Desperate employers throwing cash at applicants in Canada

FREDERICTON, New Brunswick (CU)_Many businesses in service jobs like retail, food and accommodation in Canada are trying to make their job vacancies attractive to potential workers. For instance, 21-year-old Hannah McLeod, who was making $15 an hour at a potato-processing plant in Florenceville-Bristol applied for a vacancy at shoe store Journeys. Having no experience in retail, she expected to get the provincial minimum wage, which is currently $11.75 in the province of New Brunswick. Therefore, she was surprised to be offered…