Working in Whistler
Whether you are an employer or employee we have a ton of tools for you.
Jobs in Whistler
As a community, its imperative that we band together to support both residents and businesses to navigate this pandemic. We ask that employers receiving an excess of employment applications re-direct your un-needed applicants to the Whistler Chamber’s Job Board and the go2HR job board. Employers still needing employees will be able to post their jobs on these sites and interested applicants will be able to make their own choices on where to apply next.
WHISTLER CHAMBER JOB BOARDThank you for your participation and support of Whistler business’ recovery.
Training & Certification
The Whistler Chamber offers a variety of training and workshops that can help you prepare to work in Whistler.
WHISTLER CHAMBER ONLINE TRAININGKnow the certification requirements before you apply! If you want a job serving alcohol, you’ll need a BC Serving It Right certificate. If you are working with food you may need a FoodSafe certificate and many jobs will require that you have First Aid training.
Service Canada
Visit Service Canada Outreach in Whistler for programs and services including Social Insurance Number, Employment Insurance, Temporary Foreign Worker Program and more!
Service Canada Outreach offers professional and helpful services to citizens and visitors in both official languages from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. in the Whistler Chamber Gateway Room on the third Wednesday of every month.
This program is currently on hold due to COVID-19 restrictions, you can contact Service Canada by phone 1.800.206.7218, or visit their Squamish Office – 1440 Winnipeg Street.
SERVICE CANADA Labour Solutions for Employers
Employment Resources Cheat Sheet
The Whistler Chamber has created a ‘Labour Cheat Sheet’ to help employers find solutions to Whistler’s labour challenges. Find out where to post, free job boards, fee based job boards and what recruitment agencies used in Whistler.
Immigration Roadmap
Foreign workers can help employers meet their labour needs when Canadians and permanent residents are not available. Employers can support a foreign worker’s application for permanent residency in several ways, find out more on our Immigration Roadmap.
Recruitment & Retention Toolkit
Help your business thrive with our Recruitment and Retention Toolkit. To hire a consultant or take training to access all these insights in one place would cost thousands, but your chamber membership unlocks this very valuable tool.
Stay Informed
BC Chamber of Commerce Labour Study
Information on topics such as skills shortages, barriers to recruitment, challenges with retention of top performers, skills mismatches and other human resource issues facing businesses in BC today.
READ THE REPORTLabour Market Statistics
Essential information to inform your Human Resources strategy. Find statistics that reflect the labour market characteristics of the population of British Columbia.
LABOUR MARKET STATISTICSRecent Advocacy Work
One of the Whistler Chamber’s top advocacy focuses is finding solutions to Whistler’s labour issues. Take a look at some of our recent work in the blog posts below.
