Why is this service needed?
Canadian mobility Industries face formidable and intensifying human resource skills challenges:
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Rapid and accelerating changes in technologies and related skills,
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Industry growth combined with “experience retirement” causes unprecedented demand volume,
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Criticality of skills shortfall is having substantial negative economic impact,
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Youths do not perceive mobility industries as desirable careers,
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Societal issues: the role of work in the life balance is changing,
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Multi-disciplinary skills are required; technical, management, leadership, sustainability…..
WILL has long been recognized as an important component of skills development and upgrading. Learning = Education + Training
The skills shortage is a shared problem. There has been underinvestment by the community in WILL