Job Market Monitor
Michel Cournoyer
Skills – How do people know about skills and qualifications?
The world is undergoing a major transformation that requires new skills and qualifications, new ways for people to know about skills and qualifications, and new ways to acquire skills and qualifications. This toolkit is about skills and qualifications, and the benefits they provide for people in a changing environment. How do people know about skills … Continue reading
COVID and Skills – How should you rethink your talent strategy ?
How should you rethink your talent strategy so that you have the people you need when the recovery starts? CEOs will be faced with difficult people decisions. However, given the importance of talent in accelerating progress, it’s critical to adopt a through-cycle mindset on people—not just in keeping the right talent but also in building … Continue reading
Data Literacy – Business leaders overestimate the capabilities of their workforce and their readiness to work with data
Data is a gold mine that can help the Intelligent Enterprise drive growth. Yet, while organizations continue to collect, store and analyze data, its real potential remains largely untapped. In fact, research from Forrester found that between 60 and 73 percent of all enterprise data is never analyzed. That said, it would be wrong to … Continue reading
Gender Higher Education Gap – A faster growth among women in participation but predominantly in the fields of education, and health and welfare
• The last few decades have been marked by faster growth among women in participation in higher education than among men, which has reversed gender inequalities in tertiary attainment in almost all OECD and partner countries. On average across OECD countries, 51% of 25-34 year-old women held a tertiary degree in 2017, compared to 38% of … Continue reading
Gender Essential Skills Gap – Over time, men are able to catch up with women in reading proficiency and make greater use of mathematics skills
Girls’ advantage over boys in reading performance peaks during adolescence, but then disappears by early adulthood. By contrast, boys’ advantage in mathematics performance increases steadily from age 9 to 27. Boys are more likely than girls to pursue academic programmes and occupations that make greater use of mathematics skills. Over time, men are able to … Continue reading
COVID and Income Support in Canada – 731,000 jobless women and 681,000 jobless men were without CERB or EI in April
5.3 million women and 3.4 million men were jobless in April. This is up from 1.7 million women and 1.3 million men in March. In April, 14% of jobless women and 20% of jobless men had no income supports. As a result, 731,000 jobless women and 681,000 jobless men were without CERB or EI in … Continue reading
COVID and Reskilling – An opportunity ?
Containment measures imposed to stop the spread of COVID-19 have compelled businesses to lay off or significantly reduce the working hours of many workers. This is an opportunity to reskill workers so they are in a better position to tackle the new business, employment, and technological realities that will be more mainstream once the crisis is … Continue reading
Employment services – Helping job seekers online
Field experiment shows benefits of online job search assistance In a new IZA Discussion Paper, Guglielmo Briscese, Giulio Zanella, and Nicky Quinn report the results of a field experiment where they tested the effect of complementing offline assistance with a website that provided an editable resume and cover letter templates, as well as tips on … Continue reading
COVID and Income Support in Canada – 1.4 million jobless getting none in April
In April there were 1.4 million jobless Canadians without any income support from EI or CERB, up from 895,000 in March.16% of all jobless Canadians had no support in April, down from 30% in March. The largest group of excluded workers (549,000) lost work before March 15th; they didn’t qualify for EI and can’t get … Continue reading
Asylum Seekers in EU (2019) – Protection granted to almost 300 000
In 2019, the European Union of 27 Member States (EU) granted protection status to 295 800 asylum seekers. Compared to 2018 (316 200), total number of persons granted protection status was down by 6%. In addition, the EU received 21 200 resettled refugees in 2019. This information is issued by Eurostat, the statistical office of … Continue reading
COVID and the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) in US – Is it working ?
This week Congress approved $310 billion above the initial $349 billion Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), but it is not achieving its objective of stopping job losses. Paycheck guarantees would ensure American employer-employee links are preserved and employees can seamlessly return to their productive tasks as the economy recovers and demand picks up. Unless the Congress … Continue reading
Universal Basic Income (UBI) – A primer
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
COVID, Inequality and Billionaires – The net worth of eight American billionaires surged by over $ 1 billion in 2020
The net worth of eight American billionaires — the ‘pandemic profiteers’ — surged by over $ 1 billion in 2020. Eight of these billionaires — the “pandemic profiteers” — have seen their net worth surge by over $ 1 billion. They are: Jeff Bezos (Amazon), MacKenzie Bezos (Amazon), Eric Yuan (Zoom), Steve Ballmer (Microsoft), John … Continue reading
COVID et Subvention salariale d’urgence du Canada (SSUC) – Des demandes dès aujourd’hui (le lien)
Les entreprises peuvent demander la Subvention salariale d’urgence du Canada dès aujourd’hui. Pour déterminer l’admissiblibité, les dépenses couvertes, l’Agence du revenu du Canada a mis en ligne une calculatrice. Voici le lien : Subvention salariale d’urgence du Canada (SSUC)Si vous êtes un employeur canadien dont l’entreprise a été touchée par la COVID-19, vous pourriez être … Continue reading
COVID, Unemployment and Training – The Coursera Workforce Recovery Initiative has 3,800 courses and 400 Specializations available for free
Government agencies serving unemployed populations can get Coursera for unemployed workers at no cost How the program works: 3,800 courses and 400 Specializations available for free Course Certificates offered for each course completed Enrollment is open through September 30, 2020 for organizations to enroll unemployed workers in courses Newly-enrolled learners will have through December 31, … Continue reading
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