The Canadian forest products industry is hiring! The 21st-century Canadian forest products industry requires savvy trailblazers who care about their future, the environment and quality of life. The industry is proud to be forging an innovative path to a green and growing future. To do so it needs 60,000 workers or more by 2020 to help fill a long list of jobs such as: millwrights, electricians, engineers, human resource specialists, sales staff, truck drivers, foresters, chemists, communicators and more. With the help of the Government of Canada, the industry has launched a resource tool called TheGreenestWorkforce.ca which provides information on the industry, as well as available career opportunities on offer right now across Canada. THE GREEN DREAM INTERNSHIP CONTEST TheGreenestWorkforce.ca is also giving eighteen deserving students across Canada a paid Green Dream Internship that includes a four month paid summer 2014 internship and an iPad Mini. The internship positions average hourly salary range from $18-25/hr. This contest is an amazing opportunity for students to receive job training, skills development, and real-world experience. The contest requires students to submit a resume, a photo, and a statement explaining why they would be perfect for a Green Dream Internship. Students must get the most votes for their photo and statement any way they can by November 15, 2013. The entry submission takes place October 1, 2013 to October 31, 2013 and voting begins November 1, 2013 ending on November 15th. The Top 7 students within each of the internship positions will be invited to interview with the host company. Winning students will be notified of their 2014 summer internship by December 2, 2013. Students can apply for the contest by going to TheGreenestWorkforce.ca The eighteen internships positions are: 1. Bilingual Human Resources Intern - Resolute Forest Products, Montreal, Quebec 2. Chemical Engineer – West Fraser Timber, Quesnel, British Columbia 3. Chemical Engineer or Chemical Technologist – Daishowa-Marubeni International (DMI), Peace River, Alberta 4. Chemical or Mechanical Engineer – West Fraser, Quesnel, British Columbia 5. Chemical Engineer – AV Group, Nackawic, New Brunswick 6. Chemical Engineer – AV Group, Atholville, New Brunswick 7. Electronic Engineer – Canfor Corporation, Mackenzie, British Columbia 8. Engineering Technologist or Business Commerce, Operations – Tolko Industries Ltd., Slave Lake, Alberta 9. Environmental or Chemical Engineer – Millar Western, Whitecourt, Alberta 10. Forestry Intern – Tembec, Chapleau/Timmins 11. Human Resources Intern – Tolko Industries Ltd., Vernon, British Columbia 12. Human Resources Intern – AV Group, Nackawic, New Brunswick 13. Mechanical Engineer – Canfor Corporation, Bear Lake, Prince George, British Columbia 14. Mechanical Engineer – West Fraser Timber, Cariboo Region, British Columbia 15. Mechanical, Electrical or Chemical Engineer – Tembec, Temiscaming, Quebec 16. Timberlands Forestry Intern – Weyerhaeuser, Grande Prairie, Alberta 17. Timberlands Forestry Intern – Weyerhaeuser, Princeton, British Columbia 18. Woodlands Forestry Assistant, Operations & Roads – Millar Western, Whitecourt, Alberta
Posted on: Tue, 24 Sep 2013 22:05:06 +0000
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