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Meeting the Workforce Challenge Presentation to Electricity Human Resources Canada

John Somers Senior Executive Director, Skills and Learning Branch

Nova Scotia Department of Labour and Advanced Education

Nova Scotia’s Workforce Challenge • Nova Scotia’s challenges are not uncommon in mature economies • A self- re-enforcing cycle:

Economy

• Economic growth • Population growth • Work force growth

• Cycle can be positive or negative • Market forces do not always favour individual jurisdictions • People without jobs, jobs without people

Population

Workforce

Economic Growth • Growth in real GDP (1990-2009): – Nova Scotia: 40.6 %

Economy

• Major opportunities in the near future: – $25 Billion in ship construction – $1.2 Billion in Maritime Link – $2 billion in offshore exploration

• How will we ensure we are ready?

Population

Workforce

Population • Nova Scotia’s population stable at 945,00 (2011) • Not projected to increase in foreseeable future • Low birth rates • Net intra-provincial outmigration • Aging population: 18 – 64 share of population: – 2011: 65.2 % – 2036: 55.1 %

Economy

Population

Workforce

The workforce • Relatively low labour participation rate • Significant segments of the population are underrepresented • Projected gap in skilled trades people

Economy

Population

Workforce

Key Provincial Government Touch Points in Workforce Development • Labour and Advanced Education (LAE ) • Advanced Education • Skills and Learning Branch: • Employment Nova Scotia • Workplace Initiatives • Apprenticeship Training

• Policy and Planning

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Nova Scotia Community College (NSCC) Economic and Rural Development and Tourism Nova Scotia Office of Immigration (NSOI) Department of Community Services External Service Providers

LAE Labour Market Programming

Clients LMDA:

EI Part II Benefits and Support Measures:

E.I. – eligible

• Careers Resource Centres • Skills Development • Self-Employment • Start

$84 Million open-ended

3rd party service providers

Strong Attachment

Direct funding to individuals

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LMA:

$14 Million Federal Funds expires March 31st, 2014

Provincial Programs: Start Skills-up Works for You

3rd party service providers Direct funding to individuals

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Targeted Interventions Pre Employment

Recruitment

Hiring

Training

On-line HR Tool Kit On-line HR Tool Kit Careers Nova Scotia START One Journey Work and Learn Apprenticeship Skills On-line NS WIPSI

One Journey / Work and Learn • Starts with a business or industry-identified skills shortage • Employers interview people based on ‘fit’ with their business/industry • Customized training delivered to meet industryspecific needs • Win-Win: people without jobs obtain employment; jobs without people are filled with skilled workers

Essentials to Certification (a One Journey Work and Learn “sub program”)

• People working in a trade are provided with essential skills training to enable them to successfully write their exams • They achieve Journeyperson status and can, in turn, take on apprentices • Win-Win: Tradespeople achieve certification and more apprenticeship positions become available.

Skills On-Line • Increased accessibility to learning • Businesses and individuals access training when and where they need it • Electronic learning records follow people from job to job • Businesses can create ‘learning networks’ for staff and create their own customized online training options • Customized content to meet Nova Scotia’s business needs: HR, Social Media, and… • Coming soon: ‘Getting Ready’… to take advantage of those major projects.

What will success look like?

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More Immigrants settling in Nova Scotia More young people attracted to, or staying in Nova Scotia Proportionally less outmigration

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Population

Workforce •

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Increased workforce participation rates, especially in underrepresented groups

Better targeting of educational and training programs More and enhanced training in the workplace Greater employer engagement in the training system Fewer regulatory barriers to labour mobility