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Michel Cournoyer
US – How are real incomes rising even as real wages are flat?
Every month for the last year, the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ wage data releases have continued to demonstrate that workers simply aren’t getting ahead. Despite some nominal growth, real wage growth has been consistently hovering around zero (rising at just a 0.2 percent annual rate from 2016-2017). At the same time, this year’s annual data release from the Census Bureau showed us that the median household income has risen to $61,370 in 2017, a 1.8 percent increase even after … Continue reading
Job Report in Europe, September 2018 – Unemployment at 8.1%, with 3.333 million young persons, still the lowest rate recorded in the euro area since November 2008
The euro area (EA19) seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate was 8.1% in September 2018, stable compared with August 2018 and down from 8.9% in September 2017. This remains the lowest rate recorded in the euro area since November 2008. The EU28 unemployment rate was 6.7% in September 2018, stable compared with August 2018 and down from 7.5% … Continue reading
Temporary Foreign Workers in Canada – Micro-managed by bureaucrats
I’m no genius. But I don’t think I’m a dummy either. After practicing immigration law for 40 years, I should be able to navigate any immigration system. I mean, that’s why I have successfully written all of the toughest bar exams in the U.S. and in Canada, right? Well, after four decades, I’ve met my fiercest competitor … Continue reading
Les Titres Professionnels du Ministère du Travail en France – Un bon passeport pour l’emploi
Bien qu’ils ne concernent que peu de candidats inscrits, les titres professionnels délivrés par le ministère du Travail ont le vent en poupe. Le nombre de certifiés a doublé en 10 ans ; l’offre atteint 249 titres sur un large panel de métiers. En 2017, 183 000 candidats se sont présentés à une session d’examen. Les titres … Continue reading
Criminal Records an Job – Stay in longer
Researchers at Northwestern University investigated the possible relationship between having a criminal record and job performance by evaluating data from employees in sales or customer service jobs in call centers in the US. They found employees with a criminal record stayed in their roles on average 19 days longer than those who did not have … Continue reading
L’emploi au Québec – Le taux le plus élevé parmi les provinces depuis le milieu de 2014 chez les 25-54
Le taux d’emploi, c’est-à-dire le nombre de personnes occupées en pourcentage de la population en âge de travailler, a diminué légèrement au cours du premier semestre de 2018 pour s’établir à 61,5 % en juin. Parmi les travailleurs du groupe d’âge principal, le taux d’emploi a été relativement stable, se situant en moyenne à 82,5 % au … Continue reading
Outil – Un référentiel de compétences pour le CNP 6421 Vendeurs, commis vendeurs, commerce détail
Voici un référentiel de compétences pour le CNP 6421 Vendeurs, commis vendeurs, commerce détail Le référentiel comprend les : les qualifications professionnelles (QP) les connaissances requises (CR) les compétences clés (CC). Note méthodologique et sources : Il s’agit d’une adaptation et de traductions libres le la NOS (National occupationnal standard), UK, Evidence Requirements for the Retail … Continue reading
US Labor Market – Looks like the economic heyday of 2000 and 2001, but not for wage growth
Lots of measures are telling us that the United States labor market is doing well. In some cases, very well. Most prominently, the unemployment rate has fallen steadily over the last nine years. It dipped to 3.7 percent in September, and it has averaged 4 percent over the past year, the same as it did … Continue reading
Future of Work – The impact of the new technologies on labour markets and income distribution is not predetermined UN says
There are many concerns that technological innovation will lead to increased unemployment, suppressed wages and greater inequality. However, the impact of the new technologies on labour markets and income distribution is not predetermined. The right policy mix and institutional arrangements can ensure that the benefits of innovation are shared broadly, an essential step to achieving … Continue reading
Pénuries, Chômage, Emploi, Compétences, Employabilité et Compétences essentielles : un lexique sur l’état du marché du travail (graphiques inclus)
L’information sur le marché du travail utilise de nombreux concepts qui souffrent souvent d’un flottement de vocabulaire. L’objectif ici n’est pas de fournir des définitions universelles intégrant les nuances sémantiques qui s’imposent, mais bien de fournir au lecteur des billets d’InfoCompétences des repères quant au vocabulaire utilisé. Les concepts suivants seront distingués à l’aide des … Continue reading
Qu’est-ce qu’une compétence?
Une compétence est un ensemble de savoir-faire techniques, de connaissances requiseset de savoir-être liés à l’exercice d’une tâche ou d’une activité professionnelle. Ainsi, pour chaque métier et profession, on distingue des compétences qui correspondent à des fonctions ou des responsabilités majeures. Chacune des compétences se décline en éléments de compétences plus fins qui décrivent les performances spécifiques, … Continue reading
VET – Improving its image
Collective ideas on the image of vocational training not only influence individual decisions, but also have a broad impact on the social investment in education and training, in the quality, acceptance in the labour market, and finally, mismatches between supply and demand in the labour market. The concept of collective images refers to: 1. More … Continue reading
Humanities Ph.D.s in US – Too much supply chasing too little demand
The plain fact is that we train far more humanities Ph.D.s than there are jobs for. In a recent year, the American History Association reported about 340 tenure-track job openings for historians, plus maybe another hundred jobs outside history departments that might recruit a historian. In the same year, American universities minted about 1,150 new … Continue reading
Agile Workplace in Europe – In none of four countries surveyed do more than about one in six employees (16%) fall into the “agile” category
In operational terms, the concept of agility can be defined as employees’ capacity to gather and disseminate information about changes in the environment, and respond to that information quickly and expediently. From a strategic perspective, this combination of speed and data-driven innovation is increasingly important for many businesses to maintain a competitive advantage. At Gallup, … Continue reading
Future of Work and the Skills Gap – A net positive outlook for jobs, while no less than 54% of all employees will require significant re- and upskilling by 2022,
As technological breakthroughs rapidly shift the frontier between the work tasks performed by humans and those performed by machines and algorithms, global labour markets are undergoing major transformations. These transformations, if managed wisely, could lead to a new age of good work, good jobs and improved quality of life for all, but if managed poorly, … Continue reading
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