NS Employment Agency LTD.

Find work in Nova Scotia. Find workers for your business.

We recruit for healthcare, offices, trucking and the trades, and for farms, fishing boats and seafood plants.

Need to hire workers?

  • Seasonal crews and year-round staff, in town and in the province
  • We interview everyone we put forward, and check references with their permission
  • We check the documents that show each person can work in Canada
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Looking for work?

  • Jobs in town, on farms, on fishing boats and in seafood plants
  • You never pay us anything. Employers pay our fee.
  • You hear the pay, the hours, the place and who your employer is before you say yes
Apply for work

The work we hire for

What each kind of job involves
When each kind of job hires, month by month
Industry Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Landscaping and snow clearingJanuary: some hiringFebruary: some hiringMarch: some hiringApril: busiestMay: busiestJune: busiestJuly: some hiringAugust: some hiringSeptember: some hiringOctober: some hiringNovember: some hiringDecember: some hiring
ConstructionJanuary: some hiringFebruary: some hiringMarch: some hiringApril: busiestMay: busiestJune: busiestJuly: some hiringAugust: some hiringSeptember: some hiringOctober: some hiringNovember: some hiringDecember: some hiring
Healthcare and care homesJanuary: some hiringFebruary: some hiringMarch: some hiringApril: some hiringMay: some hiringJune: some hiringJuly: some hiringAugust: some hiringSeptember: some hiringOctober: some hiringNovember: some hiringDecember: some hiring
Trucking and officeJanuary: some hiringFebruary: some hiringMarch: some hiringApril: some hiringMay: some hiringJune: some hiringJuly: some hiringAugust: some hiringSeptember: some hiringOctober: some hiringNovember: some hiringDecember: some hiring
Dairy and poultry farmsJanuary: some hiringFebruary: some hiringMarch: some hiringApril: some hiringMay: some hiringJune: some hiringJuly: some hiringAugust: some hiringSeptember: some hiringOctober: some hiringNovember: some hiringDecember: some hiring
Apple orchardsJanuary: some hiringFebruary: some hiringMarch: some hiringApril: some hiringMay: little hiringJune: some hiringJuly: some hiringAugust: some hiringSeptember: busiestOctober: busiestNovember: some hiringDecember: little hiring
Wild blueberriesJanuary: little hiringFebruary: little hiringMarch: little hiringApril: little hiringMay: little hiringJune: little hiringJuly: some hiringAugust: busiestSeptember: busiestOctober: little hiringNovember: little hiringDecember: little hiring
VineyardsJanuary: little hiringFebruary: some hiringMarch: some hiringApril: some hiringMay: some hiringJune: some hiringJuly: some hiringAugust: some hiringSeptember: busiestOctober: busiestNovember: some hiringDecember: little hiring
Hay and field workJanuary: little hiringFebruary: little hiringMarch: little hiringApril: some hiringMay: busiestJune: busiestJuly: busiestAugust: busiestSeptember: some hiringOctober: some hiringNovember: little hiringDecember: little hiring
Lobster crews, Southwest NovaJanuary: some hiringFebruary: some hiringMarch: some hiringApril: busiestMay: busiestJune: little hiringJuly: little hiringAugust: little hiringSeptember: little hiringOctober: little hiringNovember: busiestDecember: busiest
Seafood processingJanuary: some hiringFebruary: some hiringMarch: some hiringApril: busiestMay: busiestJune: busiestJuly: some hiringAugust: some hiringSeptember: some hiringOctober: some hiringNovember: some hiringDecember: busiest
Busiest hiring Some hiring In town Farms Fishing and seafood

Typical months only. Weather moves the harvests, and each fishing area sets its own season. The lobster row shows Southwest Nova Scotia, which opens on the last Monday of November, weather permitting, and closes on 31 May.

We recruit across Nova Scotia

Halifax, the Annapolis Valley, the South Shore, Southwest Nova, Truro and the North Shore, and Cape Breton. Our office is on Spring Garden Road in Halifax.