Nation\u002Dwide, the workforce that was first upended by job losses at the beginning of the pandemic is being upended again by multiple forces.
And with B.C.’s province-wide unemployment rate near record lows, 4.8 per cent as of August, according to Statistics Canada’s labour force survey, Blaszczynska doesn’t know “if there’s going to be an end to this.”
Russell Hendrix’s challenge is to continue rebuilding its staff in step with a hospitality sector that has its own difficulties finding workers to ramp up for the demands of increased tourism and special events that were curtailed for two years. “Those sectors, even though they’re not back to where they were on a pre-pandemic employment level, they’re also seeing the biggest challenge in finding employees,” said Yu, chief economist at Central 1 Credit Union.Article content
B.C.’s labour market was already beginning to tighten before the pandemic started, said economist Ken Peacock with the Business Council of B.C. Construction trades have had difficulties recruiting for years.Article content
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