Job market News

Calgary - Canada’s direct oil and gas workforce has become much leaner, shrinking from a peak of about 226,500 jobs in 2014 to forecasted employment of 173,300 in 2019 - a 23 percent drop over the five-year period, according to a new report released today.

Toronto - It was expected that Canada's economy would generate 10,000 new jobs in January, with the unemployment rate remaining unchanged. However, 88,000 jobs were lost last month, mostly part-time, bringing the jobless rate up to 5.9 percent.

Google's added several new capabilities to its job searching tool as it aims to better rival services such as LinkedIn. The search engine's built-in job finder launched earlier this week and is now being improved with salary estimates and location ranges.

Toronto - The Canadian economy is making headlines for all the wrong reasons. With oil slipping to less than $38 a barrel and a weakening Loonie, it’s no surprise financial analysts are predicting a cold economic winter.

Why are so many Americans in prison? Many factors are to blame, but one thing that likely keeps offenders returning to lockup is the new, weaker economy that makes it tougher for one-time offenders to find decent jobs.

Currently, we obsess over which colleges can help get us a job after graduation...but now LinkedIn, the social networking site for professionals, is introducing new college rankings intended to help us find out which colleges can get us WHICH jobs.

There’s not much that gets me highly excited in the technology world nowadays. I’ve seen the next big thing peak, crash and burn so many times now, that ‘meh’ is my middle name.

With the case of Japan, it is the one country that seemingly has a near infinite number of jobs that can be deemed very odd to very downright bizarre.

On Election Day, the Labor Department reports that job openings dropped by 100,000 to 3.56 million, the fewest in five months.

The comatose employment market in the US has reached an unholy benchmark. For the first time in history, the average period of unemployment is over 6 months. Where will the jobs that will restart the economy come from?

Used to be that the Big Apple was a magnet for job seekers from around the world. No more. The recession has brought some new players into the game...cities and states that are not doing badly, and offer employment.