Cool Aid’s Casual Labour Pool helps job seekers clear hurdles

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Cool Aid’s Casual Labour Pool connects those looking for work with employers seeking temporary or casual labour.

Stone, co-ordinator of the Victoria Cool Aid Society’s Casual Labour Pool, tries to match Finn, Blaine and the more than 1,000 people on that list with temporary and part-time work. But it’s getting tougher, she said, as the economy tightens and there are fewer people willing to give those on her list a chance.

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Source: Times Colonist

Author: Andrew Duffy

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