Job Vacancy in May 2014 in Canada – 5.8 Unemployed people for every job vacancy

In May, there were 5.8 unemployed people for every job vacancy, down from 6.3 a year earlier, mostly a result of fewer unemployed people. There were 240,000 job vacancies among Canadian businesses, relatively unchanged from May 2013. 

The national job vacancy rate was 1.6% in May, little changed from 12 months earlier.

via The Daily — Job vacancies in brief, three-month average ending in May 2014.