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5 reports that caught our eye the week of Aug. 18, 2019

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Each week, CERIC is on the lookout for the latest reports related to career development. Here are five reports that we found interesting this week:

Women in Business and Management: The business case for change (International Labour Organization)

This report offers new insights into how gender diversity at the top improves organizational performance. These include how the many dimensions of an organization’s policies, a gender-balanced workforce and a gender-inclusive culture, among other factors, move the needle for more women to hold decision-making power.

School-to-work pathways (National Centre for Vocational Education Research)

Identifying the five key types of pathways taken by young people on their journey from school to work, this research describes these pathways and the implications of their evolution for labour market destinations over the 10 years from 2006 to 2016.

Signs of the Times: Expert insights about employment in 2030 (Brookfield Institute)

A look at how a range of experts across Canada are thinking about the future of employment, as well as which trends they believe are most likely to create change.

Labour Force Survey, July 2019 (Statistics Canada)

Employment was little changed for the third consecutive month in July. The unemployment rate increased by 0.2 percentage points to 5.7% as more people searched for work.

Canada’s Agriculture Sector: Labour Market Forecast to 2025 (Canadian Agricultural Human Resource Council)

A widening gap between the labour requirements and the available domestic
workforce for Canada’s agriculture sector will create challenges for this vital part of the country’s economy in the years ahead, this report predicts.


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Lindsay Purchase Administrator
Lindsay Purchase is the Editor of CERIC’s CareerWise website and CareerWise Weekly newsletter. She has a background in journalism, having worked previously as a digital editor and reporter. Lindsay is a graduate of Wilfrid Laurier University’s Global Studies program and Toronto Metropolitan University’s Food Security certificate program.
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Lindsay Purchase is the Editor of CERIC’s CareerWise website and CareerWise Weekly newsletter. She has a background in journalism, having worked previously as a digital editor and reporter. Lindsay is a graduate of Wilfrid Laurier University’s Global Studies program and Toronto Metropolitan University’s Food Security certificate program.
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