wellington county: He wasn t expecting much success and it didn t take him long to realize how wrong he was, according to CTV. In that one day, I collected over 70 resumes, he said. As a county employee focused on economic development and talent attraction, he was there to try and convince immigrants and other newcomers to forgo jobs and lives in bigger cities in favour of rural Ontario. Since then, Lusis and Wellington County have been stepping up their efforts to attract immigrants to their community. Some companies have even taken to advertising job openings to out-of-town residents and offering them free transportation. Like other rural parts of the province, they ve been grappling with a problem unfamiliar elsewhere very few people in need of work, while many employers are more desperate than ever for workers.
(www.immigrantscanada.com). As
reported in the news.
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