Many industries today are facing enormous demographic, economic and competitive challenges. Talent management has become a growing concern and recruitment offices are stretched more than ever, as companies struggle to handle the double whammy of an increase in applicants and a decrease in budget. Still, industries like energy and healthcare continue to grow.

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The next round of free trade discussions between the government of Canada and representatives of the European Union get under way in Prague in May. It is expected those discussions, will also include provisions for a labour mobility agreement. The objective for such an agreement is to facilitate professional labour mobility and to establish a common skilled labour market between the two territories.
 
CERC is assisting the Canada Europe Roundtable for Business (CERT) in developing the issues to be considered in discussions for a labour mobility agreement.
 
This could have a tremendous positive benefit for our member firms. CERC welcomes your suggestions to the issues outlined in this discussion paper.

 

According to statistics released by The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) existing MLS® home sales activity increased for the second month in a row in March 2009. The number of new listings also continued trending lower in March, which firmed up the balance of supply to demand.
 

 

According to HSBC expat survey, when it comes to making friends with the locals Canada tops the list. Canada is the friendliest location for expats, where most found it easy to build relationships with local people, followed by Germany and Australia.

Germany came out as a popular destination for expats to marry someone from the local population, followed by the Netherlands.

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