OTTAWA, Dec. 3, 2013 /CNW/ - The Forest Products Association of Canada
(FPAC) is pleased to announce that 18 students from across the country
have won a Green Dream Internship summer job after participating in a
social media contest.
The Green Dream Internship social media contest invited students to
apply for a four month paid summer 2014 position with one of nine
leading forest product companies. Students had to submit their
application online and solicit Facebook votes in order to gain an
interview for the job of a life time. FPAC set up the contest through
TheGreenestWorkforce.ca, an online resource tool that provides
information on the dynamic direction of the forest products industry
and career opportunities on offer right across the country.
"Under Vision2020, the forest products industry has a goal of recruiting
at least 60,000 new employees by the end of the decade," says the
President and CEO of FPAC, David Lindsay. "There is no better way to
reach young people than by engaging them through social media. We
received a significant number of high caliber applications from
students all across the country. It was gratifying to see the passion
and dedication many of the students have for the industry, and we are
confident about attracting the quality talent needed to join our
industry now, and in the future."
All of the interns will receive an iPad mini and will be required to
blog about their experience in the forest sector for the
Greenestworkforce.ca website. This is the second time the Green Dream
Internship contest has been held. The first group of eight interns
completed their paid summer internship placements in the forest
industry in August 2013, and blogged about their experience. Their
blogs can be read at: http://thegreenestworkforce.ca/index.php/blog/
"We invite all Canadians to visit the GreenestWorkforce.ca website to
see the exciting direction of the forest products industry and to apply
for career opportunities now available," says Lindsay.
The winning candidates:
AV Group: Chemical Engineer, Atholville, NB - Winner: Ahmed Ahmed, Toronto, ON
Canfor: Electronics Engineer, Mackenzie, BC - Winner: Chris Hill, Millgrove, ON
Canfor: Mechanical Engineer, Bear Lake, Prince George, BC - Winner: Kevin Lee, Oakville, ON
Millar Western: Environmental or Chemical Engineer, Whitecourt, AB - Winner: Elizabeth Tice, Markham, ON
Millar Western: Woodlands Operations and Roads, Whitecourt, AB - Winner: Kyle Rosychuk, Edmonton, AB
Millar Western: Silviculture Assistant, Whitecourt, AB - Winner: Emily Harten, Sault Ste Marie, ON
Tembec: Forestry Intern, Chapleau/Timmins, ON - Winner: Chantel Spicer, Nanaimo, BC
Tolko: Human Resources Intern, Vernon, BC - Winner: Jeremy Woo, Vernon, BC
West Fraser: Chemical Engineer, Slave Lake, AB - Winner Navjot Sanopal, Surrey, BC
Weyerhaeuser: Timberlands Forestry Intern, Grande Prairie, AB - Winner: Brooke MacKenzie, Inverhuron, ON
Weyerhaeuser: Timberlands Forestry Intern, Princeton, BC - Winner: Riley Finn, Vancouver, BC
Companies are still conducting interviews on a few positions due to the
high number of excellent candidates! FPAC will post the other selected
students to TheGreenestWorkforce.ca Facebook page in the coming days.
FPAC provides a voice for Canada's wood, pulp, and paper producers
nationally and internationally in government, trade, and environmental
affairs. The $57-billion-a-year forest products industry represents 2%
of Canada's GDP and is one of Canada's largest employers operating in
hundreds of communities and providing 230,000 direct jobs across the
country.
SOURCE FOREST PRODUCTS ASSOCIATION OF CANADA
