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EmployerOne Increase of students
Surveyechoed With Autism in
Bluwater District
skills gap study School Board
Four County
Labour Market
Planning Board
Submitted
Not meeting skills and not
meeting motivation, attitude
or interpersonal abilities
were among the top reasons
employers have a hard time
filling positions in Bruce,
Grey, Huron and Perth
counties.
Response to the Four
County Labour Market Plan-
ning Board's (FCLMPB)
EmployerOne Survey
echoed what employers had
to say in last year's Skills Gap
Study, said Gemma Mendez -
Smith, executive director of
the board.
"Employers have pro-
vided valuable insight
regarding their labour out-
look," she said, adding there
appears to be a definite
trend here.
"Employers continue to
say the same thing - both
the Skills Gap Study and
EmployerOne Survey indi-
cate employee work ethic
and soft skills are critical
to business, yet job appli-
cants are not meeting
employer expectations,"
she said.
The majority of survey
respondents from each
county reported that the
availability of qualified
workers was fair or poor.
Survey respondents from
Grey and Huron counties
reported the greatest discon-
tent with the quality of work-
ers available.
Hard to fill positions
covered a wide range of
occupations, some of
which required post -sec-
ondary education such as
an engineer, but many did
not, including labourers.
The study also found that
the majority (more than 70
percent) of survey
respondents reported that
workforce recruitment
focused on the Four
County area, while
approximately 20 percent
recruited from other
regions within Ontario.
The goal of the Employ-
erOne Survey is to under-
stand employers' labour
market challenges in order
to provide direction on
activities and initiatives that
will minimize labour issues
in the FCLMPB region. The
survey, giving employers
the opportunity to voice
their occupational, training
and skills needs, will be car-
ried out annually.
The survey findings,
which will be shared with
local stakeholders, includ-
ing educators, local gov-
ernments and Employ-
ment Ontario Service
Providers, can be viewed at
http://www.planning-
board.ca/reports/
employerone-survey-
observations/.
For further information on
the survey please call the
FCLMPB at 519-881-2725 or
email employerone@plan-
ningboard.ca.
Ontario Summer
Job Programs
Submitted by office of MPP
Lisa Thompson
Each year, the Ontario
government offers a number
of programs to provide sum-
mer job opportunities to
high school, college or uni-
versity students looking for
work.
Last year, over 100,000
students were able to find
jobs or receive help
through the summer job
programs that the province
offers.
"It can be very difficult
for youth to find a summer
job. I encourage my
constituents looking for
work opportunities to visit
www.ontario.ca/readyset-
work to assist in
their search", said
Thompson.
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under the age of 30, who are
looking for programs or
tools to help them build
skills, start a business or
find work.
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April 2 is World
Autism
Awareness Day
Mary Golem
QM' Agency
A growing number of stu-
dents are being diagnosed
with autism, a complex
neurological disorder that
makes it difficult for children
to relate to others and affects
speech and non-verbal
communication.
Currently in the Bluewater
District School Board, 170
students have been formally
identified with some form of
autism; 72 of those students
at the secondary level and 98
in elementary schools.
Superintendent of educa-
tion Alana Murray told
trustees Tuesday evening
those numbers are higher
than last year by nine stu-
dents, an increase of about
5.5 per cent. Murray said
boards across the province
are reporting autism -
related diagnosis "is the
fastest growing area of spe-
cial needs." School boards,
she said, must offer stu-
dents with autism spec-
trum disorders special edu-
cation programs and
services, including transi-
tion planning "between
various activities and set-
tings" both at school and at
home "which promote stu-
dent independence."
Autism is four times more
frequent in boys than in girls,
and characteristics associ-
ated with autism tend to run
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in families. It can occur in
people of all ethnic, social,
education and income
groups and affects one in 88
students, according to San-
dra McCracken, the board's
Applied Behaviour Analyst
who deals with BWDSB stu-
dents with recognized symp-
toms of the disorder.
Because autism is a
complex condition,
Murray said, diagnosis
can be difficult and takes
time. She added it is "a
very difficult condition for
student peers to under-
stand and deal with."
Since 2008, the United
Nations has officially recog-
nized April 2 as World Aut-
ism Awareness Day as a
means of globally raising
awareness of the condition.
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