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While this specific Saanich location was still waiting for its first hire when Taylor arrived, it was early yet, and not long after, one of the assistant mangers, was interviewing an applicant. So for what is Taylor looking? It is not necessarily a question of skills, he said.

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While the company accept applications all the time, events like todayB次元官网网址檚 represent an added effort to hire employees in a tight labour market.

VictoriaB次元官网网址檚 unemployment rate sits at 4.2 per cent, compared to 4.5 per cent in March, after hitting a low of 3.3 per cent in November 2017.