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It’s time to get the employers’ perspective on what they need to be able to recruit and keep good employees. This project puts the needs of local employers front and centre.
- Jan Wright, Project Coordinator, Kootenay Career Development Society
About the Nelson Area Human Resource Strategy
Kootenay Career Development Society noticed an imbalance between skilled workers and demand. Local employers are facing challenges recruiting, training and maintaining good employees. We saw the need for a local strategy to address these challenges.
Baby boomers are retiring. Declining birth rates mean a deficit of younger workers. Workers in trades and technology are in great demand. Rural areas face their own set of unique challenges.
The solution takes collaboration. And that’s what the Nelson Area Human Resource Strategy is all about.
Our mission is to support local employers to work together to identify innovative human resource strategies to improve the community’s capacity to deal with its local labour force issues.
Our vision is to provide a plan of action for all employers that will help them with their labour market needs today and tomorrow.
Our goal is to produce a user-friendly, local “employer driven” resource guide to increase employers’ capacities to recruit, train and maintain employees.
What is the Nelson Area Human Resource Strategy?
The NAHRS is a Labour Market Partnership project funded by Service Canada. The project is administered by the Kootenay Career Development Society and serves the area bounded by:
- Slocan Valley
- Salmo
- Nelson
- North Shore
- Kaslo
- East Shore
Who’s Involved?
KCDS is partnering with three key stakeholders in the area:
The project will gather employers’ perspectives on what they need to recruit and keep good employees. The partnership, together with a Steering Committee are working with area employers and stakeholders to develop a local, proactive response to current workforce challenges. They will produce a Human Resources Planning Strategy for the Nelson Area to improve the communities’ capacity to deal with local labour force issues.
Information is being gathered through:
- Community focus groups
- Extensive Surveys, both online and in person
- Research about current local labour market conditions
The more employers and stakeholders we hear from, the more relevant the results will be.
Employers’ Input
The Strategy needs to hear from employers! The Strategy is a partnership between four organizations plus a steering committee of 12 employers. The next few months this group will be seeking input from as many employers as possible to understand what the issues are in this community and to work together to find the solutions.
Employers will be asked to participate in:
- Surveys
- Focus groups
- Research about the local labour market
Outcome
Labour market issues are important to the entire community. Working together to find innovative solutions to local issues means everyone benefits.
The final goal is a user-friendly guide for employers offering concrete ways to find and keep employees plus information on training and recruiting resources. We will be holding a celebration party to launch the user-friendly guide in November 2007.
This is a “made in Nelson & Area” solution to our local workforce crisis. Individuals pulling together reflect our community and address the needs of our local economy and employers!
The Government of Canada has
contributed funding to this initiative
