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Job seekers

If you are currently unemployed or looking to upgrade your skills, below are two resources that quite literally, provide thousands of pages of online content to help you get started with your job or training search.
 

	Your future lays ahead. Visit the iwin web portal for extensive links to Sarnia Lambton career planning tools, local community profiles and newspapers, training and learning opportunities, and employment information such as employment service providers, employment agencies, self-employment options and job opportunities. The one-stop-shop on the web for local Sarnia Lambton employment information.
	Sarnia Lambton Job Seekers' Guide to Employment - 2.7 MB PDF Looking for work? Not sure where to start? You are not alone in your job search. This guide puts you in touch with the organizations in Sarnia Lambton that are here to help. Published: 2008

Sarnia Lambton: Community information

The following websites contain valuable information on our region's economic profile and standard of living indicators:

Knowledge Sharing: The Ontario Trillium Foundation released demographic reports on communities throughout the province in November 2008. Read the Profile on Essex, Kent, Lambton, 1MB PDF.

Ontario labour market information

The following resources contain information on the province's labour market:

Labour Market Monitor
The Labour Market Monitor is an overview of the Windsor - Sarnia econcomic region that includes Chatham-Kent, and the counties of Essex and Lambton. This monthly report is produced by Service Canada local labour market analysts.

December 2009 - 71 KB PDF
November 2009 - 70 KB PDF
October 2009 - 2.3MB PDF
August 2009 - 2.0MB PDF
July 2009 - 3.0MB PDF
May 2009 - 3.4MB PDF
April 2009 - 3.2MB PDF
March 2009 - 2.8MB PDF
February 2009 - 3.0MB PDF
January 2009 - 133KB PDF
December 2008 - 3.3MB PDF

Ontario monthly labour market reports
This monthly report, produced by the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities, looks at labour market conditions in Ontario by presenting data from Statistics Canada, such as unemployment rate, participation rate, and employment.

Wages and salaries
To get an idea of what people are paid in various occupations, visit the Wage and Salaries page of the Canadian government's labour market information website. Note, you will need to know a specific job title. 

Sector Council Program
Through the Sector Council Program, Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC) is working with the private sector to enhance adult workers' skills through activities such as increasing employer investments in skills development and promoting workplace learning and training.

The various sector councils bring together business, labour and educational stakeholders. Their websites provide information about sector-specific human resources and skills issues.

From trucking to electricity, find out which sectors are represented »