{"id":122329,"date":"2023-06-23T17:20:38","date_gmt":"2023-06-23T21:20:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/wages-rose-more-slowly-as-canada-job-vacancies-fell-during-the-first-quarter-of-2023\/"},"modified":"2023-06-23T17:20:38","modified_gmt":"2023-06-23T21:20:38","slug":"wages-rose-more-slowly-as-canada-job-vacancies-fell-during-the-first-quarter-of-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/fr\/wages-rose-more-slowly-as-canada-job-vacancies-fell-during-the-first-quarter-of-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Wages Rose More Slowly As Canada Job Vacancies Fell During The First Quarter Of 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"

The least-educated workers in the Canadian workforce saw their Canada jobs<\/a> prospects take a beating in the first quarter of this year as job vacancies for those positions they might like to fill dropped the most, reveals Statistics Canada.<\/p>\n

\u201cYear-over-year drops in job vacancies were observed across all the educational levels sought by employers,\u201d reveals the statistical and demographic information agency.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHowever, the largest proportional decline was recorded in positions requiring a high school diploma or less, where job vacancies fell by 16 per cent or 82,900 positions.\u201d<\/p>\n

The tightest labour market in the country in the first quarter of this year was for trades people.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIn the first quarter of 2023, there was an average of 1.1 unemployed persons for every unfilled position requiring a trades certificate or diploma \u2026 This was the lowest unemployment-to-job vacancy ratio among the four job vacancy groups defined by the minimum educational level required,\u201d notes Statistics Canada.<\/p>\n

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That echoes the results of the latest Labour Force Survey<\/i> which showed employment increased in the trades, transport and equipment operators and related occupations grew by 100,600, or 3.4 per cent, and business, finance and administration occupations by 47,000, or 1.5 per cent, during the first quarter of this year.<\/p>\n

In its latest job vacancies report, the federal agency notes there were 843,200 job vacancies in the first quarter of this year, 33,500 or 3.8 per cent less than during the previous three-month period. That\u2019s the third consecutive quarterly decline in job vacancies in Canada.<\/p>\n

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The reason for the drop is that more workers are landing jobs.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cPayroll employment increased by 89,200, up 0.5 per cent, in the first quarter of 2023, the eighth consecutive quarterly increase,\u201d reports Statistics Canada.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIn the first quarter, job vacancies decreased in five of the 10 broad occupational groups, led by trades, transport and equipment operators and related occupations, down 10,900 to 142,800, business, finance and administration occupations, down 8,900 to 90,200, and occupations in manufacturing and utilities, down 5,800 to 36,400.\u201d<\/p>\n

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