“It’s very quiet now”, the agency receptionist told Ben, while pointing to a book to enter his details. “Please call me when anything comes up”, Ben replied, shaking his head from left to right as he enters his information into the agency diary. This is the common response Ben got when he went job hunting last week after unsuccessful job search online and having his email account flooded with the reply; “Unfortunately, we found a more experienced candidate, we are unable to offer you the position at this point in time. We will keep your information …”

However, whether Ben was qualified or unqualified, job shortages or losses are not limited to temporal and part time jobs as house hold names like General Motors, Chrysler and Canadian Television (CTV) also answered present in the job loss roll called with even far reaching implications.
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