The Elgin, Middlesex, Oxford Workforce Planning and Development Board conducts the annual EmployerOne survey for local employers to identify their workforce needs. The EmployerOne 2021 resulted in 63 responses from businesses who identified themselves to be in the manufacturing sector. The majority of manufacturing businesses identified themselves as an established business, meaning they’ve been established for longer than five years.

The manufacturing responses in the EmployerOne2021 would lead us to believe that the manufacturing sector remains active during COVID-19. When asked to assess the impact of telework or remote work on their business, the most common response reported was a “neutral” impact (Chart 1). Given the nature of manufacturing work, we can already assume that manufacturing can rarely be done remotely. Furthermore, when asked what percentage of their workforce did they expect to continue working remotely once the pandemic was over, the majority of manufacturing businesses reported “None” (Chart 2). Out of the 59 manufacturing employers who responded to the question “Did you hire within the last 12 months?”, 55 businesses responded “Yes.” The aforementioned survey responses can lead us to comfortably assume that the manufacturing sector is currently stable and optimistic for job seekers.

But what do job seekers need to be successful? One way to approach this question is to hear what employers identify as their greatest challenges. One of the challenges commonly identified by manufacturing employers was “Recruiting and retaining skilled individuals” (Chart 3). Skills2Succeed intends to bridge this gap through employer informed training with a focus on fulfilling employer needs. 

The first Growing Your Workforce Live! episode is here! Watch the full presentation above or download the podcast episode below.

Download the episode using the player’s menu on the right.

Growing Your Workforce Live! is a new iteration of the publication focused on issues of hiring, training and retention. These 20 minute presentations will enlighten and invite you to dive in below the tip of the iceberg on workforce issues.

The first episode addresses how the labour market has changed over the course of COVID-19 shutdowns, and share strategies and suggestions for developing workforce and skills in light of these changing.

Credits and sources:

More literature available in our library.

Participation rate study: https://workforcedevelopment.ca/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/labour_participation_final_report-1.pdf

EmployerOne Results: https://www.worktrends.ca/employer-one-survey

Growing Your Workforce Conference Report: https://workforcedevelopment.ca/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Revised_Growing-Your-Workforce-Report-2019.pdf

Worktrends Interactive Labour Market Facts: https://www.worktrends.ca/resources/labour-market-facts-london-economic-region-interactive-tool

StatCan labour force characeristics: https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/71-607-x/71-607-x2017001-eng.htm

Music Credits:

Nowhere Land by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4148-nowhere-land

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

New Direction by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4120-new-direction

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

Limit 70 by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5710-limit-70

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Sincerely by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5033-sincerely

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

The first Growing Your Workforce Live! episode is here! Watch the full presentation above or download the podcast episode below.

Download the episode using the player’s menu on the right.

Growing Your Workforce Live! is a new iteration of the publication focused on issues of hiring, training and retention. These 20 minute presentations will enlighten and invite you to dive in below the tip of the iceberg on workforce issues.

The first episode addresses how the labour market has changed over the course of COVID-19 shutdowns, and share strategies and suggestions for developing workforce and skills in light of these changing.

Credits and sources:

More literature available in our library.

Participation rate study: https://workforcedevelopment.ca/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/labour_participation_final_report-1.pdf

EmployerOne Results: https://www.worktrends.ca/employer-one-survey

Growing Your Workforce Conference Report: https://workforcedevelopment.ca/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Revised_Growing-Your-Workforce-Report-2019.pdf

Worktrends Interactive Labour Market Facts: https://www.worktrends.ca/resources/labour-market-facts-london-economic-region-interactive-tool

StatCan labour force characeristics: https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/71-607-x/71-607-x2017001-eng.htm

Music Credits:

Nowhere Land by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4148-nowhere-land

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

New Direction by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4120-new-direction

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

Limit 70 by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5710-limit-70

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Sincerely by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5033-sincerely

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

E-Magazine Launch

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Interested in getting the latest workforce, employment reports in your inbox? EMOWPDB is excited to announce Growing Your Workforce. A quarterly e-magazine packed with timely and useful local planning information.

Interested in getting the latest workforce, employment reports in your inbox? EMOWPDB is excited to announce Growing Your Workforce. A quarterly e-magazine packed with timely and useful local planning information.