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Canada's labour market delivered a surprise Friday with its biggest one-month employment surge since 1976, when the government started collecting comparable data. The country added 106,500 net jobs in April,...

New psychology research highlights how unemployment can place a psychological burden on people by frustrating access to several psychological needs, such as a sense of purpose....

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) says 31% of graduates are overeducated for the job they are doing. For those graduating before 1992, the number was only 22%, but this...

In theory, the path to employment providing financial security in adulthood is simple: finish high school, enroll in and complete college or training that is affordable and a good fit,...

Direct employment in Canada’s oil and gas sector is expected to fall by more than 12,000 jobs this year, according to a new report from PetroLMI due to factors including...

Canada's economy added 56,000 jobs in February, and most were full time, Statistics Canada reported Friday. Economists had been expecting a flat showing for the month, with a little over...

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...

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...

To read the headlines you'd think nearly every Canadian who wants a job would have one by now. The country's unemployment rate hit a 43-year low of 5.6 per cent...

The country saw a rush of 66,800 net new jobs in January in a gain fuelled by a hiring surge in the private sector, Statistics Canada said. The agency’s latest labour...