My dad's generation was interrupted by WWII war but, growing up in middle class southern Ontario, I don't recall anybody's dad (pretty much only dad worked) changing jobs or even that many families being uprooted. In my generation, of the ones I've kept in halfways contact with, there might have been some sorting out of employers in the late teens/early 20s but pretty much everybody stayed has stayed with same employer to the bitter end.
I went to the same public, junior and high school with the same kids.
Pretty much everybody stayed with the same school, and employer, to the bitter end.
The alumni for both - the job, much more so - have regular "real life" get togethers.
I go for the most selfish reason of all. We remind each other of when we were young.
To be sure, many benefits packages are much more comprehensive now, so services such as chiro and physio might click with younger folks who are more active.
Stress leave was unheard of, back then.
The great fear at the top of the service was that if an honourable path existed to escape 9-1-1 operations, many would take it.
It was like riding a train you couldn't get off.
I don't know what the 17-25 generation wants these days. I can only imagine. It was different back then. Not better, or worse, just different.
Do your work. Live your life. Simple as that.
I think the beauty of the CAF is they cast a pretty wide net. Part-time, full-time. Release, re-join. Not all employers offer that.
Be a Canadian citizen or permanent resident.
Be at least 18 years old (17 years old with parental consent), ( Correct me if I am wrong, but I think there used to be upper age limits to apply? )
Have completed at least Grade 10 or 24 credits of Secondary IV in Quebec (some jobs need higher levels of education)