Job Market Monitor

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Generation Z will soon surpass Millennials as the most populous generation on earth, with more than one-third of the world’s population counting themselves as Gen Zers. In the US, Gen Z constitutes more than a quarter of the population and, by 2020, will be the most diverse generation in the nation’s history. As Gen Zers … Continue reading →

Que sait-on de la façon dont la « transition écologique et énergétique », selon la terminologie en vigueur dans les politiques publiques françaises, transforme les activités et les emplois ? Alors que l’on peine encore à mesurer l’ampleur et la nature du verdissement des métiers, comment les acteurs de la formation et les entreprises se … Continue reading →

If the ‘great resignation’ has taught employers anything, it’s to not take their workers for granted. Yet many companies risk doing exactly that—whether it’s by not paying close enough attention to skilled workers who are at elevated risk of quitting, by failing to support workers who seek personal fulfilment and meaning at work, or by … Continue reading →

Leadership IQ surveyed 3,706 employees currently working from home to discover the truth about their WFH experiences. And we learned that while working from home has been positive for many people, people with certain personality characteristics fared much better… Respondents answered more than two-dozen questions about remote work, as well as questions about their psychological … Continue reading →

Two years after the onset of the COVID-19, we explore how women in Canada are recovering in a tumultuous labour market. KEY FINDINGS Two years after the start of the pandemic, jobs recovery for women in Canada has been rapid and is now slightly ahead of men’s recovery. As of February 2022, women’s employment is … Continue reading →

This paper updates the long-term scenarios to 2060 last published in July 2018, with a special focus on fiscal sustainability and risks. In a baseline economic and fiscal scenario, trend real GDP growth for the OECD + G20 area declines from around 3% post-COVID to 1½ per cent in 2060, mainly due to a deceleration … Continue reading →

About half of U.S. adults who are currently unemployed and are looking for a job are pessimistic about their prospects for future employment. A new Pew Research Center survey finds that about half of U.S. adults who are currently unemployed, furloughed or temporarily laid off and are looking for a job are pessimistic about their … Continue reading →

With the rise of the COVID-19 pandemic over the last year, millions of people have transitioned to remote work, not out of preference, but of necessity. In this sudden transition, many companies made what was once merely a dream for remote work enthusiasts a reality overnight. In the 2019 work-from-home statistics report, TalentLMS surveyed 500 … Continue reading →

Empowering the self-employed workforce Self-employment has risen significantly over the past two decades. The Covid-19 pandemic has exposed the fragile nature of work for many people in the UK – and the self-employed workforce is no exception. In this report, we bring to the fore some of the shared challenges faced by self-employed people, especially … Continue reading →

What is UBI? On its face, the definition of a truly universal basic income is pretty straightforward: It’s an amount of cash given to everyone within a geographic area that’s then distributed unconditionally regularly, and on a long-term basis, as Marinescu describes it. (Although, the most recent UBI trials have focused on those with low … Continue reading →

Knowing how to read and write is absolutely essential to interacting with the world, and research has shown that math and science skills are signi cant drivers of productivity. Recent work by economists Eric Hanushek and Ludgar Woessmann nds that if all countries possessed the skill level in these domains of Finland, often a top … Continue reading →

There are a ton of different personality tests out there and you might already be familiar with some of them. You may already know you’re an INFP or an ENTP, based on the Myers-Briggs personality assessment. Many workplaces do this personality testing as a part of professional development, enabling coworkers to better understand and communicate … Continue reading →

The United States is in the middle stage of the economic cycle… While the U.S. economy has grown over time, the growth has not been in a straight line. The variations in the pace of growth around the long-term trend are called economic cycles. Economic cycles have four distinct stages: recession, early (recovery), middle (mature), … Continue reading →