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Graduates in Canada – A ‘lost generation’ really ?
Statistics Canada released the first data from the new National Graduates’ Survey. To put it mildly, this new data blows both of those narratives out of the water. The NGS is designed to report on the fate of graduates two years after graduation. What was released last week was the 2012 employment and income situation … Continue reading
Coming back to BC – Shuting door on doctors from foreign medical schools
Canadians who study medicine, even at the best medical schools in the world, face barriers and prejudice when they seek to return home to work in B.C. and rejoin their families. The government has allowed universities, instead of the College of Physicians and Surgeons, to choose who is granted entry-level training jobs as resident … Continue reading
Can Germay’s Dual System work in Canada ?
Last month, I was very fortunate to be included in a study tour of the German dual-system of education and training led by Minister Kenney. He invited CFIB and several other provincial, business and union officials to look at Germany’s successes in vocational training and to determine if there are any lessons for Canada. To … Continue reading
March Job Report in Canada – Employment increased by 43,000 and UR at 6,9%
Employment increased by 43,000 in March, driven by gains among youths. The unemployment rate declined 0.1 percentage points to 6.9%. Overall employment growth in Canada has been subdued since August 2013. Compared with March 2013, the number of people working rose by 190,000. Over this 12-month period, employment and the number of hours worked grew at the same pace, that is 1.1%. Chart 1 Employment In … Continue reading
Petroleum Services Association of Canada – The next bottleneck is going to be skilled labor
Asked what keeps him awake at night, the president and CEO of the Petroleum Services Association of Canada, Mark Salkeld, says, “Labor, labor and labor.” At PSAC, Mark Salkeld represents 260 energy services companies that employ more than 80,000 people. He and all of the HR executives at his member companies know that employment in … Continue reading
Job Search for Canadian Law Students – New job site launched
The Law Job Exchange, launched just three weeks ago, promises to “link you up with opportunities that you may have otherwise missed.” “The web site is all about sharing opportunities and I don’t think that’s something law students are necessarily used to with the competitiveness of the profession,” says web site founder Nikolitsa Katsoulias. “But … Continue reading
Canada – Lies, damn lies and jobs numbers
That data shows that the government’s claims about strong job growth, like Flaherty’s above, are more than a little misleading. A slightly better measure is the unemployment rate. Of the seven years after the Conservatives took office, Canada’s unemployment rate was higher than the OECD average for four years and lower for three. The latest … Continue reading
Job Market in Canada – Stephen Harper’s theory doesn’t fit the facts
Reality, as Prime Minister Stephen Harper is discovering, can poke holes in the most elegant of theories. In this case, the theory is the Conservative view of how Canada’s economy works, a view that goes something like this: Yes, the country suffered an economic recession but that’s over. Yes, there is still high unemployment — … Continue reading
Canada – Job vacancies rate at its lowest level since the data are published
Canadian businesses reported 200,000 job vacancies in December, down 21,000 compared with 12 months earlier. There were 6.3 unemployed people for every job vacancy, up from 5.7 in December 2012. The increase in the unemployment-to-job vacancies ratio was the result of fewer job vacancies, as the number of unemployed people was little changed. Unemployment-to-job vacancies ratio increases in Alberta and Saskatchewan In Alberta, there were 2.3 unemployed people … Continue reading
The Apps Economy in Canada – To top 110,000 by 2019
The number of people employed in Canada’s apps economy has grown to over 64,000, and will top 110,000 by 2019, say analysts at the Information and Communications Technology Council (ICTC). The estimates and projections were released today in the Council’s second look at the red-hot Canadian mobile apps landscape, The Appification of Everything: Canada’s apps … Continue reading
Agriculture in Canada – Why is it such an exciting industry?
Q: Why is Agriculture such an exciting industry? A: Agriculture is every changing. Every day there is something new and exciting happening in the business of producing food. There will always be dynamic and innovative career opportunities available to young people all over the world in this industry. I believe working in agriculture does make … Continue reading
Canada – A lost of 7 000 jobs last month and little overall employment growth in Canada since August 2013
Employment was little changed in February, and the unemployment rate remained at 7.0%. There has been little overall employment growth in Canada since August 2013. (JMM Editor: Indeed, a lost of 7 000 jobs last month) Compared with 12 months earlier, employment increased by 95,000 (+0.5%) and the unemployment rate was unchanged. Over the same period, the number of hours worked rose 0.7%. … Continue reading
Job Market in Canada – ‘Sputtered’ In 2013 says Chamber Of Commerce
Canada’s job market “sputtered” in 2013, says a new report that finds a majority of the net job creation last year involved part-time jobs, went to older workers and was concentrated in a single province. The report from the Canadian Chamber of Commerce found Canada added 0.6 per cent new jobs in 2013 — not … Continue reading
Canada / Finance’s Jobs Report uses wrong data says The Globe and Mail
Last month, for the first time, Canada’s Department of Finance released a separate Jobs Report along with the federal budget. Problem: Canada’s job creation record, as indicated in Statistics Canada’s Job Vacancy Statistics (JVS), has been dismal. Solution: Ignore the JVS, use something else and hope no one notices. Unfortunately, as The Globe and Mail … Continue reading
Canada – The economy has not created enough jobs says the Canadian Labour Congress
The Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) argues that while Statistics Canada’s approach may be accurate it is not detailed enough to convey the true landscape of the labour market. “The economy has not created enough jobs, and those that have been created are disproportionately precarious … more Canadians are unemployed, marginally attached, or simply not engaging … Continue reading
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