The Board accomplishes its mandate by working collaboratively with business, workforce and community organizations to plan and initiate projects and programs that address the specific needs of workforce development in Bruce, Grey, Huron and Perth counties.
Providing Local Labour Market Insights …
Research
Reliable localized labour market information equips our community partners with an accurate reflection of existing market conditions so they can respond with meaningful and purposeful economic and education planning at the grass roots level.
Awareness & Career Planning
Encouraging awareness of market trends, career paths, employment options and opportunities in the local community to attract and retain our local workforce.
Labour Market Data
Navigating labour market supply and demand among regions, occupations and industries is complex. We make it easy by providing data on job trends, population changes, employment rates and more.
Workforce Development
By tracking workforce indicators and identifying current and emerging workforce trends we provide our community partners with relevant local data to build and coordinate appropriate responses.
Regional Stats and Workforce Characteristics
See monthly data on unemployment rate, participation rate, and population size changes in our region over the past 12 months. This data is collected monthly from Statistics Canada through the Labour Force Survey (LFS).
Featured Reports & Partnerships
& Resources that Rock!
The ongoing importance of the EmployerOne Survey is to collect and summarize local workforce data directly from employers. This information is crucial to local organizations engaged in workforce attraction and retention strategies, strategic planning, and other community projects requiring local labour market data. In a rural labour market, this type of data can be challenging to acquire. The EmployerOne continues to fill this need.
Your source for Local Labour Market Information. connect2JOBS is a local labour market platform covering Bruce, Grey, Huron, and Perth counties. It supports job seekers, employers and local partners with job demand and career planning tools and data.
Real-world knowledge and expertise in a mobile trailer. Prepare for your future in the trades. Brought to you in support by local partners. Supporting the development of trades in our region.
The Community Hub is a portal featuring career videos and learning labs to help you determine a good fit for skills, jobs and training throughout Bruce, Grey, Huron and Perth counties.
