IMMIGRATION RULES BAD FOR RECRUITMENT
Ottawa — Canada’s immigration rules must be changed to make it easier for employers to recruit highly skilled people from other countries, says the Canadian Advanced Technology Alliance. The proposed rules are meant to bring more skilled workers to the country, but CATA claims a 23-year old, English-speaking, engineering graduate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, could not pass the new immigration test. He would only get a mark of 61 according to the new eligibility criteria and a mark of 80 is needed.
AIR CANADA HIRING AGAIN
Montreal —Air Canada is showing signs of recovery, announcing plans to recruit 20 new pilots last month. The beleaguered airline struggled throughout 2001 and was nearly devastated by the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11. An Air Canada spokeswoman confirmed that the pilots will be hired from a pool of potential recruits which includes some former Canada 3000 pilots. “Attrition is at a point that we can go back to some of our recruiting practices from prior to the downturn in the economy and Sept. 11,” she said. Before the slowdown Air Canada typically hired between 15 and 20 pilots a month since 1995. Between December 2000 and October 2001 Air Canada cut about 12,500 jobs.
REPUTATION COUNTS MOST
Livingston, N.J. — More than anything else people want to work for companies with a good reputation and will take a pay cut to do so, according to a recent survey from the U.S. Nearly 80 per cent of respondents said they would be willing to accept a lower paying job if the company has a good reputation. However the importance of reputation also decreased as income level increased.
Ottawa — Canada’s immigration rules must be changed to make it easier for employers to recruit highly skilled people from other countries, says the Canadian Advanced Technology Alliance. The proposed rules are meant to bring more skilled workers to the country, but CATA claims a 23-year old, English-speaking, engineering graduate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, could not pass the new immigration test. He would only get a mark of 61 according to the new eligibility criteria and a mark of 80 is needed.
AIR CANADA HIRING AGAIN
Montreal —Air Canada is showing signs of recovery, announcing plans to recruit 20 new pilots last month. The beleaguered airline struggled throughout 2001 and was nearly devastated by the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11. An Air Canada spokeswoman confirmed that the pilots will be hired from a pool of potential recruits which includes some former Canada 3000 pilots. “Attrition is at a point that we can go back to some of our recruiting practices from prior to the downturn in the economy and Sept. 11,” she said. Before the slowdown Air Canada typically hired between 15 and 20 pilots a month since 1995. Between December 2000 and October 2001 Air Canada cut about 12,500 jobs.
REPUTATION COUNTS MOST
Livingston, N.J. — More than anything else people want to work for companies with a good reputation and will take a pay cut to do so, according to a recent survey from the U.S. Nearly 80 per cent of respondents said they would be willing to accept a lower paying job if the company has a good reputation. However the importance of reputation also decreased as income level increased.
