There was a time when grandma would advise something like this: Get a job at SaskPower. It is secure and has a pension.That was good advice for her generation, but the critical factors in what makes a quality job are changing. OECD and UN studies …
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Big swing in job numbers
If there is anything that has been consistent in the monthly job numbers this year, it’s the magnitude of the changes we’ve been seeing.Employment numbers have been moving either up or down by thousands in a month. Yet, it is hard to see anything …
Changes in the job market
We talk a lot about jobs these days - whether they are in regards to the GM factory in Ontario or the oil patch in the west. But just what do we know about the broader category we call jobs? That prompted StatsCan to look at changes in job markets in …
GM closure a warning to Canada
It is usually only economists and policy wonks who dig into topics such as productivity and competitiveness. But every once in a while the subject gets a real-world application that makes it easy for everyone to understand. The closure of GM’s Oshawa …
Sask job numbers reveal interesting dynamics
The latest job numbers for the province and the country are showing a lower level of volatility. The moves were relatively modest, but they also contained some interesting dynamics that we haven’t seen for a long time. …
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Saskatchewan labour force gaining strength
In July of last year there were more than 18,000 people in Saskatchewan receiving employment insurance payments. One year later, in July of this year, that number had fallen by more than 2,000. …
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Making sense of fluctuating job numbers
Here we go with another big swing in the monthly job numbers. It is getting to the point where we can’t really rely on this particular metric to help us understand the current marketplace. …
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Where does your hourly wage rank?
This is the kind of stuff guidance counsellors can use. …
Breaking down Canada’s minimum wage earners
A lot of attention has been devoted to minimum wage rates in Canada as some provinces have begun to push rates up quickly to as much as $15 an hour. …
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Making sense of labour force stats
After months of inconsistency in the Labour Force survey results, StatsCan has revamped the way it reports employment numbers. …
