NLIS 3
December 2, 2002
(Executive Council)

 

Survey reaches out to Newfoundlanders and Labradorians living away

The Cormack Grenfell Regional Steering Committee of the Strategic Social Plan is reaching out to Newfoundlanders and Labradorians living away.

Through an online survey, the committee is asking people a range of questions about why they left the province, where they�ve gone, what they know about future job opportunities in Newfoundland and Labrador and if they�d return for employment.

Findings will be used in development of a broad human resources strategy for the region that will mainly target young people.

"We hope to eventually entice some people to come home," says June Alteen, chair of the Cormack-Grenfell Regional Steering Committee. "But our main reason for launching the survey and developing a broad strategy is to help ensure that young people know their career options if they want to stay here and build their futures here. We also want to maintain the human resource capital we have now."

With Newfoundlanders and Labradorians living across the country, especially western Canada and Ontario, the committee hopes to reach people living in cities such as Calgary, Edmonton and Fort McMurray, Toronto, Ottawa, and all points in between. The survey is posted on line at www.gov.nl.ca/ssp

"The SSP is about working to implement long-term change, and development of a human resource strategy that aims to bring people home and give our young people the option of staying in the province is certainly vital to our long-term prosperity," says Gerald Smith, minister of Health and Community Services and lead minister for the Strategic Social Plan. "This work will really complement what�s happening now at a provincial level, with development of a provincial labour market strategy."

The committee�s human resource researcher plans to survey about 3,000 employers in the region, asking questions about impending retirements, human resource needs and future employment opportunities. Findings from an earlier survey with high school students in the region show that many young people are not aware of employment opportunities here and are convinced they will have to leave the province after they finish school.

The committee hopes to launch the human resource strategy sometime in 2003.

The Cormack Grenfell Regional Steering Committee is one of six regions implementing the SSP across the province. Development of a human resource strategy is part of the committee�s five-year workplan released last year, and reflects the SSP�s focus on building vibrant communities in sustainable regions.

For a copy of the survey, please contact Joanne Cornick, the project�s human resource researcher, at (709) 637-8596.You can also check out the survey for Newfoundlanders and Labradorians living away by clicking on www.gov.nl.ca/ssp

Media contact:

Marcia Porter, Communications, (709) 729-0175
Connie Boland, Communications, (709) 637-2249

2002 12 02                                        3:20 p.m. 


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