Canada’s workforce is aging. A skill shortage is expected by 2010. Over the next decade, the Canadian tourism sector can expect a shortfall of 300,000 employees!

Tourism businesses, small and large, must be better able to attract alternative labour sources to compete successfully in the future. The immigrant workforce, Canadian-born visible minorities, mature workers, persons with disabilities and Aboriginal peoples have long been overlooked, and as a result talent is wasted by either not employing or under employing qualified candidates.

MTEC is in the process of developing a 4 module Labour Market Toolkit to assist our industry with these labour shortages and provide information for employers.

The entire toolkit will include the following modules, free to download on this site:

• Labour Market Information (Coming Soon)
• Recruitment (504 MB PDF)
• On The Job (818 KB PDF)
• Retention (Coming Soon

Please check back for future modules to be released and if you have any questions please contact Luanne Christensen at 204-957-7437, 800-820-6832 or info@mtec.mb.ca.