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A Profile of English‐speaking Mature Workers Residing in the Greater Montreal Area
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A Profile of English‐speaking Mature Workers Residing in the Greater Montreal Area
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The author points out that declining retirement earnings are inciting the mature sector (45 year-olds and up) of the population to search for viable options and return to the workforce. Quebec’s English‐speaking community is aging faster than the general population. Two separate studies undertaken in 2011, surveying 684 English-speaking respondents from the Greater Montreal area found that those surveyed often felt frustrated because they face challenges they have little or no control over, including: poor French language speaking and/or writing skills; age discrimination, becoming most acute around the age of 50; low level of computer skills; recent immigrants face numerous challenges - they lack adequate French language skills, suffer racial or religious discrimination, and are less likely to know about available resources for finding employment; and those living outside the City of Montreal, but within the Greater Montreal area, tend to have a lower level of education, are less likely to have undergone some type of training program, are more likely to say their French language skills are an obstacle, and are less likely to know about available resources.
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CEDEC (Community Economic Development and Employability Corporation)
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November 2011
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en
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Shahar, Charles. “A Profile of English‐speaking Mature Workers Residing in the Greater Montreal Area.” CEDEC (Community Economic Development and Employability Corporation). Last modified November 2011. http://cedec.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Profile-of-English-Speaking-Mature-Workers_Nov_2011.pdf.
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