Skilled talent harder to find

labour • Canadian employers are struggling to find the right talent for specific jobs amid a growing skills shortage, says a new Randstad Canada jobs report.

The report, released Wednesday, described Canada’s growing shortage of highly skilled labour as critical and predicted shortages in the manufacturing, automation and energy and utility industries.

“The demographic shift resulting in retirements, a deepening shortfall of skilled workers and the growing mismatch between the skills needed and those available has evolved into an undeniable skills crisis,” said Jan Hein Bax, president of Randstad Canada.

According to survey respondents, 66 per cent of Canadian employers have trouble finding the right people for specific jobs.