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​Employers are struggling to find and keep good employees. Many job seekers are struggling to find and maintain employment. Employers want and need to recruit and retain employees and current and prospective employees want to find employment that meets their needs. Jobs are there, people are looking for (or hoping for) work, but too often the two are not connecting.

​This event is a partnership with the Regional Education Council (School District #27, Cariboo-Chilcotin Partners for Literacy and TRU - Williams Lake). We brought together employers and community services to focus on finding solutions.  Inspired by keynote speaker Kristi Fairholm-Mader, who shares creative solutions to employment challenges, as well as a panel of local success stories, we tackled the following questions with a goal of designing tangible local solutions for implementation:
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  • How can we help employers better understand the capabilities, aspirations and challenges of employees so they can attract and keep them as employees?
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  • ​How can we help employees better understand the requirements of the employer, the challenges they (employee) may have in meeting those requirements, so they can get and keep that job?​  
A collaborative effort of the Social Planning Council, Thrive, and the Regional Education Council
The Employment Program of British Columbia is funded by the ​Government of Canada and the Province of British Columbia
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