{"id":45598,"date":"2026-10-16T11:01:30","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T14:01:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rdeeipe.net\/?p=45598"},"modified":"2026-10-16T11:01:30","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T14:01:30","slug":"the-recruitment-of-bilingual-employees-remains-a-major-challenge-for-cooperatives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rdeeipe.net\/en\/2026\/10\/le-recrutement-demployes-bilingues-demeure-un-grand-defi-pour-les-cooperatives\/","title":{"rendered":"The recruitment of bilingual employees remains a major challenge for cooperatives"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.rdeeipe.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/FORUM-DES-COOPERATEURS-2026-PHOTO-1-1024x894.jpg\" alt=\"Participants gathered around tables during a discussion\" class=\"wp-image-45599 lazyload\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rdeeipe.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/FORUM-DES-COOPERATEURS-2026-PHOTO-1-1024x894.jpg\" alt=\"Participants gathered around tables during a discussion\" class=\"wp-image-45599\"><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sixteen people, including two organizers and two representatives from each of seven cooperatives in the region, participated in the Annual Cooperators' Forum, held on Thursday, October 15 at Cap-Egmont.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>CAP-EGMONT \u2013 October 16, 2026 \u2013<\/strong> Even in these quite difficult economic times, the cooperatives in the \u00c9vang\u00e9line region generally manage quite well financially and their membership numbers are growing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But their biggest challenge, for several years, remains the recruitment of employees \u2013 especially those who are Francophone or bilingual. The seven cooperatives present at the Annual Cooperators' Forum in 2026, on October 15 at the Go\u00e9land Centre in Cap-Egmont, expressed a strong desire to have bilingual teams to serve the local population, which is predominantly Francophone or bilingual, as well as the Francophone tourist clientele that visits the region in the summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, they often face general recruitment difficulties. And when there are individuals who respond to the call, very few of them are bilingual \u2013 which means that the coops end up with unilingual English-speaking employees. The coops understand that this can be frustrating for local customers who want to be served in French.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 16 people present at the forum, who enjoyed a nice dinner sponsored by the Caisse populaire Provincial, \u00c9vang\u00e9line branch, unfortunately could not identify effective solutions to their general dilemma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the other hand, the cooperatives congratulated the Caisse populaire Provincial for its wonderful community engagement in support of all kinds of causes. In fact, in mid-September, it was recognized among the \u00abBest Workplaces for Community Engagement 2026\u00bb in Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Forum was organized again this year by the Wellington Rural Action Centre to give local cooperatives the opportunity to celebrate their successes and express their challenges in full solidarity. It is a tradition that dates back several decades when the former Cooperative Development Council organized evenings of consultation and celebration like this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.rdeeipe.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/FORUM-DES-COOPERATEURS-2026-PHOTO-2-1024x917.jpg\" alt=\"Group gathered around tables during a community meeting\" class=\"wp-image-45600 lazyload\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rdeeipe.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/FORUM-DES-COOPERATEURS-2026-PHOTO-2-1024x917.jpg\" alt=\"Group gathered around tables during a community meeting\" class=\"wp-image-45600\"><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Members of the cooperative community in the \u00c9vang\u00e9line region exchange in a warm atmosphere. <\/figcaption><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CAP-EGMONT \u2013 le 16 octobre 2026 \u2013 M\u00eame en ces temps \u00e9conomiques assez difficiles, les coop\u00e9ratives de la r\u00e9gion \u00c9vang\u00e9line s\u2019arrangent g\u00e9n\u00e9ralement assez bien du point de vue financier et leurs nombres de membres sont en croissance. Mais leur plus gros d\u00e9fi, depuis plusieurs ann\u00e9es, demeure le recrutement d\u2019employ\u00e9s \u2013 surtout ceux qui sont francophones [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":45599,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_seopress_news_disabled":"","_seopress_video_disabled":"","_seopress_video":[],"_seopress_pro_schemas_manual":[],"_seopress_pro_rich_snippets_disable_all":"","_seopress_pro_rich_snippets_disable":[],"_seopress_pro_schemas":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[57,58],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-communiques","category-conferences-et-ateliers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rdeeipe.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rdeeipe.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rdeeipe.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rdeeipe.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rdeeipe.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45598"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.rdeeipe.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45598\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45601,"href":"https:\/\/www.rdeeipe.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45598\/revisions\/45601"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rdeeipe.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rdeeipe.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rdeeipe.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rdeeipe.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}