The search for a summer job: The competition is fierce
Griffin Matheson, 19, has never had trouble landing a summer job. But that was before COVID-19 made so many employment opportunities disappear not just for him, but for tens of thousands of young people in Alberta.
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The window for students to find work is closing, but the province s reopening plan provides some hope
Posted: Jun 01, 2021 5:00 AM MT | Last Updated: June 1
A young woman is seen here being interviewed for a position at Blowers & Grafton, a Calgary-based restaurant and bar. The company says it s going to hire 40 people over the next month based on the province s post-pandemic reopening plan.(Bryan Labby/CBC)
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Michelle Benz, seen in an undated handout photo, thought she was playing it smart when she went back to school to improve her chances of getting a new career after being laid off six years ago in Calgary s oil and gas sector. However, after earning a bachelor of urban planning she is frustrated that the job market in her chosen field has dried up due to COVID-19. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Michelle Benz, MANDATORY CREDIT May 01, 2021 - 7:00 AM
CALGARY - Michelle Benz thought she was playing it smart when she went back to school after being laid off from the oil and gas sector six years ago.
Relatively bleak: Post secondary students face rising debt and few summer jobs
by Bill Graveland, THE CANADIAN PRESS
Posted May 1, 2021 11:22 am EDT
A shopper walks at the Eaton Centre in Toronto, Wednesday, March 18, 2020. More major Canadian retailers joined the effort to contain the novel coronavirus outbreak by temporarily closing their stores or tweaking operations with one grocery store chain reducing hours.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Natasha Hermann
CALGARY Michelle Benz thought she was playing it smart when she went back to school after being laid off from the oil and gas sector six years ago.
She completed her bachelor of urban planning at the University of Calgary, but she’s frustrated that the job market in her chosen field has dried up due to COVID-19.
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