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Financial challenges for immigrant women taking maternity leave: 4 ways Canada can improve

Credit to Author: Canadian Immigrant| Date: Wed, 06 Mar 2024 11:46:03 +0000

Canada is facing a critical shortage of caregivers, both paid and unpaid. And those who do this vital work face significant pressures. In particular, there are high costs to immigrant women for taking time off of paid work to care for their own babies.

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Report: Canada’s immigration levels will need to rise in the future

November 14, 2023 admin Canada, canada immigration levels, canadian immigration, canadian labour market, immigrate to canada, immigration levels, immigration levels plan, IRCC, newcomers in canada, Population

Credit to Author: Asheesh Moosapeta| Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2023 12:00:34 +0000

On November 1st, Canada announced that it would be keeping immigration levels constant, hoping to welcome roughly 500,000 immigrants a year, in 2025 and 2026. While Canada’s current immigration levels are already at record-breaking highs, a recent report from the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) suggests that immigration levels will likely need to rise again […]

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How will Canada’s provincial economies perform over the next year?

November 8, 2023 admin Alberta, British Columbia, canada employment rate, canada immgration, canada jobs, canada labour market, canadian labour market, Economy, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, provinces, Quebec, saskachewan

Credit to Author: Asheesh Moosapeta| Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2023 20:50:22 +0000

Last month, TD released its economic forecast for Canada’s provinces. Forecasting economic activity for the rest of 2023 and 2024, TD’s report sought to estimate each province’s economic output based on performance indicators, and wider environmental and political factors—in an attempt to better understand how Canada’s provinces will fair over the next year. What economic […]

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Express Entry’s targeted occupations: How many trades workers does Canada really need?

October 9, 2023 admin canada express entry, canada immigration, canadian labour market, category-based selection draw, Express Entry, express entry system

Credit to Author: Vimal Sivakumar| Date: Mon, 09 Oct 2023 13:00:01 +0000

Trades are one of five occupational sectors that Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has chosen to prioritize through Express Entry category-based draws in 2023. Express Entry category-based draws were introduced earlier in 2023 by the Canadian federal government as a means of leveraging immigration to address labour market gaps in five specific occupational categories*. […]

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Express Entry’s targeted occupations: how many agricultural and agri-food workers does Canada really need?

October 2, 2023 admin canada express entry, canada immigration, canadian labour market, category-based selection draw, Express Entry, express entry system

Credit to Author: Vimal Sivakumar| Date: Mon, 02 Oct 2023 13:00:57 +0000

Agriculture and Agri-Food is one of five occupational sectors that Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has chosen to prioritize through Express Entry category-based draws in 2023. In an attempt to aid key employment sectors with some of the largest labour market gaps in this country, IRCC introduced category-based selection draws for Express Entry earlier […]

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Express Entry’s Targeted Occupations: How Many Transport Workers Does Canada Really Need?

September 30, 2023 admin canada express entry, canada immigration, canadian labour market, category-based selection draw, Express Entry, express entry system

Credit to Author: Vimal Sivakumar| Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2023 11:30:48 +0000

Transport occupations are one of five sectors that Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has chosen to prioritize through Express Entry category-based draws in 2023. To better use immigration to address labour market gaps in specific Canadian industries, the federal government in this country began conducting category-based draws – in addition to standard ones* – […]

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Opportunities for career growth: ACCES Employment’s Manjeet Dhiman on connecting with the right resources to succeed in the Canadian job market

September 13, 2023 admin ACCES Employment, canadian labour market, career advice, career growth, careers, careers & education, continuing education, How to Find a Job, immigrant professionals, international educated professionals bridging program, podcast, post-secondary education, pre-arrival services, training and skills development

Credit to Author: Canadian Immigrant| Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2023 17:01:30 +0000

One of the biggest challenges many newcomers to Canada face is finding a job that utilizes their professional skills and work experience. How can they best equip themselves to break into the Canadian job market? What are some programs that can facilitate their path to career growth and success?

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Unemployment rate among immigrants is the lowest of any August on record

September 11, 2022 admin canadian labour market, candian experience class, cec, economic programs, employment, Express Entry, federal skilled trades program, federal skilled workers program, fstp, fswp, immigrants, jobs, labour force survey, LFS, PNP, provincial nominee program, retirement, statistics canada, unemployment rate, vacancies, workforce

Credit to Author: Asheesh Moosapeta| Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2022 12:00:09 +0000

Statistics Canada has released its Labour Force Survey (LFS) for the month of August 2022. For the first time since data became available in 2015, there were fewer unemployed people (989,000) than job vacancies (1,038,000) in Canada. This is a huge revelation for job seekers, with over a third (38%) of businesses expecting that recruitment […]

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Unemployment rate among Canadian immigrants at historic low

April 9, 2022 admin Canada, canada employment, canadian labour market, jobs, labour force survey, statistics canada, statscan, work in Canada

Credit to Author: Shelby Thevenot| Date: Sat, 09 Apr 2022 13:00:37 +0000

The unemployment rate for immigrants who landed in Canada within the past five years was at a record low according to Statistics Canada’s March Labour Force Survey. The newly-released report captured Canada’s labour market conditions during the week of March 13 to 19. During the reference week, provinces were easing public health restrictions. All capacity […]

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Labour market trends in Canada and how they may impact international students

March 29, 2022 admin canadian labour market, careers, careers & education, International students, labour market, working

Credit to Author: Canadian Immigrant| Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2022 12:31:50 +0000

The opinion piece looks at recent labour market trends in Canada from 2021 that are shaping the future prospects for countless residents and are helpful to be aware of for international students planning to study abroad in Canada.

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