Asia Pacific Gateway Skills Table Truro Trucking Human Resource Sector Council Atlantic

Trucking Human Resource Sector Council Atlantic: Their main findings are: Companies in Atlantic need to change their recruitment. strategies to attract new workers Drivers who service Atlantic ports are older than average, according to The Chronicle Herald. More than two-thirds are over the age of 44 and 42 per cent are above the age of 55. The Asia Pacific Gateway Skills Table and Truro Trucking Human Resource Sector Council Atlantic have collected and analyzed demographic information on professional drivers who service the ports of Saint John and Halifax. Companies will need to use new recruitment strategies as older drivers retire over the next decade. Kelly Henderson, Executive Director of the Trucking Human Resource Sector Council Atlantic, said Friday the council is working on recruiting and retention strategies. There is a generational shift in value and lifestyle attributes of port driving that can be used as selling points within the driving profession. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.