{"id":92,"date":"2025-08-20T14:00:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T14:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tradesemployerhub.ca\/project25\/?page_id=92"},"modified":"2026-01-21T15:22:24","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T20:22:24","slug":"be-an-employer-of-choice","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/apprenticeshiphub.ca\/project25\/resources\/be-an-employer-of-choice\/","title":{"rendered":"Be An Employer Of Choice"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-92\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-92-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-92-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-92-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<div class=\"responsive-video float-right\"><video preload=\"auto\" controls=\"controls\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\"><source src=\"https:\/\/apprenticeshiphub.ca\/project25\/wp-content\/themes\/suas\/sections\/choice\/HowEmployerChoice.mp4\" type=\"video\/mp4\" \/><\/video><\/div>\n<p>Being an \u201cemployer for all\u201d means providing a healthy and safe work environment. This can help your workplace thrive - now and into the future. The highest cost for small to medium-sized employers is the lack of skilled labour. The rehiring and retraining process is time consuming and costly. To replace skilled workers, it will likely cost you<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>between 30-50% of an entry-level employee\u2019s annual salary<\/li>\n<li>150% or more of a mid-level employee's salary<\/li>\n<li>400% of a high-level or highly specialized employee's salary<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"\"><br \/>\nThe skilled trades are becoming more and more competitive. With experienced workers retiring in high numbers, the demand for skilled workers is only increasing.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p>Young workers today are looking for<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>job stability<\/li>\n<li>ethical hiring practices<\/li>\n<li>salary transparency<\/li>\n<li>individual recognition<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"\">companies that align with their personal values.\u00a0 <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Young workers\u2019 values often include authenticity, inclusion, openness and acceptance of diversity.<\/p>\n<p>By making small adjustments to the work environment and your policies, you can show your apprentices and workforce that you value them and also save money in the process.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Being an \u201cemployer for all\u201d means providing a healthy and safe work environment. This can help your workplace thrive &#8211; now and into the future. The highest cost for small to medium-sized employers is the lack of skilled labour. The rehiring and retraining process is time consuming and costly. To replace skilled workers, it will [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":74,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"suas-page.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-92","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/apprenticeshiphub.ca\/project25\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/92","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/apprenticeshiphub.ca\/project25\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/apprenticeshiphub.ca\/project25\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apprenticeshiphub.ca\/project25\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apprenticeshiphub.ca\/project25\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92"}],"version-history":[{"count":41,"href":"https:\/\/apprenticeshiphub.ca\/project25\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/92\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1156,"href":"https:\/\/apprenticeshiphub.ca\/project25\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/92\/revisions\/1156"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apprenticeshiphub.ca\/project25\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/74"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/apprenticeshiphub.ca\/project25\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}