Impact of 5G on Canada’s workforce
The future workforce must be skilled at working with intelligent objects and the Internet of Things within the next five to 10 years....
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Rethinking the on-demand workforce
Digital talent platforms have matured, and many companies are using them to hire skilled gig workers. Now they need to get strategic about it....
Immigrant women are falling behind during the COVID-19 pandemic
Immigrant women are feeling the brunt of the negative economic and social impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic — and it may not get better. The COVID-19 pandemic has reignited public...
Companies with robot workers tend to have more human workers, too, Statscan says
Statistics Canada says domestic firms that invested in robots since the late 1990s have also expanded their human workforces, suggesting a less than "apocalyptic" result for workers overall....
Green jobs for graduates: what should you study and how can you reskill?
Worldwide, the Global Commission on the Future of Work expects 24 million new jobs to be created by the green economy over the next 10 years....
How COVID-19 is affecting young workers’ careers
Canada’s labour market is slowly digging out from the effects of the pandemic, with two-thirds of 3 million jobs lost now recovered. But one category of workers is still lagging...
Part-time and full-time employment among immigrants: A tale of two recoveries
LMIC analysis finds the recovery in full-time employment has lagged significantly for immigrants, with only 60% of the jobs lost by immigrants recovered versus 86% for their Canadian-born counterparts....
Canada’s unemployment rate drops to 9% in September
Canada added 378,000 jobs in September, more than doubling economists’ expectations, but second COVID-19 wave could signal more challenges ahead....
Canada won’t return to pre-pandemic employment for another four years, conference board warns
Industries like restaurants, airlines, theatres face tumultuous environment for the foreseeable future....
The Most In-Demand Jobs Right Now
Retail jobs are rapidly returning, cloud engineering roles are skyrocketing and essential workers continue to be in high demand, according to LinkedIn data....