Young workers here in the Atlantic are finding it harder to find a good job, despite the amount of retiring baby boomers.
Those results coming from an Atlantic Provinces Economic Council study, and it shows workers aged 15-24 make up over half of the job losses in the Maritimes.
Sarah Earnhardt from 21 Inc tells CHSJ news she’s unsure exactly which jobs are or arn’t in demand, but moving out of the Maritimes to get a career started isn’t a bad thing. She says outmigration is an opportunity to re-circulate workers back to the province.
Earnhardt adds the report mentions a lot of skills mis-match, where young workers tend to study and train in certain areas where there’s no demand in the Maritimes.
She says key steps in getting jobs is having co-ops, internships, staying in school and doing job training that fits the local economy.
