If you're moving to the Kitchener-Waterloo area, chances are you'll either be needing a job or an education or both. Many people who get a post-secondary education at one of the schools in Kitchener-Waterloo go on to become practitioners of home health care Edmonton based or to work in jobs in the combined city. For those of you wondering what your options will be in your new city, we've compiled some of the most popular destinations for workers and students for you here in this article.
Blue Collar Jobs
Though Kitchener-Waterloo is generally referred to as one entity today, it was once two separate towns. Most of the industrial and skilled trades work went on in Kitchener, where there were numerous auto factories and other manufacturing operations. Today most of the factories have closed down and workers gone on to make dental implants in Mississauga or work in the Alberta oil fields. However Kitchener's downtown redevelopment projects and the new condo towers going up in both cities create opportunities in construction. Waterloo's popularity with tourists creates jobs in service for former experts in wedding photography Toronto, hotel workers, and restaurateurs, and there are also a few brewing companies still left in the city.
White Collar Jobs
Of the two parts that make up Kitchener-Waterloo, it is Waterloo that has traditionally held most of the professional jobs. There is some work in insurance, education and medicine coming up in Kitchener with the redevelopment of old industrial land downtown, but Waterloo is still where most of the action is. Think tanks offer specialists in everything from anger management counselling to theoretical physics the chance to pursue their research while insurance companies provide positions for mathematicians and salesmen. Other white collar opportunities include technology sector jobs like computer programming and engineering.
Universities and Colleges
What are you planning to study in Kitchener-Waterloo? Whether it's the history and origins of African music or medicine, you'll find a program to your liking at one of the area schools. Waterloo is home to the main campuses of the University of Waterloo and Wilfred Laurier University while the faculties of social work and pharmacy are located in Kitchener. Also in Kitchener: Conestoga College polytechnic institute and a satellite campus of McMaster University's school of medicine. High schools in both Kitchener and Waterloo offer academic as well as vocational training options for any students wishing to return to high school.
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