Yep it's tough here too (VIsland and Metro Van area. For your general part time high school labourer I've had them all. I lost my best kid this spring - he is now an apprentice electrician working in the NWT for the next three months. He finished his school in Feb, told me he was looking for a job with an electrition on Sat morning, but would work as long as he could for me. At noon he got a call and had a job lined up in Kamloops starting Monday morning. I'm happy and proud of that kid.
Then there are the other tools who havent a clue how to work or even apply themselves. I had two guys stacking a load of old cedar shakes for kindling. Came back 1/2 hour later and they were picking up one shake at a time and walking three steps to the bin to stack...needles to say they are no longer employed.
I just started a new kid last week. Seems promising. He is 16 and has grown up hunting and camping and WORKING with his dad.
There are good ones out there, but they are few and far between. Grant
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