Immigration: Geoscience Professionals

Phrc Dept: From engineers to derrick hands, the industry is looking for talent for work in Canada and overseas, according to Calgary Herald. "Over 30 per cent of the industry's core workforce -including engineers, geoscience professionals, trades and equipment operators -are expected to retire within the next decade," says the 2010 third-and fourthquarter labour market study by the PHRC and the beginnings of a recovery in Alberta's oil and gas industry are combining with other powerful forces to create shortages in a range of job skills. And demand is likely to grow substantially in the months and years ahead, says the latest study by the Petroleum Human Resources Council of Canada. As reported in the news.
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