Be assured of skilled, creative, bilingual and loyal workers

The labour market in New Brunswick offers:

• Quality education system, representing 21.3% of the provincial budget
• Favourable labour-management relations
• Entrepreneurial attitudes, where small business comprises over 90% of all companies and employs 35% of all workers
• Educated: one of the best high school graduation rates in Canada (82%) and nearly 60% of our working age population have at least some post-secondary education or training
• Global serviceability with one-third of our workers fluently bilingual (English, French)
• Exceptionally low employee-initiated turnover and average job tenure over eight years
• Large pool of underemployed workers comprised of discouraged searchers, those waiting for work, and part-timers who would prefer full-time work

Statistics

 •  Labour force statistics

 •  Underemployed Workers

 •  Employment by industry

 •  Regional labour statistics

Employee Recruitment Tools

Access to a variety of recruitment services available from the provincial government, the regional economic development agencies, and the private sector in New Brunswick including:

 •  Online Employment & HR Services

 •  Regional Recruitment Services

 •  Post-Secondary Graduate Recruitment

 •  Repatriation & Immigration

Training Facilities & Resources

Workforce Magazine honoured New Brunswick for its commitment to training. Its 16 post-secondary institutions offer diploma and degree programs in a multitude of disciplines. Your Investment Executive can help you navigate the system to identify the best training programs for your employees and the best programs yielding suitable employee candidates.

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