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Skills: Steel Fabricators

steel fabricators: Its not easy to find available welders and steel fabricators in Canada, especially with the experience and skills that fit the industries that my company serves. With Alberta as our neighbour, many of the skilled tradespeople left Saskatchewan for more lucrative opportunities in Fort McMurray or Edmonton. Initially I tried recruiting from Ontario, Quebec and the Maritimes, with little success. We just found that most people werent willing to leave their hometown and move west leaving family and friends behind. More Related to this Story, according to Globe and Mail. Why the first person I hired was a bookkeeper Recruiting the right people with the right skills is a challenge for many business owners. But what do you do when the people with the skills you need dont exist in your hometown, home province or even your home country? Employee retention is not just about pizza lunches and parties (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.