By Kristina Leung and Julien Gagnier, Mediacorp Canada Inc. staff editors
Description: Port Metro Vancouver, formerly the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority, is responsible for the operation and development of Canada's largest and busiest port, trading more than $53 billion in goods with more than 100 trading economies annually and generating an estimated $6.3 billion in GDP.
Highlights for new grads:
Average starting salary: $45,001 to $50,000
Career planning services
Flexible work hours
Health benefits for new employees
In-house training program
Online training program
Orientation program for new employees
Student employment: summer and co-op
Tuition subsidies
Vacation (after first year): 3 weeks
Excellent leadership, interpersonal and communication skills, strong organizational, analytical and problem solving skills, team player, and flexible are all listed as desirable non-academic qualifications.
Hiring locations across Canada: Vancouver BC
New grads hired here typically have these academic backgrounds:
Bachelor of Arts: Business, Criminology, Journalism, Political Science, Public Relations / Communications, Urban Geography / Planning
Bachelor of Commerce / Business Administration: Finance, Information Systems, Marketing
Bachelor of Engineering: Civil
Bachelor of Science: Environmental
Community College Diploma: Accounting, Autocad, Communications / Public Relations, Computer Science, Engineering Technician, Human Resources, Information Technology, Legal Assistant / Law Clerk, Marketing / Sales, Purchasing / Logistics, Secretarial, Surveying / Geomatics
