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LMIC Contact 2019 Conference
1. LABOUR MARKET INFORMATION COUNCIL
CONSEIL DE L’INFORMATION SUR LE MARCHÉ DU TRAVAIL
The World of Work in
Canada
Contact 2019
Saskatoon, SK – 10 April 2019
StevenTobin
ExecutiveDirector
The World of Work in
Canada
2. Opinion Research: Individual Canadians
Graduates among the largest LMI users
% of respondents using LMI
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
Employed Persons with
disability
Parents Students Recent
immigrants
Unemployed Recent
graduates
3. Opinion Research: Individual Canadians
Unemployed and Students struggle to find LMI
% with difficulty in finding LMI
Unemployed struggle to understand LMI
% with difficulty understanding LMI
0% 20% 40% 60% 80%
Unemployed
Students
Recent Graduates
Persons with…
Employed
Recent immigrants
Parents
0% 20% 40% 60%
Unemployed
Recent immigrants
Persons with…
Recent graduates
Parents
Students
Employed
6. The World of Work in Canada
• Overall employment growth is strong and unemployment rate low
• Growth in full-time jobs equal or better than overall job growth
• Non-standard employment levels are stable
Recent trends good ….
• Strong employment growth varies considerably by region and sector
• Rate of “over-qualification” is rising fast
• A lot of uncertainty in the future of work
… but come with caveats
12. Skills Old and New: Occupations and Qualifications I
4-digit NOC codes are associated with the “typical education”
required for the job. The 2nd digit of the 2016 NOC codes indicate
the following education levels:
Level A (0 or 1): University degree (bachelor’s, master’s or doctorate)
Level B (2 or 3): Some post-secondary education, college and apprenticeship
Level C (4 or 5): Completion of secondary school, and some occupation training
Level D (6 or 7): Below secondary school, and on-the-job training
NOC “Skill” Level
14. Future of Work Annotated Bibliography
Theme Canada-focused reports
International
reports
FoW Drivers
Technological Change (Automation, AI, etc.) 59% 83%
Demographic Change (e.g., aging) 52% 39%
Climate Change 4% 22%
Type of Analysis
Quantitative analysis 78% 65%
Skills-specific projections 11% 26%
Level of Analysis
National-level forecasts 56%
Provincial-level forecasts 22%
Sub-provincial-level forecasts 7%
Total Number of Reports 27 23
A “living document” summarizes Canadian and International research reports
Version2.1released
February
15. Future of Work
1.So much more to the future than technology
2.Inter-section of drivers and labour market
implications
3.Distribution, distribution, distribution
4.Role of skills: which ones and where?