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WANTED: 11,000 job seekers wishing to work with state-of-the-art technologies, who like to be assigned responsibilities, who want to quickly access management positions and who seek to reconcile work and family life. Competitive wages and low cost of living. As a bonus: a humane and friendly work environment. Efficient and free job search assistance offered, among others, through the online Foire permanente de l’emploi (Permanent Job Fair). Also wanted: Entrepreneurs looking for assistance, both financial and technical, to develop successful business projects. Includes potential grants and the support of a community that promotes innovation and creativeness. You will certainly find a job that meets your expectations in Abitibi-Témiscamingue since there exist opportunities in many fields, and not only in the natural resources sector.
There are so many jobs available in Abitibi-Témiscamingue that the regional weeklies had to add pages to include all the job offers they receive. In our region, the issue is not work shortage but labour shortage! Indeed, 11,000 positions will be available in Abitibi-Témiscamingue by 2012, whether to support economic growth or to fill positions vacated by retired employees.
You think that most of these jobs are in the natural resources sector? You’re wrong, you loose 10 points! Actually, 72 % of these positions will be available in the sectors of health, natural and applied sciences, social sciences, business, finance and management.
Ask an Abitibi-Témiscamingue worker about his work conditions, and when his jaw eases down after displaying a broad smile, he will tell you that he’s assigned more diverse duties than his colleagues from the rest of Québec, and that accessing a management position can be very fast. And he’ll be right: it is not uncommon for companies and organisations to trust young people to guide their destiny. As if this wasn’t enough, employers increasingly tend to allow their employees to reconcile work and personal life, which allows for a more balanced and less stressful life, without pre- or post-workday traffic jam.
The still recent feats of our pioneers and land-breakers made Abitibi-Témiscamingue a welcoming place for go-getters, creators and innovators. Here, practically the whole community is linking hands to assist promoters in materialising their projects.
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