Page 14, Sept. 16, 1981 - A supplement to the North Shore News

Critical
skills in

short
supply

By CATHERINE DAWSON

As technology progresses
at a speed unfamiliar to the
west coast life style, the job
market is beginning to feel
the squeeze of growth pains-

“Management in the
professional and _ technical
sectors must respond to the
dynamic growth industry is
experiencing,” explained a
Spokesperson for the
Professional and Technical

Office of Canada Em-
ployment Centre, further
adding, ‘“‘The_ over-

abundance of manpower in
the engineering, health care
and data = processing in-

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“In order to mitigate the
skill shortages expected in
the future, management
must begin to plan now. Staff
recruitment and training are

essential concerns which
must be addressed im-
mediately. While many

graduates come into the job
market every spring, the
experienced job-ready
professional is becoming a
rare bird in Vancouver.”

““Raiding’ of qualified
personne) will be the norm in
a very short period of time
and companies will have to

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salaries, benefits and ‘perks’
in order to recruit and retain
their personnel. One
solution is in-house training.
By planning for staff and
management growth,  in-
dustries will remain com-
petitive in their market place
of the future.” ,
By assisting companies in
their manpower planning,
the government is helping to
identify the critical skill
shortage areas for all sectors
in the business community.

As the -.age of the
generalist is dissolving into a
‘specialist's market, the

_ employer can turn to Canada

Employment Centres for

“ information and advice on

any _iadustrial
problem.

On the employee's part,
the Professional and

manpower

Technical Office recently
announced the initiation of
job search seminars.
“Directed at the
professional and technical
sector of the job market,
these one hour seminars will
assist individuals in their
creative career search and
planning,” 2 spokesperson
for the seminar team ex-

plained.

“They are open and
without charge to the
public,” she added, “and

employed, unemployed and
underemployed persons are
encouraged to attend.”

Under the direction of

Linda Isaacs the seminars
will be broken down into
three main sectors: market
information, creative job
search and the all important
resume. Ms. Isaacs went on
to express a unique aspect of

the Professional and
Technical Centre. saying,
“The seminars currently are

‘afternoon sessions, during

business hours. However,
plans are under way to
respond to the employed
professional who can only
attend evening sessions.”

A team of professional
counsellors have been
researching the Vancouver
market for months. The
result of this research is a
concrete presentation of
current information of in-
terest to any professional —
employed or not.

For information on the
seminars, call 666-2351.

(Catherine Dawson ts an
Employer Relations
Counsellor with Em-
ployment and Immigration
Canada.)

Moving Canada’s harvest

FROM PAGE C17

be because of computerized
control and automation.

This system means the
whole grain flow can be
routed wWhereever it is
needed in seconds — and all
of it can be handled by three
people in the control room.
Thfere’s even a memory bank
that remembers what-kind of
grain is stored ina particular
bin and alerts the operator
with a flashing light if an
attempt is made to add the
wrong kind of grain to that
bin.

Another innovative
feature at Pioneer is the
Peco loaders, of which there
are two, and each of these
has a 105 ft. boom. The No.

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1 Peco can load 1630 tonnes
per hour and the No. 2 can
handle 2180 per hour.

One of the largest ships
ever to load in Burrard inlet
— the Marshal Zakharov,
814 ft. in length, gross
tonnage 116.283 tons - was
being loaded furiously by
both Pecos at Pioneer last
week. By the time you read
this that ship will be heading
for its homeland. Russia.

As long as the grain trains
keep running, Pioneer will
keep the coffers of Canada
— and, of course, Western
Canada in particular —
loaded with export produce.

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