Work Force

	2006	2005	2004	2003	2002
Total Permanent Workforce	4,527	4,327	4,180	4,026	4,004
New Permanent Employees — all categories	744	557	383	236	350
Trades and Operators	496	384	251	148	189
Administrative, Professional & Technical	248	173	132	88	161
New Employees — diversity
Aboriginal	54	50	27	23	34
Female	172	129	87	45	95
Recruiting Effectiveness
New hire acceptance rate (% of job offers accepted)	78	78	86	90	80
Local hires (% of all new hires)	64	70	66	61	78
Job Applications Received (#)	44,815	30,032	18,116	19,777	n/a