COVID-19 prompting employment challenges for Peterborough – Peterborough

COVID-19 prompting employment challenges for Peterborough – Peterborough

in Nov 19, 2020

The ongoing coronavirus pandemic is affecting Peterborough’s employment numbers, and not in a good way. “Unfortunately we are the second-highest rate of unemployment out of any city in Canada,” said Karen Wilson, executive director at Employment Planning & Counselling in Peterborough, Ont. According to Statistics Canada, Peterborough’s unemployment rate for October was 11.7 per[…]

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‘Flat and dim hiring’ climate projected for Peterborough area in third quarter of 2020: survey – Peterborough

‘Flat and dim hiring’ climate projected for Peterborough area in third quarter of 2020: survey – Peterborough

in Jun 09, 2020

A new survey suggests Peterborough area employers are expecting another “flat” hiring climate for the third quarter of this year. It follows a trend of a survey in March by the ManpowerGroup Employment Outlook Survey. For the third quarter, the report says 15 per cent of employers plan to hire for the upcoming quarter[…]

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