BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20151020T190000Z DTEND:20151020T203000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Small Business Week: Brown Bag Lunch DESCRIPTION:Labour Market Conditions\n\n \n\nWhat employers can do now to prepare for shortages this coming winter\n\nBritish Columbia's labour market is forecast to grow by nearly a million jobs with only 650\,000 available workers. Whistler is likely to face an exacerbated challenge. Increasingly\, employers will need to be savvy recruiters establishing themselves as 'employers of choice' to build the very best teams. What will this new future look like and what can businesses do to prepare for it? Join Christian Saint Cyr\, publisher of the BC Labour Market Report\, as he explains the data and discusses the role of factors such as demographic change\, technology\, consumer trends and globalization. Participants will then break into groups and have solution-focused roundtable discussions centered on housing\, transportation\, or other areas of focus facilitated by Work BC.\n\n \n\nKey takeaways:\n\n Practical information to proactively prepare now\n Tools and resources for staff development\n Collective group brain storming in an intimate setting\n\n \n\nGuest Speaker: Christian Saint Cyr\n\nBC labour market researcher and journalist and speaker. Publisher of the BC Labour Market Report.\n\nWebsite Facebook: Twitter\n\n \n\nOver the past fifteen years Christian Saint Cyr has established himself as a leading expert on British Columbia's labour market. As publisher of the BC Labour Market Report\, Christian advises thousands of career practitioners province-wide and regularly works with representatives of business\, education and government. In addition to extensive experience as a researcher\, writer and public speaker\, he also has experience offering career development commentary in print and radio\; including two years delivering a weekly 'career' segment on CKNW radio\, numerous articles in daily newspapers and appearances on CKWX Radio and the CBC's BC Almanac.\n\n\n\nHotel generously provided by:\n\n\n\n \n\nSpeaker gift generously provided by: X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Labour Market Conditions
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\nWhat employers can do now to prepare for shortages this coming winter
\nBritish Columbia'\;s labour market is forecast to grow by nearly a million jobs with only 650\,000 available workers. Whistler is likely to face an exacerbated challenge. Increasingly\, employers will need to be savvy recruiters establishing themselves as '\;employers of choice'\; to build the very best teams. What will this new future look like and what can businesses do to prepare for it? Join Christian Saint Cyr\, publisher of the BC Labour Market Report\, as he explains the data and discusses the role of factors such as demographic change\, technology\, consumer trends \;and globalization. Participants will then break into groups and have solution-focused roundtable discussions centered on housing\, transportation\, or other areas of focus facilitated by Work BC.
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\nKey takeaways:\n\n \;
\nGuest Speaker: \; Christian Saint Cyr
\nBC labour market researcher and journalist and speaker. Publisher of the BC Labour Market Report.
\nWebsite \; \; Facebook: \; Twitter
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\nOver the past fifteen years Christian Saint Cyr has established himself as a leading expert on British Columbia'\;s labour market. As publisher of the BC Labour Market Report\, Christian advises thousands of career practitioners province-wide and regularly works with representatives of business\, education and government. In addition to extensive experience as a researcher\, writer and public speaker\, he also has experience offering career development commentary in print and radio\; including two years delivering a weekly &lsquo\;career&rsquo\; segment on CKNW radio\, numerous articles in daily newspapers and appearances on CKWX Radio and the CBC&rsquo\;s BC Almanac.
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\nHotel generously provided by:
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\nSpeaker gift generously provided by:
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\n LOCATION:The Gateway Room UID:e.2416.216 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260525T203601Z URL:https://business.whistlerchamber.com/events/details/small-business-week-brown-bag-lunch-10-20-2015-216 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR