Primary links Alberta staff to go to Germany to hire workers By Misbah Karim | Wed, 02/18/2009 - 23:30 In spite of a weakening economy and ever increasing job losses, staffs of the Alberta government will travel to Germany next week in order to recruit foreign workers needed in the field of construction, transportation and hospitality industries. In spite of a weakening economy and ever increasing job losses, staffs of the Alberta government will travel to Germany next week in order to recruit foreign workers needed in the field of construction, transportation and hospitality industries. The job fairs in Essen and Leipzig will be attended by five provinces and Alberta is one of them. Under normal circumstances, somewhere around twenty companies used to join the province on the trip. However, only a single Edmonton firm is looking towards hiring five cabinetmakers this time. The slumping economy of Alberta, which is hit by low commodity prices and a global credit crisis, didn't discourage the province from returning to job fairs. In fact, Employment and Immigration spokeswoman Janice Schroeder said that they will be talking about keeping Alberta on the radar and if one is thinking of moving to Alberta for work, then may be next year would be better. Liberal MLA Hugh MacDonald said that with the rising unemployment rate of 4.4 percent and huge job losses totaling up to 12,800 in the past three months, the primary focus of the province should be on assisting workers already here. Hugh also