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Tourism Sector Serves Up New Strategy to Address Labour Shortages

"Our members have told us that the recruitment and retention of staff is their greatest management challenge," said Dave Kaiser, AHLA President & CEO. "We are pleased to be working with the Government of Alberta and other industry stakeholders on a comprehensive, long-term strategy to meet this challenge."

Key highlights include:

• proposing modifications to policies to remove barriers for temporary foreign workers and immigrants;
• developing a strategy to strengthen human resource management practices throughout the industry;
• promoting and sharing industry best practices related to attraction and retention of workers, and new technology;
• proposing regulatory changes to increase productivity and flexibility;
• advocating for expansion of tourism studies in high schools and training capacity at post-secondary institutions for specific occupation shortages, and
• partnering with other industry sectors on recruitment campaigns to attract workers to Alberta.

The strategy was developed collaboratively with associations in the tourism and hospitality industry. It will help address labour force issues specific to the industry over the next 10 years. The AHLA is one of three champions responsible for implementing the strategy.

Click here for a copy of A Workforce Strategy for Alberta's Tourism and Hospitality Industry.

This and other upcoming workforce strategies, including energy and manufacturing, are a key part of government's 10-year labour force strategy, Building and Educating Tomorrow's Workforce. The strategy focuses on more workers, better trained and educated people, and innovative workplaces.