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:: Monday, September 15, 2003 ::

Record labour shortage ahead: study By Eric Beauchesne
Lack of workers and high tuition costs expected to drive youth into workforce earlier, says financial watchdog
OTTAWA -- In less than 10 years, Canada will start to face its severest shortage of labour ever, according to a report released this week by the federal financial watchdog.

Cash on tap lures wannabe plumbers Reports of massive earnings prompt even bank managers to sign up for trade courses By Mona McAlinden
 
Forget law, medicine and accountancy … if you really want to get ahead in the modern world, become a plumber. It’s advice that an increasing number of people are heeding. New figures from City and Guilds reveal a huge increase in applications to major trade courses in Scotland.

New Zealand - Worrying gaps in trades takeup Building owners could be round the S-bend without a spanner unless more people can be attracted to train as plumbers, gasfitters, drainlayers and roofers.

Apprentice numbers have dropped so low - about 1600 across the country - that the Plumbing and Roofing Industry Training Organisation is launching national roadshows to woo youngsters into the trades.

Ananova UK - Buildings crumbling in craftsmen shortage 'The industry is reaching crisis point. Although there are more architects, surveyors and professionals who specialise in conservation than ever before, we desperately need to attract young people into working hands-on to renovate old buildings.'

Alaska - Construction figures drop after 3 years 08/28/03 By MATT TUNSETH
Perhaps the biggest threat to the construction industry isn't cutbacks on spending by the government and oil companies, but a lack of interest from young people wanting to get into the business.

'There's a coming labor shortage in this state, and that's going to hit the construction industry very hard,' he said.

countries examine migration of labor By Angelina Davydova
Finland, with a population of 5.18 million people and an unemployment rate of 9.1 percent, faces a shortage of qualified professionals in some sectors of the economy, mainly in high technology, construction, healthcare and the social sector.

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