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66% of Small Business Owners Struggle to Hire: How Companies Are Changing How They Bring in New Employees
- In April 2025, a NEXT study surveyed 1,500 small business owners across Canada who plan to hire in the next six months and found a difficult hiring landscape.
- The study and CFIB analysis reveal many businesses struggle to find skilled candidates due to a labor market disconnect and barriers like provincial certification.
- Small businesses report challenges such as mismatched candidate expectations, inability to match large company pay, high turnover, and stagnant productivity despite rising wage costs.
- Over 66% of small business owners say attracting the right talent will be difficult, with 22% hiring full-time, 17% part-time, and 14% seasonal workers, while flexible, project-based roles grow.
- CFIB urges governments to ease labor mobility, offer tax credits, and promote training programs to improve workforce quality and productivity, which could boost economic competitiveness.
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The restaurant industry is booming as a go-to entry point for teens and young adults breaking into the workforce, contributing to the addition of nearly half a million summer jobs across the country. The National Restaurant Association’s latest summer employment forecast predicts restaurants will hire 490,000 workers this season. Those numbers are up from last summer, when eating and drinking places added 459,000 seasonal jobs. That figure is, h…
66% of small business owners struggle to hire: How companies are changing how they bring in new employees | News Channel 3-12
66% of small business owners struggle to hire: How companies are changing how they bring in new employees Many small business owners are ready to expand their teams. But a NEXT research study found that most expect hiring new employees to be a challenge. And many are successfully attracting new talent with new strategies that work. In April 2025, we asked 1,500 small business owners looking to hire in the next six months for their thoughts about…
CFIB report finds skills gaps and mobility barriers limiting Canadian SME growth
Small businesses face a shortage of applicants, skills mismatches and difficulty attracting candidates when hiring skilled workers, and these challenges are only worsened by labour mobility barriers, finds recent analysis by the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB). “Over four in ten small firms say a shortage of skilled labour is limiting their ability to increase sales or production. Many are struggling not just to find workers, …
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