🚨 New Report Alert! 🚨

Workforce Planning Hamilton is excited to share the findings of the Hamilton Business Survey in partnership with the City of Hamilton’s Economic Development office! 

With 735 local businesses participating, the survey highlights critical insights into labour market shortages, employer training needs, and sector-specific priorities. The results offer a comprehensive look at Hamilton's workforce needs and opportunities. 📊

 

🚀 A huge thank you to everyone who joined us at this year’s Connect To Careers Job Fair! 🙌🏼

It was an amazing success, bringing together job seekers, employers, and industry experts. We’re excited for what’s ahead and can’t wait to see you all next year! 👏

 

Here is a little recap of Workforce Planning Hamilton's time at Connect To Careers!

 

Banyan Community Services is hiring for a Youth Justice Worker

 

Click here to view job listing!

 

Empowerment Squared is hiring for Development Officer

 

Click here to view job listing!

 

McMaster University is hiring for an Academic Program Administrator

 

Click here to view job listing!

🌟 Join the Youth Labour Forum: Tackling Employment Challenges in Hamilton 🌟

 

📅 Date: May 2, 2025
⏰ Time: 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
📍 Location: Hamilton, ON

 

Workforce Planning Hamilton invites YOU to be part of an important conversation about the challenges youth face when entering the workforce. With a competitive job market, young job seekers need our support more than ever. 🙌

 

🔑 Why You Should Attend:

• Collaborate with youth, employers, community organizations, and policymakers.
• Tackle youth employment barriers and co-create solutions for meaningful job opportunities.
• Equip organizations with youth-driven insights to improve programs and policies.

🗣 How You Can Participate:

• Send frontline staff to participate in discussions.
• Share valuable data or research on youth employment.
• Deliver keynote speeches on best practices in youth employment.
• Facilitate roundtable discussions and support youth in shaping solutions.

Let’s come together to make Hamilton a more inclusive and accessible job market for young people! 💼✨

 

👉 Save the date and register today!

Hamilton Community Action Program for Children (CAPC) will be providing a FREE Tax Clinic for individuals on a low to modest income: 

 

[Persons and families living on less than $35,000 annually (single) or less than $45,000 annually (couple/family)].

The event is scheduled on April 15. 2025 at the Dominic Agostino Riverdale Community Centre and will be by appointments.

 

Contact:

gafach@capchamilton.ca 

Office 905-546-4295

Cell 905-512-3682

www.sprchamilton.ca

www.capchamilton.ca

The City of Hamilton, Hamilton Council on Aging, and Seniors Advisory Committee are looking for Age-Friendly success stories!

 

Are you a business, organization, group, or individual who has helped to make Hamilton more Age-Friendly?

 

If yes, please complete this short survey to share your story and inspire others to get involved, be featured in our 2025 Age-Friendly Hamilton Community Progress Report and help make Hamilton an Age-Friendly city!

 

DEADLINE IS MARCH 31, 2025

 

What is an Age-Friendly Community?

It’s a place where businesses, services, programs, and spaces adapt to the needs of its community.  This includes inclusive businesses, accessible outdoor spaces, affordable and diverse housing options, safe transportation, easy access to information, and opportunities for socializing, volunteering, and employment.  It also ensures that health and community services meet the diverse needs of seniors.

Program Description

 

Provides academic upgrading for students in reading, writing, mathematics and computers.

 

For students who want to:

- Complete their Ontario Secondary School Diploma

- Obtain employment

- Enter apprenticeship

- Move towards Post Secondary College or University

- Achieve personal growth and/or independence

 

Schedule:

- Ongoing registration - Flexible schedule

- September 2, 2024 - June 27, 2025

- Monday - Thursday: 8:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m., Friday - 8:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

 

How To Register:

Please contact info@stcharles.ca, 905-577-0555 x3226

🎉 Big news out of Hamilton! 🎉

The Government of Canada announced that it will work with OmniaBio to expand its facility at McMaster Innovation Park. This expansion aims to manufacture cell and gene therapies and provide production services to companies globally, strengthening Canada’s participation in global value chains. Cell and gene therapies have the potential to revolutionize the treatment of a broad range of life-threatening diseases. 🔬

 

Ground has been broken and construction is underway at the location of the future IKEA Hamilton Customer Distribution Centre (CDC) and Collection point.

The project is part of a more than $400 million investment by IKEA Canada and is located at 212 Glover Rd.

Its final size is slated to be 483,285 square feet and, once certified, the CDC will be among the top five largest zero carbon industrial buildings in Ontario, explains a release.

The facility is slated to create “thousands of direct and indirect jobs, including warehouse, delivery, kitchen installation, design services, B2B, and third-party (Task Rabbit) assembly roles,” the release reads.

Workforce Planning Hamilton’s labour market information can help identify:

• In-demand Industries, Skills & Jobs
• Workforce demographics
• Growing, declining & changing trends
• Job vacancy data
• Labour force supply & demand
• Immigration into the workforce
• Currently hiring skills & positions
• And More!