QUISPAMSIS, NB — Tina McBride has been looking for a job for two years. The 59-year-old’s story is a familiar one in New Brunswick.
“Hundreds. Literally hundreds. Sometimes I’ll sit here all day long because I get most jobs through Career Beacon because they come in on my computer, and so that’s the first thing I do, I log on in the morning and I look at all the jobs.”
According to Service Canada’s Job Bank, if you’re looking for a job, your best bet is to head to Moncton.
The “Hub City” accounts for about 36 per cent of the job openings listed, followed by Fredericton at 24 per cent and Saint John at 19 per cent.
Bathurst, Miramichi, Edmundston and Campbellton together account for the final 22 per cent.
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On April 8, 756 jobs were listed.
In March, 41,300 people were unemployed, according to Statistics Canada.
Although Moncton looks the most promising, the job situation in the province remains grim.
“If you look at the stats for the last year, I mean there was 35,000 unemployed workers and only 3,500 jobs. So one job for every ten unemployed worker,” said Serge Landry of the Canadian Labour Congress.
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McBride believes it’s even harder for her to find work. She’s worked in plenty of marketing and office jobs, but thinks her age has also become a barrier.
“All this rejection really gets to you after a while. I don’t understand it. I have a good resume, I have good credentials. I don’t understand why I can’t get one,” she said.
McBride lives in Quispamsis, New Brunswick, but says at this point, she’d consider moving to another part of the province if the opportunity arose.
“If it was a job I really enjoyed, I’m not talking six figures, but a job I enjoyed, I would, yes.”
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