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Statistics Canada tells us that our rate of unemployment is about 5%. And that’s the number that sticks in most peoples’ minds. That’s a problem because it doesn’t come close...

While the Canadian economy is growing rapidly, we are currently and for the foreseeable future facing a general labour shortage, with close to 40% of small and medium-sized businesses already...

Not only is work plentiful, but it is also, on average, getting better. Capitalism is improving workers’ lot faster than it has in years, as tight labour markets enhance their...

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...

New vice-president hired They fired her director Then they came for her When I saw Jen, she had been let go. For five years she had worked hard to build...

In November, General Motors Canada announced that within a year it would shutter its 100-year-old automotive manufacturing facility in Oshawa, ON.  Amid the ensuing media frenzy, it is important to...