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Archive for 'Job vacanices'

More on “Labour Shortages”

Here are the most recent Statscan job vacancy data by province. There were six unemployed workers for every reported job vacancy in Canada in the three months ending in January, rising to about ten unemployed workers for every open job slot in Atlantic Canada. Note that there is no information on what wages employers were [...]

Posted by Andrew Jackson under Job vacanices, labour market.
May 18th, 2012
Comments: 2

Job Shortages? What Shortages?

Sigh. Here we go again. More evidence-free corporate policy advocacy. The Chamber of Commerce put out a report today – actually I can’t find much in the way of background research on their web site – which points with alarm to labour and skills shortages, and calls for a less generous EI program to get [...]

Posted by Andrew Jackson under Employment Insurance, Job vacanices, labour market.
February 8th, 2012
Comments: 9

Are There Labour and Skill Shortages in Canada?

Further to my earlier post on this topic, whether or not we are or will soon be experiencing labour and skills shortages is a question of critical importance to the development of sound public policy. Next week, we will get some new Statistics Canada data on job vacancies which will help support a more informed [...]

Posted by Andrew Jackson under Don Drummond, Job vacanices, labour adjustment, labour market, skill shortages.
January 19th, 2012
Comments: 3