Alberta employment and Immigration Launches
A short-term employment Forecasting Tool
In June Alberta’s Short-Term Employment Forecasting (STEF) Tool was implemented.
It provides a list of occupations that will be in demand in the short term (1-3 years). It is the first short-term employment forecasting ever done by any government jurisdiction in Canada.
The list of occupations in demand will be of use to employers that do human resource planning. Industry groups and associations can use it to inform their policies and programs for labour force development, education and planning.
Detailed information about STEF and the list of occupations in demand can be found.
www.employment.alberta.ca/docum,ents/Short-term-Employment-Forecast-tool.pdf |
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Is there a Global Labour Shortage?
If there is a global shortage of appropriately skilled workers, what is the situation in Canada and then in Alberta?
"The world stands on the brink of a global employability crisis, i.e. an oversupply of available workers and an undersupply of qualified talent" reports ManpowerGroup in its 2011 Talent Shortage Survey of nearly 40,000 employers across 39 countries. One in three employers globally (34%) report experiencing difficulty filling positions due to the lack of available talent, in Canada the number is 29%, up from 21% in 2010. Alberta Employment and Immigration Department forecasts that Alberta will be short 77,000 workers in the next eight years.
The Department reports the following challenges that are contributing to Alberta’s persistent labour shortages.
- The aging of our workforce with high numbers baby boomers retiring in the next 5 years
- Ongoing increases in the knowledge and skills required to fill existing jobs and new jobs that are created
- The potential for rapid changes to the labour market (inter-Provincial migration, recruitment of Alberta’s workers by other growing economies, like Australia and New Zealand) and fluctuating immigration numbers
The ManpowerGlobal reports can be found at these links
http://www.manpowergroup.com/humanage/index.html
http://www.manpowergroup.com/humanage/wefanthology2011.pdf
For Calgary and area quarterly and Annual Labour Market reports, go to:
http://employment.alberta.ca/CES/2395.html |
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