Canadian recruiters eager to fast-track Irish workers

The head of Canada’s fastest growing province is to lead a delegation of its employers to Dublin and Cork next month to recruit for up to 275 jobs.

It is estimated that Saskatchewan will need between 75,000 and 90,000 skilled workers in the next three to five years, particularly in the sectors of advanced technology, construction, mineral exploration, agriculture and petroleum, all of which are thriving.

It has a low unemployment rate among its 1m residents — only 1.2% of the population receive unemployment benefits — meaning that, as its labour requirements expand, it will have to fill the roles from outside the province.