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  • Change the way you think about finding work!

    Change the way you think about finding work!

     
  • Who says there are no jobs?

    Who says there are no jobs?

    The CK Workforce Planning Board is hosting a Career Fair on Thursday November 29th, 2012.  There are many companies with open positions.  Two companies are even holding ON SITE interviews!!  pažvelgti į tai

     
  • Chatham-Kent Career Fair…DO NOT MISS OUT!

    Chatham-Kent Career Fair…DO NOT MISS OUT!

    The Chatham-Kent Workforce Planning Board is hosting their first ever Career Fair.  The purpose of the event is to showcase the best CK has to offer in the way of careers.  We are targeting local businesses to come out and share some of the exciting things that…

     
  • Do Not Miss Out!!  Information/Networking Event

    Do Not Miss Out!! Information/Networking Event

     
  • July’s Unemployment Rate

    July’s Unemployment Rate

    The Unemployment Rate for July 2012 is 9.8%.  

     
  • June’s Unemployment Rate

    June’s Unemployment Rate

    June’s Unemployment number for Chatham-Kent remained stable at 9.4%

     
  • The Skills Gap: Myth or Reality?

    The Skills Gap: Myth or Reality?

    Many local employers are stating they cannot find qualified talent to fill some of their skilled positions.  This seems to be a common struggle in a number of areas.  Please find an interesting article about this very subject.   Read more.  

     
  • May’s Unemployment Rate

    May’s Unemployment Rate

    The unemployment rate for Chatham-Kent has decreased to 9.3%  for May, down from April’s rate of 9.9% .  The provincial rate remained unchanged from April and is 7.8%

     
  • Latest Unemployment Rate- April 2012

    Latest Unemployment Rate- April 2012

    Chatham-Kent’s unemployment rate continues to decrease.  April’s unemployment rate is 9.9% .  This is down from 12.3%.   Ontario’s  unemployment rate for the same time period is 7.9%

     
  • Why not work these jobs?

    Why not work these jobs?

    Out in the high-tech, thriving greenhouses of Essex, Kent and Lambton counties, where produce is big business – more than a half billion dollars a year, a major chunk of the economy here – there are jobs planting, tending and harvesting crops. The pay isn’t great, and…