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LABOUR MARKET INFORMATION COUNCILCONSEIL DE L’INFORMATION SUR LE MARCHÉ DU TRAVAIL
TThe World of Work inCanada
Contact 2019Saskatoon, SK – 10 April 2019
Steven TobinExecutive Director
The World of Work inCanada
Opinion Research: Individual Canadians
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Opinion Research: Individual Canadians
UUnemployed and Students struggle to find LMI% with difficulty in finding LMI
Unemployed struggle to understand LMI% with difficulty understanding LMI
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LMI Needs
After wages, skills are the most commonly identified LMI need
LMI Challenges
Data, when found, is not meeting the needs of Canadians
Dashboard
https://lmic-cimt.ca/lmi-interactive-dashboard/
The World of Work in Canada
• Overall employment growth is strong and unemployment rate low
• Growth in full-time jobs equal or better than overall job growth
• Non-standard employment levels are stable
Recent trends good ….
• Strong employment growth varies considerably by region and sector
• Rate of “over-qualification” is rising fast
• A lot of uncertainty in the future of work
… but come with caveats
Growth rate of employment
Unemployment rate at historic low
Little change in non-standard employment
Little change in non-standard employment
Little change in non-standard employment
Skills Old and New: Occupations and Qualifications I
4-digit NOC codes are associated with the “typical education” required for the job. The 2nd digit of the 2016 NOC codes indicate the following education levels:
LLevel A (0 or 1): University degree (bachelor’s, master’s or doctorate)
LLevel B (2 or 3): Some post-secondary education, college and apprenticeship
LLevel C (4 or 5): Completion of secondary school, and some occupation training
LLevel D (6 or 7): Below secondary school, and on-the-job training
NOC “Skill” Level
Skills Old and New: Occupations and Qualifications II
Future of Work Annotated Bibliography
Theme Canada-focused reports International reports
FoW DriversTechnological Change (Automation, AI, etc.) 59% 83%Demographic Change (e.g., aging) 52% 39%Climate Change 4% 22%
Type of AnalysisQuantitative analysis 78% 65%Skills-specific projections 11% 26%
Level of AnalysisNational-level forecasts 56%Provincial-level forecasts 22%Sub-provincial-level forecasts 7%
Total Number of Reports 27 23
A “living document” summarizes Canadian and International research reports
Version 2.1 released February
Future of Work
1. So much to the future than technology
2. Inter-section of drivers and labour market implications
3. Distribution, distribution, distribution
4. Role of skills: which ones and where?
Moving forward
1. Skills definitions
2. Mapped to occupations
3. Intersection of agents
4. Empowering people with insights and information