Military recruitment in the Canadian Armed Forces dropped by 35 percent in 2022, with only 5,242 volunteers signing up compared to 8,069 in 2021, according to a federal briefing note by the Department of National Defence. “The Canadian Armed Forces serves Canada by defending our values, interests and sovereignty at home and abroad. However, the…

The RCMP is struggling nationally to recruit new officers, the Senate Committee on National Defence, Security, and Veterans Affairs heard during a hearing on May 15. “Policing, like other sectors of the economy, is experiencing unprecedented challenges to recruit sufficient numbers of applicants,” said Nadine Huggins, the RCMP’s chief human resources officer. “Recruitment renewal is a…

Home rental firm Airbnb Inc. laid off 30 percent of its recruiting staff this week, a company spokesperson said on Friday, noting that it’s not an indication of more widespread layoffs. The decision, first reported by Bloomberg News, affected less than 0.4 percent of the San Francisco-based company’s total workforce of about 6,800, the spokesperson…

Around 109,000 tech industry employees from 392 different technology firms have been laid off since the start of 2023, according to the industry employment tracking website Layoffs.Fyi. Earlier this month, the computer company Dell announced plans to cut about 6,650 employees, in a plan to reduce its workforce by about five percent. Last month Google…

Around 109,000 technology industry employees from 392 companies have been laid off since the start of the year, according to the industry employment tracking website Layoffs.Fyi. At the current pace, around 650,000 tech employees could lose their current jobs, which is about a 300 percent increase from 2022, when 160,997 people got pink slips, according…

The federal police force says it’s facing challenges to recruit while at the same time dealing with the departure of regular members at the highest rate over the last decade. “While there has recently been an increase in departures relative to historical averages, it is likely that this is a ‘catch-up”, as 2020 saw far…

LONDON—Amazon said on Tuesday it has started recruiting for 20,000 seasonal positions across the United Kingdom to cover upcoming peak trading times, which include Christmas, joining a battle for temporary workers in a tight labor market. The group, which has 55,000 permanent UK employees, said the temporary jobs would be in its network of fulfillment…