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CFIB Report Says Colleges Better Than Universities In Preparing Grads For Work In Manitoba

A new report from the Canadian Federation of Independent Business says that high schools are not properly preparing graduates for work here in Manitoba. 

 

Emily Hayes, a policy analyst with the CFIB who co-authored the report, spoke to Arctic Radio News and said that 61% of Manitoba employers polled said high school grads are not properly prepared for today’s jobs. Of those polled, only 30% said that they were satisfied.

  

The numbers for those dissatisfied in Manitoba is higher than the Canada-wide figure, which sits at 51%. 

 

According to the report, 50% of employers in Manitoba were either very or somewhat satisfied with how colleges prepare youth for employment (national figure is 51%), while only 31% were satisfied with how universities prepared students (national figure is 51%).  

 

Hayes said that there were two main recommendations from the report, one for high schools and another for government. 

 

When it comes to the schools, she said that they need to do a better job at removing any stigma attached to the trades and traditional “blue collar” jobs, as “the workforce both today and in the future will need tradespeople as much as it needs tech workers and white collar professionals”.  

 

On the government front, Hayes told Arctic Radio News that all levels of government need to address the higher hiring and training costs that small businesses experience when hiring inexperienced workers. 

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