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NEWS RELEASE (CNS978) -->> ECONOMIC RENEWAL--TOURISM NOVA SCOTIA - VIC STAFFING 1997 ECONOMIC RENEWAL--TOURISM NOVA SCOTIA - VIC STAFFING 1997 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Tourism Nova Scotia is looking for bagpipers. And car counters. Tourism Nova Scotia is also looking for qualified travel counsellors, store clerks, maintenance workers and interviewers to staff the Nova Scotia Visitor Information Centres and other operations around the province, between May and October next year. Michele McKenzie, executive director of Tourism Nova Scotia, said the provincial agency is looking for people who will maintain the province's reputation for excellence in a very competitive tourism marketplace. "We're looking for enthusiastic Nova Scotians so they can help us show ourselves at our very best." Suitable candidates will have leadership, communication, and supervisory skills. They will also need tourism-related experience, first-aid, and some positions require command of a second language. The deadline for applications is Jan. 17, 1997. Job descriptions and application forms are available at Human Resources Development Canada (local Employment Centres), the Economic Renewal Agency, Access Nova Scotia Centres, Business Service Centres, university and community college employment centres, and Tourism Nova Scotia, PO Box 519, Halifax, NS, B3J 2R7 (Telephone 902-424-4243). Positions are available at the Visitor Information Centres in: Amherst, Digby, Halifax (International Airport, waterfront and downtown), Peggy's Cove, Pictou/Wood Islands, Port Hastings, Portland, Main; Yarmouth, and North Sydney (on the ferry to Newfoundland). -30- Contact: Michele McKenzie 902-424-2989 trp Dec. 23, 1996 - 2:25 p.m.