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Workforce Planning for Sudbury & Manitoulin
Workforce Planning for Sudbury & Manitoulin (WPSM) conducts research and provides labour market information on industry and workforce trends from both a supply and demand perspective. WPSM connects stakeholders from various sectors, collaborates on partnership projects, activities and programs to address current and emerging labour market issues, and supports economic growth and development.
City of Greater Sudbury
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District of Sudbury
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District of Manitoulin
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Local Labour Market Plan 2024-2025
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- Greater Sudbury
- 12,584 businesses
- 81% are micro-enterprises (0-4 employees)
- District of Manitoulin
- 1,164 businesses
- 81% are micro-enterprises (0-4 employees)
- District of Sudbury
- 1,355 businesses
- 82% are micro-enterprises (0-4 employees)
- Greater Sudbury
Understanding workforce needs and challenges in community and social services in the Greater Sudbury area
- Survey of local services
- Explores attraction, recruitment and retention
- Almost all positions are hard to fill
- Impacted by funding, competition and wages
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Mining Workforce of the Future
- Exciting new technologies in the mining industry
- New workforce skills that will be required
- Occupations in demand
- Recommendations to balance this shift
