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Digital media streaming service Spotify is planning to hire hundreds more employees in Canada, Europe and Australia in its bid to beef up its advertising revenues, following in the footsteps of Amazon. That giant online retailer announced in September it would expand its workforce in Canada by 15,000 this autumn. Now, Spotify is following suit
Jobs are back and unemployment is trending downwards in Canada – and offering prospective immigrants many opportunities to resettle through the country’s economic immigration programs. In its latest Labour Force Survey, Statistics Canada reports unemployment fell for the fourth consecutive month in September to 6.9 per cent, the lowest level since the onset of the
The $230-billion information and communications industry in Canada is partnering up with a global non-profit that finds jobs for refugees, particularly those from countries like Afghanistan, Lebanon and Jordan. Under the deal, TECHNATION, a Canadian technology industry association, will be working with Talent Beyond Boundaries (TBB), a global non-profit. Read more: Immigration fell by less
Jobs for nurses are going begging and so too are many in hotels, restaurants, stores and lumberyards across Canada as the country gradually emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic and public health restrictions are eased. In its latest Labour Force Survey, Statistics Canada reports the job vacancy rate, which measures the number of vacant positions as
Ottawa needs to bolster the image of Canadian trades workers and try harder to recruit immigrants to resolve the severe labour shortage as tradespeople retire, concludes an RBC Economics and Thought Leadership report. “The federal government and Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) should close the gap between the target and actual intake of immigrants
Although it’s still months away, the new year is starting to look like a very good one for workers hoping to get a raise as employers throughout Canada plan to bump up salaries. “Canadian employers are walking a tightline as they juggle and balance a number of factors when it comes to making decisions about
The COVID-19 pandemic’s travel restrictions are preventing many of the foreign nationals who worked on the ski hills in western Canada from working there this year and so driving up the number of job vacancies. That’s an opportunity for young people looking for a working holiday through International Experience Canada (IEC) and economic migrants. “It’s
Giant online retailer Amazon Canada is making a big move this week, launching its first job fair in Canada as it gears up to expand its workforce in the country by 15,000 employees this autumn. That’s an increase of about 60 per cent to Amazon Canada’s existing workforce of 25,000 and comes as the company
Immigrants who arrived in Canada within the last five years are enjoying better employment prospects since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, with their employment rate hitting 70.4 per cent last month. That’s 6.1 percentage points higher than in the same month in 2019, before the start of the pandemic. Many of these immigrants would
Unemployment reached its lowest level since before the COVID-19 pandemic struck, as the Canada jobs pictures took another step forwards in August. The Statistics Canada Labour Market Survey recorded an unemployment rate of 7.1 percent, down 0.4 percentage points on July, as Canada’s economic recovery continued. As unemployment fell, employment rose for the third consecutive
