The Labour Market Framework for Yukon
Recruitment and
Employee Retention Strategies
Labour Market Framework
In October 2008, the Government of Yukon released the Labour Market
Framework. In order for Yukon to take a more strategic approach in
addressing labour market needs in the territory, the framework outlined
five strategies that needed to be developed:
• Comprehensive Skills and Trades Training Strategy;
• Immigration Strategy;
• Labour Market Information Strategy; and
• Recruitment Strategy and Employee Retention Strategy.
Four strategy documents have been produced (the Recruitment Strategy and
Employee Retention Strategy were combined into one). This is the document
for the Recruitment and Employee Retention Strategies.
Summary documents of each of the four strategies, as well as an overview,
are also available.
Ce document est également disponible en français.
2010
ISBN 978-1-55362-502-5
photo, cover: Yukon government/F. Mueller
Contents
Message from the Minister
2
Message from the Recruitment and Employee Retention Strategies Working Group
3
Recruitment and Employee Retention Strategies Working Group
4
Executive Summary
5
Introduction
7
Why strategies now?
7
Recruitment and Employee Retention strategies: an overview
8
Why recruitment?
8
Why employee retention?
9
Development of the strategies
11
Strategies developed by stakeholders for stakeholders
11
The research
11
The outlook
11
Challenges and opportunities
12
Strategic goals and objectives: a guide to action
15
Recruitment Strategy
15
Employee Retention Strategy
16
Performance measurement
Monitoring and evaluation
17
17
Assumptions
18
Conclusions
18
Bibliography
19
Endnotes
20
Figure 1. Unemployment rate, Yukon and Canada, 2005–08
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Table 1. Use of incentives, employee programs and benefits by Yukon...