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Tourism HR Canada Seeks to Fill Workforce Gap Left by the Pandemic

Discover Tourism, Education, HR Practices, Press Release, Workforce Recovery /

Discover Tourism shifts the narrative on career opportunities Ottawa, April 4, 2023 – Travel is rebounding from the COVID pandemic more quickly than expected, with widespread global interest in experiencing all that Canada has to offer, but Canadian tourism businesses are operating with more than 100,000 fewer workers than they were in 2019. Tourism HR […]

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Hiring International Talent: Tips for Summer Staffing

HR Practices, Workforce Recovery /

With summer fast approaching against the backdrop of a very tight labour market, many businesses may be feeling squeezed as they look to ramp up their seasonal workforce. Particularly for operators whose tried-and-true methods of local recruitment just aren’t pulling in the usual numbers of staff, the coming surge in demand for your services may

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Building A Resilient & Vibrant Workforce Webinars

HR Practices, Workforce Recovery /

Tourism HR Canada is excited to collaborate with the Tourism Industry Association of Ontario (TIAO) for a special set of one-hour webinars: the Building a Resilient & Vibrant Workforce series. Our panel of experts will discuss workforce development, immigration, labour market trends, and innovation. Experts from Indigenous Tourism Ontario will present on attracting, building, and

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Departures and Arrivals: Attracting Global Talent to Canada’s Tourism Sector

HR Practices, Workforce Recovery /

By Joe Baker, Tourism HR Canada Board of Directors Here we are at the beginning of another new year, looking ahead and doing everything we can to craft the next normal as we elevate Canada’s tenacious tourism sector through our most essential element: talent. In many ways 2022 felt like the turbulence one experiences on

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Employer of the Year Award Recognizes Model for Workplace Culture

HR Practices, Press Release /

Tourism HR Canada congratulates Tourism Kingston on being named Tourism Employer of the Year at this year’s Canadian Tourism Awards gala. Hosted by the Tourism Industry Association of Canada (TIAC), the awards recognize success, leadership, and innovation in Canada’s tourism industry, and reward those people, places, organizations, and events that have gone above and beyond

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Hybrid Work on the Rise—Is There a Fit for Tourism?

HR Practices, Labour Market Information, Workforce Recovery /

Working from home and hybrid work were necessities in many industries throughout the pandemic, and numerous employers have continued to offer these options. Tourism employment provides much less opportunity for this type of work, however roles within tourism operations—finance, marketing, HR, and others—could see these arrangements become more sought after. With stiff competition for labour,

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International Students? Or People of the World.

HR Practices, Labour Market Information, Leadership, Workforce Recovery /

By Joe Baker, Tourism HR Canada Board of Directors What gives me enough expertise to reflect on the lived experience and value of international students in Canada? I spent nearly 15 years working in Canadian higher education at a critical time. A time when domestic interest in tourism and hospitality programming began to fade and

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Generation Next: Exploring Promising Talent Pipelines

HR Practices, Leadership, Workforce Recovery /

By Joe Baker, Tourism HR Canada Board of Directors A recently released CBC report details which industries Canadian workers are flocking to—and which ones they were fleeing. The report tracked the number of employees between January 2019 and July 2022 across 16 different industry sectors and ranked the sectors from those who saw the largest

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