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Many execs consider literacy a major workforce issue

Posted by: The Learning Partnership

Posted on: 2012 May 08

'Eighty per cent of Canadian business leaders find it difficult to find qualified employees and while low literacy and essential skills levels are considered obstacles, 42 per cent do not have anything in place to improve these skills...

More than one-third of employees do not possess adequate essential skills (meaning the skills applied in all occupations, such as the ability to adapt, learn new skills and perform the task required by their occupation in their daily life), said the respondents...'

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Over the summer months many NEW employers have signed on to the Employer Registry to offer a wide range of experiential learning opportunities for students in the GTA; educators can search for student opportunities by registering on EmployerRegistry.ca.

For GTA students there are nearly 2 000 employers and 3 000 opportunities listed on EmployerRegistry.ca.