Category: Jobs for Guelph

The City of Guelph and HGS Canada Inc. have announced the dates of an upcoming job fair where the contact centre company, HGS Canada will evaluate the local employment market. The event is part of the next site selection process for the global company who is looking at a potential 500 employee site in the […]

Economic Development has been working with the Ministry of Economic Development and Employment regarding a potential 500 seat Call Centre investment for Guelph. I am pleased to inform you that HGS Canada has short listed Guelph for its next Ontario facility. HGS and Economic Development have partnered to hold a job fair on June 7th […]

In a recently released Statistics Canada report, Guelph’s unemployment rate is 5.2%, up from 4.6% in August. The lowest in Ontario. Nationally only Regina, Calgary and Edmonton have lower rates.     K/W/C is at 6.4, London at 8.5 and Barrie at 8.9.     ian

The following article appeared in the September 8 edition of the Guelph Mercury: Guelph’s unemployment rate has edged higher but it continues to have one of the best job situations among Canadian cities. The latest Statistics Canada job figures show Guelph’s unemployment rate is at 4.6 per cent. That’s up from 4.5 per cent in […]

The following article appeared in the July 6 edition of the Guelph Mercury: Guelph’s already low unemployment rate has plunged once more. The latest jobs figures from Statistics Canada show place the city’s unemployment rate at 5.1 per cent. That’s down from 5.5 per cent in May and the lowest figure among Ontario cities. In […]

The following article appeared in the June 9 edition of the Guelph Mercury: Guelph’s unemployment rate has edged higher but it continues to have one of the best job situations among Canadian cities. The latest Stats Canada job figures show Guelph’s unemployment rate is at 5.5 per cent. That’s up from 5.4 per cent in […]

The following article appeared in the May 11 edition of the Guelph Mercury: Guelph’s unemployment rate continues to stand at 5.4 per cent – the lowest rate in Ontario. According to the April unemployment figures released by Stats Canada, Guelph’s unemployment rate was unchanged from its March rate. In Canada, only Regina (3.8 percent); Victoria and Quebec […]

The following article appeared in the February 3 edition of the Guelph Mercury: The workforce at Hitachi Construction Truck Manufacturing Ltd. of Guelph may more than double within the next six years. In a Jan. 26 letter to Guelph city council, the firm’s chief executive officer, Hideo Kitawaki, asserts that Hitachi wishes to complete a $32 million […]