All values are approximations.

Strategies to Address Future Labour Needs

Percent of Companies

• Upgrade Skills of Current Employees, 85%
• Increase Emphasis on Recruitment, 72%
• Hire Younger People, 68%
• Implement Workplace Practices to Encourage Retention, 65%
• Increase Degree of Automation, 55%
• Hire Recent Immigrants With Foreign Training, 50%
• Reallocate Work Assignments, 45%
• Outsource Functions to Other Canadian Firms, 30%
• Hire More People From the Aboriginal Community, 15%
• Outsource Functions Outside Canada, 12%
• Recruit Workers Directly From Abraod, 10%

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