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Job Search in US and Canada / 83% of employees will “actively seek a new position” survey finds
Eighty-three percent of the workers said they will “actively seek a new position” next year, while just 5% said they had no intention of seeking a new job, according to Right Management, a career advisory firm Continue reading
Canada / 6.4 unemployed people for every job vacancy ( 5.2 a year ago)
In August, there were 219,000 job vacancies among Canadian businesses, a decline of 51,000 compared with August 2012. There were 6.4 unemployed people for every job vacancy, up from 5.2 one year earlier. The increase in the ratio of unemployment to job vacancies was all the result of the decline in job vacancies. The national job vacancy rate was 1.5% in August, down from 1.8% 12 months earlier. … Continue reading
Canada / No shortage of workers, invest in training say studies
Two major recent studies provide excellent overviews of recent developments in the Canadian job market, and an informed framework for thinking about our future skills needs writes The Globe and Mail Continue reading
Points-Based Immigration Systems in Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom
The individual country surveys reveal that Australia operates a hybrid system for skilled migration that involves employer sponsorship and a points-based visa program that was revised in 2012. The UK’s points-based program, introduced in 2003, provides for five different immigrant tiers. Canada uses a points-based selection process for its Federal Skilled Workers Program, which is one of several programs within its “economic class” of immigration Continue reading
Newly qualified teachers in Canada / Heading abroad
Newly qualified Canadian teachers frustrated with the over-saturated teaching market in many major Canadian cities are setting their sights on international schools abroad, where they say professional and personal benefits far outweigh those back home Continue reading
Employment Insurance in Canada / Legal Coverage at 81.9% in 2012, up from 78.4% finds Stat Can
The rate of eligibility for receiving regular Employment Insurance (EI) benefits in 2012 was 81.9%, up from 78.4% in 2011 and similar to rates observed prior to the 2008-2009 recession Continue reading
Canada’s Premiers Meeting / Pensions and Canada Job Grant top of agenda
Canada’s provincial and territorial premiers will be discussing pensions and the federal job grant program when they meet in Toronto today Continue reading
Yellow Media / To cut 10 percent of workforce
Canadian telephone directory publisher Yellow Media Ltd said it will cut 10 percent (about 300 positions) of its workforce as it sharpens its focus on its digital business. Continue reading
Canada Job Grant / No agreement reached on friday
Ottawa needs to satisfy the provinces’ concerns if it wants to launch the program, said Ontario minister Brad Duguid. “The fact of the matter is, the provinces and territories are very united on this,” said Duguid. “We will not fund or support any program that funds a new federal program on the backs of our … Continue reading
Canada / Employment little changed and the unemployment rate remained at 6.9% in October
Editor’s Note: At 6,9%, the unemployment rate is down by -0.5 pp since last year. But this is due to the -0.4 pp drop in the participation rate as the employment-to-population ratio is down by -0.1. This is hardly the picture of a dynamic labour market. Continue reading
Canada Job Grant / It is misleading say unions calling for new monies for it
Labour organizations, including the Ontario Federation of Labour, Unifor, and CUPE-Ontario are calling on the federal government to find new monies for the Canada Jobs Grant, instead of absorbing funds earmarked for crucial training and employment services. The labour organizations are raising their concerns in advance of a November 8 meeting of Federal Minister of … Continue reading
What is full employment in Canada ? / Too few Canadians are unemployed to meet the inflation target writes CIBC
The Bank of Canada is careful to express the degree of slack in the economy through reference to the “output gap,” a measure tied to real GDP. That avoids ever having to say that too few Canadians are unemployed to meet the inflation target, but that’s really what’s implied when the output gap turns positive writes CIBC Continue reading
Canada Job Grant and the Provinces / Only Quebec, Ontario and Saskatchewan have consistently used their entire federal Labour Market Agreement’s funds
According to a government document obtained by Postmedia News, only Quebec and Ontario have consistently used their entire federal contribution under the Labour Market Agreement – about $116 million and $204 million, respectively, in 2011-12, the most recent year for which figures were available. Saskatchewan has too in more recent years. Continue reading
Canada’s beer economy / One job in 100
The beer economy accounts for one in 100 Canadian jobs, or almost 1 percent of gross domestic product, says a new report from the Conference Board of Canada Continue reading
Steel Workers in Canada / There are going to be jobs
“There are going to be jobs. There’s going to be good quality jobs,” said Dr. Peter Warrian, a senior research fellow at the University of Toronto and leading Canadian expert in the steel industry Continue reading
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