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Skilled Worker Shortages: National Association of Career Colleges

National Association of Career Colleges: The cash infusion is for the National Association of Career Colleges an organization representing an array of schools across the country that provide training in sectors with skilled worker shortages, according to CTV. The funding, details of which were obtained by The Canadian Press, is aimed at helping as many as 5,000 internationally trained and educated workers who are unable to find work in their fields to either explore other careers or land jobs that are closely related to their expertise and - Ottawa is committing $800,000 to help skilled newcomers to Canada find work in their fields -- part of a larger, job-centred effort that promises to be one of the key planks in next week's budget. Employment Minister Jason Kenney is to announce the funding Friday in Toronto. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.