Hey, Toad-in-the-hole, does the light hurt your eyes?
https://magnetnetwork.ca/labour-market-insights-q2-2024/
Between Q2 2024 and Q1 2024, employment and job vacancies increased while job postings declined. Employment across Canada continued to stay above 20 million in Q2 2024 and increased 1.4% from Q1 2024. Job vacancies increased just above 620,000; however, they decreased by 197,000 from 780,000 reported in Q2 2023. In Q2 2024, online job postings reached 271,000 across Canada, declining by 44,300 from Q2 2023. These trends highlight the growing labour shortage across the country, with shortages to the Health care and social assistance and Accommodation and food services seeing the largest impact.
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Statscan:
In the fourth quarter of 2024, over one-third (37.3%) of all businesses in Canada expect to face labour-related obstacles over the next three months, down from nearly two-fifths (39.5%) of businesses in the third quarter of 2024 and 43.2% of businesses in the second quarter of 2024.
Recruiting skilled employees, reported by over one-quarter (28.3%) of businesses, was the top labour-related obstacle businesses expect to face over the next three months,
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https://explodingtopics.com/blog/labor-shortage-stats
With labor shortages on the rise, employers are understandably concerned.Yet some industries are suffering more than others.
75% of employers are not able to fill job vacancies
The US has a labor shortage of 70% (Canads's is 80%)
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https://www.benefitscanada.com/news/bencan/majority-of-canadian-employers-expecting-hiring-challenges-in-2024-survey/
A majority (89 per cent) of Canadian employers are expecting to face hiring challenges in 2024, according to a new survey from Express Employment Professionals. It found difficulty in finding qualified candidates (45 per cent) was the No. 1 obstacle cited by employers, followed by increased job market competition (25 per cent),
And you haven't heard of Arctic melting, you don't know about the floods and wildfires? Read a newspaper, for God's sake.
But I'm not surprised. After all, you're the id!ot who thinks they don't have conservatives in the US.
Take a couple of Midol and have a nap. You'll be fine
How long ago did you stop reading? 10, 20 years ago? When the words got too big?