Research & Trends

As news of the impending shuttering of General Motors’ Oshawa assembly plant continues to reverberate in Ontario, for many workers, the focus has turned towards reskilling. The movement has caught the...

As new generations and technological innovations disrupt the workforce, the recruiting and hiring processes are subject to change right along with it. This directly affects HR departments, which are responsible for...

Portfolio careers are defined as “multiple part-time jobs that when combined, are equivalent to a full-time position." Individuals who select portfolio careers are varied across age groups and industries. One...

Each week, CERIC is on the lookout for the latest reports related to career development. Here are four that we found interesting this week: Roadmaps and roadblocks: Career and life...

There's something about the job interview process that encourages would-be employees to stretch the truth about their skills and work experience, researchers have found. Jordan Ho is first author of...

Gamification has emerged as the latest weapon in the war for talent. This is according to professional services firm PwC, which notes that in the selection stage of the recruitment...

Canadian job seekers may need a confidence boost when it comes to setting their salary, suggests new research from global staffing firm Robert Half. One-third of professionals surveyed (33 per...

The national job vacancy rate eased slightly to 3.1 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2018, down 0.1 per cent since the previous quarter, according to the Canadian Federation...

This paper reviews existing literature to explore how changing labour market opportunities have altered the context in which career decisions are made. The literature investigating the effectiveness of traditional career...

Each week, CERIC is on the lookout for the latest reports related to career development. Here are three that we found interesting this week: Intergenerational Education Mobility and Labour Market...