by Mississauga Board of Trade | May 21, 2015 | Advantage Mississauga, Hiring, Innovation, Research, Training and development, Uncategorized, Youth
By Rosa Lokaisingh So we have jobs without people and people without jobs. We have a relatively high national unemployment rate — particularly among youth — that persists as employers complain they just can’t find the labour they need. But what is...
by Mississauga Board of Trade | Apr 21, 2015 | Advantage Mississauga, Youth
By Rosa Lokaisingh This question is an ongoing discussion for parents, students, academia and business today? Academia says their role is to provide students with an academic education that allows them a range of vocational choices in their related field of study,...
by Mississauga Board of Trade | Feb 18, 2015 | Advantage Mississauga, Hiring, Youth
By Rosa Lokaisingh The lack of hard data in our marketplace – an information gap that makes it difficult to begin to understand which skills are required for employment, what practices are the most promising in training youth to become productive citizens and...
by Mississauga Board of Trade | Jan 29, 2015 | Advantage Mississauga, Uncategorized, Youth
By Rosa Lokaisingh The communication gap between industry and academia is so wide that it has significantly impacted the high youth under-employment rate in Mississauga and surrounding areas. After conducting several Business and Student Engagement Focus Groups over...