Quote Originally Posted by Wesley Pipes
anything other than oil related work? i do manual labour so is there much chance of findin a job like that?
Yes, there is. What kind of manual labour do you do?

The trades are all booming there right now. Construction being the most demanding. Plumbers are in high demand right now, and Welders too. Electrical and Locksmiths are always needed.

Shipping/recieving jobs are everywhere. Everything from electrical companies to retail companies.

Heavy equipt. operators are always needed.

Truck driving jobs are everywhere. Anything from semi hauling, to cube truck deliveries. They pay really good, anywhere from $14/hr for small 1ton trucks to $24/hr for semi hauling.

Or if you're after production line work, that's there too. Everything from computers, to recycling, to meat production.

Alberta right now has a huge shortage of work and is in high demand of workers. The oilfields is taking away all the workers because of the money, but I mean when I was living in Central Alberta, people were paying dishwashers $10/hr + tips to wash dishes. A 40hr work week at that wage, a person can be pulling in $600-$700 every 2 weeks, to wash dishes!

So jobs are everywhere, and AB is hurting right now. You can find anything you're looking for pretty much. Anything other than logging or fishing. Logging is in BC, fishing is on the East Coast.