Canadian Company Offers A Job And 2 Acres To Come Work!

posted 2 years ago

Cape Breton is a small island at the eastern end of Nova Scotia. It features all four seasons, the population (as of 2001) is just under 150,000 and the community is true to its small town roots.

The Farmer's Daughter Country Market, a bakery and general store, is a staple of this hidden paradise and it is looking to expand. They have everything they need, except people.

After hiring all the qualified locals in need of a job, the business put out a nearly too-good-to-be-true call for help on Facebook.

Anyone willing to relocate (and meet the needs and qualifications of the store) will be offered a job and two acres of land to live on.

However, since the town is not qualified for the Foreign Worker Program, it can take only people who are legally authorized to work in Canada (just a few extra steps for any foreigner who really really wants the job).

Shortly thereafter, the internet roared and people came running to the call. After 3500 applications came in, the bakery and store hired three women.

Owners Sandee Maclean and Heather Coulombe posted online that Sonja Andersen, Kerry Walkins, and Trish Tait will be soon be reporting for work at The Farmer’s Daughter Country Market in Whycocomagh, N.S.

“BUT don't worry - we are not done yet,” added Maclean and Hunter, who are sisters.

“We are planning on hiring 3 to 4 more people for the spring, so if we are in the process of talking to you or even if you haven't heard back from us were are still working on the applications.”

They have struggled to attract employees to their co-operative country store and bakery so they decided to offer 0.8 hectares of Maclean's 80 hectares of land to anyone who relocates and works at the market for five years. The new hires can live on the land in the meantime and, after five years, pay the roughly $2,000 legal cost to transfer it to their names. They also get an hourly wage, of course.

"We think we need to think outside of the box to keep Cape Breton true to its roots -- a place where people live year-round and celebrate the beauty that surrounds us in music and stories, and where being a neighbour truly means you talk to everyone in the local co-op," their original Facebook ad had stated.

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