PowerUp! Peace Country

Businesses everywhere are experiencing serious effects of employee staffing shortages and difficulty attracting and retaining the right talent. Businesses are also trying to recover and grow since emerging from the effects of the pandemic and other economic factors, specifically business restrictions, temporary business closures, supply chain shortages, inflation, and trade interruptions. These challenges are amplified in the north region. The PowerUp! Forum brings the tools and resources directly to the business community for immediate use and ongoing support for growth.

The goal of providing this information to the business community is to give employers the tools, resources, and new network connections they need to help them successfully recover from the economic downturn caused by the COVID-19

pandemic, to deal with current issues such as supply chain and employee shortages, and to ultimately grow their business forward.

Education and network growth will be provided on the topics of:

• Community Builder Mindset.
• Tourism evolution, current state, and growth opportunity.
• Human Resource management, planning, tools.
• Government placement & funding programs to support seasonal and immigrant workers.
• Indigenous business, economic impact, workforce development.
• Unique types of employment framework (franchise, employee-share seasonal & foreign workers)