Your Link to Hamilton's Workforce

Hamilton’s Workforce is Changing!

More than 50,000 jobs will become available in Hamilton in the next six years. While jobs in metal-bashing and manufacturing made Hamilton famous, a recent study, authored by Tom McCormack, suggests new jobs will be found in the professional-scientific-technical, transportation, education and health sectors.

Is our city ready to meet the demands of our changing labour market? Click here to learn more.

What is Access Hamilton?

Access Hamilton is your link to local staffing support services. These services include municipal, provincial and federal government programs that connect job seekers with you, the employer. They are all here and willing to work with you. Plan to visit our site often to find out how your business can benefit from these programs.

• Recruit quality staff from a vast pool of talent. Community service agencies can connect you with pre-screened, trained, committed job seekers and help you find the right fit for your company.
  
  
• Take full advantage of services that exist to help your business thrive. You will be surprised to discover how many opportunities there are for local businesses to partner with valuable resources! Search or browse our Resources List for an agency that can work with you to meet your staffing needs.
  
  
• Discover the benefits of a richly diverse workforce. Hamilton's community programs match employers with qualified job seekers from various talent pools - skilled immigrants, workers with disabilities, workers aged 45-plus, bilingual workers, students, youth at risk, and other worker populations that might not otherwise be visible on the job market. As research overwhelmingly shows, diverse companies have a stronger workplace culture and a significant competitive advantage.
  
  
• Enrich your corporate culture by making your company's presence known and playing a more active role in your community.
  
  
• Show clients that you run a socially responsible business. In today's climate of staffing shortages, many Canadian corporations are discovering that it pays to be flexible, diverse and socially involved. When you contact a local service agency, you're well on your way to creating a mutually rewarding employment transaction where everybody wins.

This Employment Ontario
project is funded in part by
the Government of Canada