Cowichan Employer Resource Guide
The Cowichan Employer Resource Guide is a repository of tools and strategies to help your business address challenges stemming from labour shortages. Each topic includes a brief description, followed by at least one link to more information. The Guide is updated regularly with new tools, information, and links.
Economic Development Cowichan would like to acknowledge the support and contributions of our local chambers of commerce, business improvement associations, and tourism partners in the development of this Guide.
Take a Deeper Dive
In the blog posts below, we take an in depth look at the tools listed in the Guide, and talk to employers, subject matter experts, and business support organizations to see how the strategies are being used to create success in the workplace. Subscribe to our newsletter to be notified when new blogs are posted.
Does your business have an HR success story you’d like to share with the Cowichan business community? Please contact our team at [email protected] – we want to hear from you!
Wage subsidies to help your business compete and thrive
As wage expectations continue to rise, businesses may struggle to recruit employees, especially in our competitive labour market. As of the second quarter of 2021, the average offered hourly wage in the Vancouver Island and Coast region was $23.95, up from $19.70 in the second quarter of 2019.
A diverse and inclusive workforce to address the labour shortage – with a spotlight on accessibility
Attracting and retaining underrepresented workers is one potential strategy for addressing labour and skill shortages. In fact, studies show that increasing overall workplace diversity improves financial performance and result in better business outcomes.
Shifting strategies – the key to hiring in a tight labour market
By all indications, labour shortages are here to stay for the foreseeable future. With that reality in mind, retention is going to be a key factor to sustaining necessary workforce stability.
Cowichan Employer Resource Guide to help businesses adapt to the labour shortage
Economic Development Cowichan has launched the Cowichan Employer Resource Guide, a repository of tools and strategies to assist local businesses in addressing challenges stemming from labour shortages. In August 2021, RBC Economist Carrie Freestone reported a record...
Introducing the Cowichan Employer Resource Guide to help businesses cope with the labour shortage
Is your business struggling to find and retain workers? Do you see ‘Help Wanted’ signs everywhere you look on your town’s main street? In recent months, the labour shortage has been at the forefront of many news stories, webinars, and conversations in Cowichan and...
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Development
Cowichan
135 Third Street
Duncan, BC
Canada V9L 1R9
[email protected]
T 250.746.7880
TF 1.866.746.2508