process for Immigration for approved applicants whose skills are identified on the list.
There is also the Provincial Nominee Program that can reduce processing time to 8 to 12 weeks for approving the worker and issuing a work permit. The work permit means the worker can bring their families immediately.
Employers wishing to hire foreign workers for occupations that appear on a regional occupation list will only be required to conduct minimum advertising efforts locally. However employers will still need to satisfy all other Foreign Work program criteria.
There are also opportunities to hire temporary foreign workers after satisfying program criteria. *
References:
1. Regional Occupations under Pressure List British Columbia
www.hrsdc.gc.ca/en/epb/lmd/fw/BC_ROL_200611_e.pdf
2. National Occupation Clarification Matrix
http://www23.hrdc-drhc.gc.ca/2001/e/generic/welcome.shtml
* Employers wishing to hire temporary foreign workers in occupations appearing on a regional list will be considered if they advertise the position on the Government of Canada website for a minimum of 7 days and/or demonstrate they have on-going recruitment mechanisms in place (job internet sites, unions, newspapers etc.) Both conditions must be satisfied if the positions are being classified as skill level C or D.
3. Provincial Nominee Program
http://www.ei.gov.bc.ca/ProgramsAndServices/PNP/so_skilledworkers.htm
Steps for Attracting Foreign Workers
There are several options for the employer;
First Step: Read the information posted on the Provincial Nominee Website. Pre-register your company to receive approval from the PNP office for your company. This is important to speed up your efforts to hire a foreign worker. When you have found a worker and the worker fits the Regional Occupations list, complete the forms. In the event that the workers you need are not on this list, still contact the PNP office, they are open to reviewing local staffing shortages and working with you.
1. Finding the workers;
Several options are open to you. There is a French and a German service available at no cost to you. These services are run by the French and German Federal government employment agencies. Their services are confidential and personalized. You can post the job order on their websites, the jobs will be advertised by them, their employment staff will pre-screen the applications and then notify you when suitable employees have been identified.
The French website is:
www.emploi-international.org
Espace Emploi International
48, Boulevard De La Bastille
75012 Paris, France
Email: eei.omi@anpe.fr
The German site:
A successful provider of advisory and placement Services on an international
basis, the Central Placement Office (ZAV) (ES-BA) offices are based in 15 regional
centres throughout Germany. The highly-skilled teams ensure extensive information,
advisory services and recruitment solutions. You can choose how to advertise
your vacancies from a number of options:
• ES-BA’s own extensive website (www.arbeitsagentur.de)
• ES-BA’s publication for jobseekers, MARKT+CHANCE (160,000 weekly
circulation)
• the internal computerised system used by every Jobcentre in Germany
• the national job databases represented on EURES (www.europa.eu.int/eures)
They can also arrange recruitment fairs, at suitable premises across Germany,
to allow you to meet candidates face-to-face or send you all the applications
in advance of the event, and only invite the candidates you specify.
http://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/diplo/en/WillkommeninD/
LernenUndArbeiten/ArbeitenInDeutschland/ArbeiteninD.html#t3
2. Provincial Nominee Program staff attends employment job fairs in Scotland, Berlin, the U.K., France and Holland. If you provide your job descriptions and outline your company employment needs to the PNP staff they can take this information to those job fairs on your behalf.
3. If you belong to a Trade Association that is experiencing skilled labor shortages throughout its membership, contact your Trade Association and urge them to contact the Provincial Nominee Program to represent your Associations needs at the Job Fairs.
4. International students attending approved Canadian College and Universities can obtain off-campus work permits for part-time employment during the school year and full-time in summer. Students Doing Co-op programs who wish to do the work portion in Canada do not require a Work Permit. There may be an opportunity to contact foreign universities to post Co-op work opportunities for your company.
5. The Temporary Foreign Worker Unit in Vancouver is up and running. As of September 1, 2006, employers residing in BC, or employers with potential employees destined to these regions can get direct support from Citizenship and Immigration Canada. Established on a pilot project basis, the units are designed to:
• guide employers or their representatives seeking to employ foreign workers through the immigration process;
• facilitate the entry of temporary foreign workers who are exempted from the HRSDC-Service Canada’s labour market opinion process; and
• pre-screen supporting documents from employers to streamline the application process and provide an opinion for officers at the port of entry.
Vancouver Temporary Foreign Worker Unit
1148 Hornby Street
Vancouver, BC V6Z 2C3
Telephone: 604-666-7509
Fax: 604-666-7548
E-mail: TFWU-Vancouver-UTET@cic.gc.ca
Temporary Worker Employer Guide
http://www.cic.gc.ca/manuals-guides/english/fw/index.html
Employment Projections for Nanaimo Regional District
In the Regional District of Nanaimo it is projected that within 5 years 4,758 jobs will be created. These will be primarily in services like health, government, education and professional areas. Another key area will be related to planned expansion of Nanaimo Airport and industrial/business park. Tourism/recreation and Call Centres are also identified.
Labor Data for B.C.
A Guide to the B.C. Economy and Labour Market (4.5 MB pdf file)
Employment Opportunities