Winter is usually cold and dry in Canada like everywhere around the world. But the Black friday and Christmas are the events that light up the economy and market during the winter.
With the new announcement of 24 hour weekly limit for working part-time, students are aiming for the seasonal jobs and short-term works of the season, so that they won’t be jobless during the peak winters of late December, January and February.
Seasonal opportunities in Canada
Seasonal jobs or gigs are those works which become available just because of certain seasons and trends in Canada. Boxing day Black Friday and Christmas are few of the events in Canada which flock the whole residents to spend money and in turn flourishes the Canadian economy.
The rise in demands automatically seeks more employment opportunities since handling such a large demand can be troublesome with usual staff.
If an outlet can run with 10 staff in summer or 6 staff in offseason, it could go up to 25 staff in seasons like black friday or Christmas.
Best opportunities students can grab during this winter in Canada
Some of the students might already have a job. Some may be waiting for their first. For the students with already one job, it will be more likely that they won’t be utilising the entire 20 hour limit of a week but rather capped at 14 – 16. With the additional 4 hours they have received, it would be enough to add one more job to their routine, without affecting the one job they already have.
For the newcomer students who are still waiting to find their first job, this seasonal job can give you a good work experience, which will enable you to get a better job during the next summer.
Top sectors with high employment opportunities this winter in Canada
- Clothing industry: Since it’s the beginning of winter, the clothing industry will get a boom. Since most of them will buy winter clothes, most of the outlets which have winter products will need more hands at the deck. They will hire more part-time seasonal staff to manage the crowd. Look for popular brand outlets and local clothing stores.
- Support works: Since winter is a time when most of them stay at home, elderly people at home, children who are in vacation and stays at home, children of parents where both has to go to work will need someone to take care of them inside the house, buy amenities and things from local stores, babysitting and similar works. So, students who are looking for support work jobs can find jobs.
- Housekeeping: Since most of the shops, outlets and supermarkets will be filled with shoppers, almost all the stores will require cleaning and keeping everything in order since the big crowd of the day might have made the outlet dirty or scabby. Housekeeper staff will be hired in vast numbers to meet the cleaning jobs in minimum time everyday.
- Warehouse: Since the shopping sector will boom, proper logistics and shipping services have to work properly. Since, shipping or packing requires manual hands, more staff will be hired at warehouses of all kinds.
- Snow clearance: Since the snow will become a big obstacle in the winter, cleaning snow from cars, pavements, roads, pathways, windows, roofs will become one major need in the winter. Look out for such jobs. Search for Snow pulling, Snow clearance, Snow ploughing, Snow removal in job portals or search engines to find relevant jobs.