Labour Market Information
Understanding the Canadian labour market is important for achieving success with your career. You need information about teaching jobs and salaries; different cities and communities; future trends and conditions; and statistics and other indicators. This information will help you conduct a successful job search.
Labour market information includes information about:
- what skills employers are looking for
- who the potential employers are and where they are located
- employment conditions
- education and training requirements for jobs
- barriers to employment
- occupational forecasts
Understanding labour market information will help you to identify any barriers that might exist as you search for work in Canada. For example, if you have professional qualifications and work experience outside of Canada, knowing how those are valued in Canada is very important. Settlement.Org's Labour Market Information section is a good source of labour market information. Here are some more useful links:
Useful links
- Education Canada
- Workopolis
- Jobs in Education
- Ontario Job Futures - a Canadian government website containing labour market information for a variety of occupations.
- Ontario Workplace Gateway - developed by the Ontario Ministry of Labour, the Ontario Workplace Gateway provides employers, workers and others with one-stop access to information and services on a wide variety of workplace-related topics.
- Employability Skills Profile [PDF] - a fact sheet developed by the Conference Board of Canada. Describes critical skills that employers look for.