PLEASE HELP, I NEED A NEW JOB

[matty_p]

Does anyone know of companies who are hiring?

I have my G2, and currently doing commercial gas piping. I do enjoy the piping aspect, but feel that I'm missing out on the more technical part of this trade. I got into this trade to get involved with installs and service/maint.
The company I'm working for has been very slow this year and I can no longer get by on peanuts, I'm sick of Kraft Dinner and being poor.

Any help would be much appreciated,

If i wasn't so broke I'd say if anyone gets me a job I'll give them my first pay cheque.
Matt

[Zzz]

It don't help much not knowing were you are. Tons of work if you are willing to move to were the work is, I did a lot of moving in my younger days to keep working.

[matty_p]

I live in Bowmanville, but i'm used to long commutes
Thanks

[Admin]

My advice would be to visit the HVAC wholesalers in your area.  There are usually bulletin boards filled with job offers.

[Skyline_GT]

Yeah, I know what you mean about starting out fresh from school with little or no experience.

I came out fresh from college thinking I would just come out and hand in my resume and get a job, because "there is a shortage of trades workers", which is true but I didn't know that the word trades was so general which includes nurses, cooks and etc...

There is a shortage of skilled workers in HVAC...but again the word they used is "skilled worker". I have a conversation with interview guy and he said I was unlikely to get the job and I asked him why isn't there a shortage of workers and he replyed to me " oh, there's a shortage, but for skilled workers."

Its rare to find a company willing to hire new guys, they all want experience, this is a huge down fall in the trades, its not that young people aren't interested in getting a job, its that there's no positions for them to fill.
example:
A refirgeration mechanic is only allow 1 apprentice, even with 2 Mechanics still just 1 apprentice, which is stupid in my mind b/c its ok to have 1 mechanic for 1 apprentice but why 2 mechanics for only 1 apprentice ?

[baman]

the apprentice ratio is there for a reason and that is to make sure that an apprentice has someone to work under. if the ratio became 1-1 like you are suggesting then you would end up with a whole pile of untrained people or a company with apprentices out there working with no supervision.
That being said there are apprentices already out there working with no supervision, but can you imagine a company now that allows an apprentice to work by themselves under a 3-1 ratio, a 1-1 ratio would allow a company to have 3 times the people unskilled out there working.
watch out WSIB!!!!!