On The Coast explores the creative ways businesses are tackling the labour shortage

Have you been noticing a lot of "HELP WANTED" signs in storefront windows lately?

Metro Vancouver is facing a labour shortage and many local businesses are reducing their hours of operation simply because they don't have the staff in place.

So what's a business owner to do?

Tune in to On The Coast Wednesdays at 4:10 p.m. for Hire Calling a new special series on CBC Radio One with features on cbc.ca/bc and CBC Vancouver News that explores the trends behind the labour shortage and the creative solutions that some businesses are adopting.

Listen and learn how local businesses like White Spot are changing the ways they hire and retain their workforce, and discover what today's job hunters are seeking in a workplace.

Hear episodes:

• Learn how this Burnaby White Spot restaurant retains and recruits workers LISTEN
• Vancouver Community College Culinary Arts program graduates arelooking for more from their jobs LISTEN
• Shifting expectations in the world of trades LISTEN
• A panel discussionaboutwages and trends in the workforce LISTEN
• SFU grads look to the future LISTEN
• Judy Frankel on the tourism shortage LISTEN
• Pure Sunfarms' vice-president, people and experience, shareshow they're addresses challenges in B.C.'s young cannabis industry LISTEN
• Resources for people struggling to find a job LISTEN
• A discussion aboutremote work and the need for dependable high-speed internetLISTEN
• Avcorp, a Lower Mainland company that makes an important wing component for the F-35LISTEN
• Takinga look at how apps are changing how people find workLISTEN
• Going behind the scenes of a local animation studio to see what's involved and how the industry is growing. LISTEN

Have feedback on the series or a story idea for Hire Calling? Email us at hirecalling@cbc.ca.

On The Coast with Gloria Macarenko airs weekdays from 3:00-6:00 p.m. on CBC Radio One and CBC Listen and read news stories from across the province at cbc.ca/bc.