Local businesses are being asked about their workforce development challenges.

The Labour Market Group’s EmployerOne Survey is now available on their website.

Executive Director Stacie Fiddler says it covers a wide range of topics.

“If they are having trouble recruiting, or sustaining employees in their firms, what are the reasons surrounding that, what positions are they having difficulty filling, where to the look for workers,” she says.

Fiddler also says the survey can be filled out through mid-December.

“The more information that we get, the more we are able to assess our workforce development situation here in our community and we can develop action strategies to try to adjust to some of the challenges that are coming out of the survey,” she says.

Fiddler says the big trend over the past few years has been employers struggling to find skilled workers.

She also says it isn’t just a regional issue, it’s happening province-wide and across Canada.

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