Job Market Monitor
Michel Cournoyer
Projected Growth in the World Population – 83 million people annually
Currently, the world population continues to grow though more slowly than in the recent past. Ten years ago, world population was growing by 1.24 per cent per year. Today, it is growing by 1.18 per cent per year, or approximately an additional 83 million people annually. The world population is projected to increase by more … Continue reading
Asylum Seekers in EU (2015) – 333 350, an increase of 72% compared with 2014
The 28 Member States of the European Union (EU) granted protection status to 333 350 asylum seekers in 2015, an increase of 72% compared with 2014. Since 2008, a total of nearly 1.1 million asylum seekers have been granted protection status in the EU. The largest group of beneficiaries of protection status in the EU … Continue reading
Talent-Driven Recruitment – If you want to attract and hire a great person, you need to offer a great job
Performance-based Hiring boils down to common sense and these four recruiting rules: *If you want to attract and hire a great person, you need to offer a great job. That’s why recruitment advertising should emphasize what the person will be doing, not the skills needed to do it. There’s not a single top-talent person in … Continue reading
Public Employment Service in Korea – A tendency to add new functions without reducing its current functions
The Job Centre faces some difficulties and challenges. Firstly, there has been controversy over the relationship between the Job Centre and other PES organizations. This includes the issue of the linkage between employment and welfare services. Secondly, staffing problems are embedded in the Job Centre due to the tensions and conflicts among staff caused by … Continue reading
Career and Technical Education (CTE) in US – The more courses students take, the better their education and labor market outcomes
Until the late 1990s, “vocational education” in traditional trades such as carpentry, cosmetology, and auto mechanics was often the presumptive high school placement for low-performing students considered ill-suited for college. However, in the past two decades, policymakers and educators have reconsidered what is now referred to as “Career and Technical Education” (CTE). Done right, secondary … Continue reading
Job Outlook in Alberta’s Oil Sand Sector – A decrease of 84% of on-site construction jobs by 2020
In today’s economic environment, fluctuations in oil prices are resulting in regular revisions of capital and operating expenditure projections. This report, together with other industry and sectoral employment outlooks to be released in 2016, serve to provide projected employment based on 2015 spending projections, as well as forecasted production volumes released by the Canadian Association of Petroleum … Continue reading
International Comparaison of Skills in US – Not measurably different in literacy, but more unequal, below in numeracy and problem solving according to PIAAC
In literacy, the U.S. average score (272) was not measurably different than the PIAAC international average score (273) (see figure 1-A). Compared with the PIAAC international average distribution of literacy skills, the United States had a larger percentage of adults performing at both the top and the bottom of the distribution (13 versus 12 percent … Continue reading
China – The sex-ratio effects of family planning policies
China’s family planning policies are one set of the most fundamental social policies in China and are more complex than the simplified notion of a one-child policy. The Chinese government initiated the family planning policies in 1962; the well-known one-child policy had only been implemented since 1980. Even after 1980, there were considerable regional and … Continue reading
NEET – Keeping students engaged
The young people taking part in these support programmes were identified by their schools at the end of Year 9 to be at risk of disengaging from education. Our survey conducted in 2013 suggested that in many respects the young people were very similar to the national average, but in comparison they were not as … Continue reading
Skills Gap in Canada – The Equipment Industry Technician Shortage
The skills gap in the technical workforce is not a problem unique to the United States. Canadian businesses are also starving for technical talent. A recent survey of Canadian executives found that 59 percent of respondents expressed concern about their ability to find qualified candidates with the skills needed to fill the job openings anticipated … Continue reading
Adult Education and Training In Canada – A Strategy
Investment in human capital has always been essential to Canada’s economic prosperity, but education and training will be especially important in the coming years. Over the next decade, Canada will be subject to a combination of demographic forces: population aging and slower labour force growth. As Halliwell has noted, increased immigration ows will do little to … Continue reading
China – New guidelines for displaced workers
China etched in details of plans to help workers laid off from the bloated coal and steel industries, saying assistance would include career counseling, early retirement and help in starting businesses, among other measures. New guidelines released by seven Chinese ministries over the weekend build on previously announced commitments to restructure the coal and steel … Continue reading
Basic Income in Canada – The story of Manitoba’s Mincome trial (from 1975 to 1979)
Manitoba’s Mincome trial, which ran from 1975 to 1979, is being spoken of respectfully now because guaranteed income has so rarely been tested in a thoughtful way. Mincome was designed consciously as an experiment, applied in two theatres. In the city of Winnipeg, 1,187 households were randomly chosen to receive a “negative income tax,” and … Continue reading
Retirement – Better served with the 4 S’
We don’t actually want to retire and do nothing. We just want to do something we love. And I’m not talking about endless days of back nines, fishing, and sailing into the sunset. While we might want some time to do those things, you’d be surprised to learn how quickly the bloom can come off … Continue reading
Japan – The demographic demographic problem in one chart
Japan has a major demographic problem: 26 percent of its population is elderly, the largest percent of any country in the world. That’s because Japan’s birthrate is declining, as is its overall population. In other words, a huge chunk of its population is getting old and leaving the workforce, and not enough people are being … Continue reading
Jobs – Offres d’emploi – US & Canada (Eng. & Fr.)
The Most Popular Job Search Tools
Even More Objectives Statements to customize
Cover Letters – Tools, Tips and Free Cover Letter Templates for Microsoft Office
Job Market Monitor 