Posts Tagged ‘Skilled Labour’

Alberta, Canada looking for skilled workers to immigrate to fill labour shortages

March 12th, 2012 Tushar Mathur

Alberta’s Premier Alison Redford is in the US last week to look for US workers to immigrate to Canada to fill labour shortages. While the main focus of her visit to Chicago is to highlight Alberta’s energy relationship with the US, the province’s labour shortage will also be an important discussion topic when she meets with US political officials and union leaders.

“We’ve had discussions with a number of labour organizations in Chicago who’ve been doing work with decision-makers in the United States — and with the Canadian and US ambassadors — to try to find avenues where we might be able to accelerate access of skilled labour into Alberta,” said Redford adding that the province is looking for workers with specific skill sets to fill key positions in Alberta.

A new Calgary Economic Development study reveals the 25 occupations that will be most needed in the coming years.

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UK business leaders call for lax immigration rules

January 16th, 2012 Tushar Mathur

The UK’s North East Chamber of Commerce (NECC) have called for a relaxation of UK immigration controls in the North East region arguing that businesses are being held back by a lack of skilled labour.

NECC is a business organization in the UK that represents more than 4,000 companies in the North East of England. They are seeking changes in UK immigration legislation that takes into account regional labour market needs and available skills. This follows a study they conducted which shows the importance of foreign workers to large businesses in the region.

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Migration to UK rises by 21% despite coalition clampdown

August 27th, 2011 Tushar Mathur
The government’s cap on migration to Britain from outside Europe is being more than offset by a renewed rise in migration from Poland and other EU countries, immigration experts have warned.

British employers are increasingly turning to EU migrants to fill the gaps left by the government’s clampdown on the recruitment of overseas skilled labour from outside Europe, according to Oxford University’s migration observatory.

The latest annual statistics show that net inward migration – which Conservative ministers have pledged to reduce to below 100,000 by the general election – actually rose by 21% during 2010, to 239,000.

The Office for National Statistics said fewer people were leaving Britain to live abroad and net migration from eastern Europe was up – from 5,000 in 2009 to 40,000 in 2010.

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Western Australia continues call for more immigrants

March 31st, 2011 Tushar Mathur

Western Australia is continuing its efforts to recruit workers from abroad in an effort to head off labour shortages.

The Australian state expects to create 240,000 new jobs as AUD $225 million in resources and infrastructure projects get underway; It is estimated that Western Australia will see a shortfall of 150,000 workers.

“This growth will present significant challenges for government, industry and the community as the demand for skilled labour to service the state’s growing industries places pressure on many sectors of the economy,” Training and Workforce Development Minister Peter Collier said.

To meet the demand for skilled labour, the state will be bringing in immigrants under the Western Australian Skilled Migration Strategy.

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The Green Card Process

May 31st, 2010 Tushar Mathur

To draw the world’s ” brightest and the most excellent”, the Democratic Senators planned instant Green Cards for foreign people with higher degrees from American colleges and institutes and job offers. This is very good news for Indians as there is a large number of students going to the US every year.

In order to achieve this goal, a Green Card or a permanent residency will be right away available to any foreign student having an advanced degree from any U.S. college/institute of higher education. Vocational student are mostly in a field of technology, science, industrial, or mathematics. India has the most number of students in these fields.

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Green card process for Indians in US

March 31st, 2010 Tushar Mathur

In economic terms India is the main supplier of human capital or the skilled labour in the whole world. Germany supplies cars, UAE supplies oil, China supplies electronics and India supplies minds in fact great minds. Skilled labour is must for growth of any nation and in nation like India there is no shortage for it. Most of great minds want to settle in US because of better opportunities and more income. So for the permanent settlement there is a need of permanent immigration or in a sense a ticket to live in US permanently. This ticket is called the green card.

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