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Canada has had a "Trades" ad campaign going for some years now, and as a result, a lot of trades jobs can be hard to find. I have a friend who recently decided

Canada has had a "Trades" ad campaign going for some years now, and as a result, a lot of trades jobs can be hard to find. I have a friend who recently decided to get in to trades as a welder, after a string of poor life decisions left him without a serious education or career. The sad part is that he's having a bitch of a time finding a job up here... which I assume is due to revitalization of trades from the government ad campaign. Definitely something to support. And hey, maybe my friend can go work in the US.

pragmatic 15y ago
Try North Dakota (close to Canada) and desperately in need of skilled labor b/c of the oil boom.
- protomyth 15y ago
  To add to pragmatic's point, they are hiring huge numbers of people to the point the oil companies are buying out hotels.
- juiceandjuice 15y ago
  Growing up in a small oil town, it's a scary business to be in. Things are boom and bust, and unless you are essential you can get dropped right off. Everything in the town was so dependent on oil, and it was booming in the late 80s and started going bust when the price of oil dropped in the early 90s, then back up and back down again around 97, then back up.