This article was last updated on April 16, 2022
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Recent data analysis conducted by Statistics Canada has revealed that the unemployment rates in British Columbia have decreased significantly between February and March following more than a year and a half of little job growth. A report issued by the agency showed that the labour force of the province increased by 18,000 between those two months, bringing the unemployment rate down to 5.8% from 6.4%. According to the data released on April 4, the agency illustrated that the national unemployment rates have also depressed from 7% in February to 6.9% in March.
According to the vice-president of human resources at Workopolis, Tara Talbot, her company’s job-search website has witnessed Alberta and Saskatchewan overshadow British Columbia in terms of postings the last few months. However, she confirmed that the company is now observing a growing trend of far more B.C. job postings for positions in forestry, health care, education and white-collar professions. Talbot stated that “the positive thing there is they’re mostly full-time.” Overall, B.C. added 10,000 full-time jobs and 8,000 part-time positions across the province.
Even though the unemployment level dropped, Talbot pointed out that there have been declines in certain sectors. She alleged that “when we also look at the roles we may have thought have always been very prominent in B.C., we see some of them shrinking,” as she indicated that job postings in tourism and travel have gone down. Talbot also analyzed that there have been fewer postings in B.C. for security guards, paralegals and jobs in the mining sector.
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