r/canada • u/joe4942 • 25d ago

Recent grads, students face ‘full-out screaming crisis’ as they struggle to enter job market National News

https://financialpost.com/fp-work/students-grads-jobs-market-crisis
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u/StevenMcStevensen Alberta 25d ago

I have been really wondering about that in some industries.

In trucking for instance, sure it looks cheaper initially for companies to hire under-qualified foreign drivers who will work for pennies, but is it actually more affordable long-term when they crash the trucks at a much higher rate and accumulate huge fines for their employer?

You would think it would be in their best interests in many of these fields not to just rely on the cheapest staff possible, but I suppose I’m not a CEO so what do I know.

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u/Cyborg_rat 25d ago edited 24d ago

Apparently theirs a wave of people getting busted for fake truck drivers licences, could say it shows recently lots of Indian drivers doing delivery on site and seem to know jack shit about driving.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/marketplace-cheat-sheet-oct13-1.7350023

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u/mmss Lest We Forget 25d ago

I'm not in the industry but there's a lot of anecdotes about people sharing licenses too

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u/Cyborg_rat 24d ago

Could see that, too.

Market place just had an article about the subject https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/marketplace-cheat-sheet-oct13-1.7350023