Long-Term Job Vacancies in Canada /

Long-term job vacancies in Canada by Manon Langevin Overview of the study This study uses data from the Job Vacancy and Wage Survey (JVWS) to examine the characteristics of long-term job vacancies, defined as positions for which recruitment efforts had been ongoing for 90 days or more on the day of the survey. [...] In general, there This situation changed with the vacants for 90 days or more was a higher percentage of long- introduction of the Job Vacancy averaged 35,200,12 representing term job vacancies in the territories and Wage Survey (JVWS), which collects data on the characteristics of job vacancies in Canada, including Chart 1 the number of days that employers Distribution of job vacancies, by vacanc [...] Long-term job vacancies in Canada (Nunavut, the Northwest Territories Yukon, the Northwest Territories The prevalence of long-term and Yukon), which also had the and Nunavut, long-term vacancies job vacancies is higher in highest percentages of workplaces represented 0.42% to 0.50% of the health care and social reporting long-term job vacancies. [...] The lowest rate was provinces (Alberta, Saskatchewan in Prince Edward Island, where In 2016, the health care and social and Newfoundland and Labrador) long-term job vacancies represented assistance sector (14%) and the and in British Columbia. [...] For these Total number of job vacancies and percentage of positions vacant for 90 days or occupations, the percentage of such more, by province and territory, 2016 vacancies was approximately three times higher than the proportion Percentage of positions observed for occupations in sales vacant for and services (5%).