Alberta’s labour shortage an opportunity for QSB grads

Alberta may have a booming economy, but businesses there are faced with a major challenge when it comes to recruiting top talent. A labour shortage has employers scrambling to fill positions with qualified, top-quality candidates. Enter QSB’s Business Career Centre with the message that the School has a wealth of talent from which employers can draw to meet their staffing requirements.

At an event in Calgary in March, the Centre hosted 37 of Alberta’s top employers to showcase QSB’s programs and the high calibre of its Commerce, MBA and other post-graduate alumni. Also on the agenda was the announcement of a new partnership with BluEra, a leading Calgary-based executive search and team transformation firm led by Catherine Bell, EMBA’02. This partnership gives QSB a visible presence in the city and the opportunity to offer recruiters a local resource to consult for assistance in recruiting QSB grads. Catherine’s role also involves advising graduating students on how to tap into Alberta’s lucrative market and the QSB network when investigating their career options.

For more information on hiring Queen’s Business graduates—in Alberta or elsewhere in Canada or for international postings—contact bcc@business. queensu.ca.