Alberta's oil and gas industry struggling for entry-level workers during boom

\u0022It\u0027s that bottom\u002Dlevel, entry\u002Dlevel position where we have difficulty filling, as does pretty much every one of my competitors in our industry\u0022

Unemployment in Alberta’s information, culture and recreation sector sits just slightly above that number, at 1.7 per cent, and the jobless rate in health care and social assistance is at two per cent.Article content

Marchand has specifically studied how energy booms and busts have affected labour markets in Western Canada. But while signs point to another boom, it doesn’t quite look the same as in the past — and that affects the decisions workers are making, too.Article content There’s also a long history of Alberta oil companies hiring workers from the Maritime provinces, and Au and others say the flow of labour into the West hasn’t returned to normal.

“We continue to try and attract there, but we have heard from other competitors that their recruiting efforts there have gotten nada — they haven’t been successful.”

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