Resources for Employers
Draw the World into Your Workplace
The Petroleum HR Council has long recognized the need for the petroleum industry to diversify its labour force to meet the growing need for skilled employees. In response to this, the Council has developed a useful resource outlining outreach ideas and innovative strategies, called Draw the World into your Workplace: Strategies for Building a Diverse Workforce (PDF).
To request a hard copy, please email the Petroleum Human Resources Council at info@petrohrsc.ca.
Increasing the Talent
One of the greatest challenges for the petroleum industry is meeting the ongoing demand for skilled labour in "hard-to-recruit" locations. These locations may be some distance from major populations centres, lacking amenities and spousal employment opportunities, and/or have a higher cost of living. To address this issue, the Petroleum HR Council has developed an innovative resource called Increasing the Talent.
The Increasing the Talent Toolkit will consist of:
- Assess and Take Action tools and tips to help manager and HR practitioners recruit and retain the best people for their company.
- Best and promising practices that showcase practical, detailed examples of how companies and organizations inside and outside the petroleum industry are solving HR problems.
- Resources and "Did You Knows?" for more information.
Petroleum Competency Program
The Petroleum Competency Program (PCP) certifies workers in certain occupations within the petroleum industry. To date, the following occupations are included in the PCP:
- Oil and Gas Transportation and Services
- Well Testing Services
- Snubbing Services
For more information on the PCP, visit the Petroleum HR Council and Enform websites.
Other Resources for Employers
- Building Environmental Aboriginal Human Resources (BEAHR) Provides recruitment services, retention assistance and internship funding programs tailored to the needs of environmental employers committed to Aboriginal inclusion in their workplace.
- Career Edge Works closely with employers to provide meaningful work experiences for more than 6,500 graduates across the full spectrum of Canada's business community.
- Career Focus Provides funding for employers to help post-secondary graduates obtain career-related work opportunities in Canada to support their development of advanced skills, help them make career-related links to the job market and assist them in becoming leaders in their field.
- SkillsInternational.ca Features pre-screened, internationally educated professionals who have the skills you need. This online tool is cost effective, efficient and is the first of its kind in Canada.
- Inclusion Network Web-based tool that connects employers and educators directly to the Aboriginal talent pool and over 300 Aboriginal employment centres; describes promising practices; conducts surveys; supplies demographic data; and helps employers calculate "return on inclusion".
- Networks of Change Provides employers with information and tools to increase the employment of Aboriginal peoples in Canada.
- Skills Canada National, not-for-profit organization that works with employers, educators, labour groups and governments to promote skilled trades and technology careers among Canadian youth.
- Aboriginal Trades and Apprenticeship Designed to develop partnership and employment strategies, this three-year initiative will give employers and trainers enhanced access to Canada's largely untapped Aboriginal workforce who are eager to fill an expanding employment gap.
- HireImmigrants.ca TRIEC program that provides employers with the tools and resources to better recruit, retain and promote skilled immigrnts.
- Looking Ahead Portal to information, programs and services that support immigrant employment in British Columbia, including the Employer Resource Guide – an online resource to assist employers in hiring and working with new immigrants in BC.
