Prepared by: Workforce Planning Hamilton Data Source: Vicinity Jobs Inc

Job Vacancies Full Report: 2nd Quarter 2014

Workforce Planning Hamilton releases online job vacancy statistics every quarter to capture a portion of real-time labour demand in the community. The information presented here reflects online job postings from April to June 2014.

OVERVIEW

There were 4,999 unique job vacancies

advertised online in the Hamilton area during

the second quarter of 2014. During this time,

the unemployment rate in the Hamilton Census

Metropolitan Area (including Burlington and

Grimsby) was on average approximately 6.8%,

or 28,000 people out of work. The ratio of job seekers to job vacancies was about 7:1, though the

unemployed population covers a larger area than the job vacancies.

Similar to last year’s second quarter, the majority of the job postings were in Hamilton (75%), followed

by Stoney Creek (10%). However, the number of Ancaster vacancies grew to 7% (up one percentage

point) while Dundas vacancies fell to 5% (down two percentage points).

TYPE OF EMPLOYMENT

Full-time vacancies have fallen 13.0 percentage points from Q2 2013 last year

This represents a decrease of 1207 full-time job postings. However, part-time and unknown vacancies

have increased by 122 and 191 job postings, respectively. Of the 2014 job postings that specified

employment type, 52% indicated that the vacancy was for a full-time or part-time position. Of all

postings (including those that did not specify type of employment) 38% were full-time, 12% were part-

time, and 3% were full or part-time. Full-time work is typically considered 30 hours or more per week.

Only 29% of job posts indicated whether the

position was temporary or permanent. Of

these posts, 67% were for permanent

positions. Compared to last year, permanent

job postings declined by 511 jobs, while

temporary jobs decreased by 155 postings.

April May June

Number of Job Postings 1,583 1,891 1,525

Unemployment Rate

(Hamilton CMA)

6.4% 6.9% 7.2%

Type Q2 2013 Q2 2014 Percentage

Change

Full time 3101 1894 -39.0%

Part time 486 608 25.1%

Unknown 2183 2374 9.0%

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JOB POSTINGS BY INDUSTRY

For the job ads that specified type of industry (1206), slightly over three-quarters were from the

following five industries: wholesale and retail trade, educational services, manufacturing, public

administration, and health care and social assistance. With the exception of public administration, these

align with Hamilton’s top five industries of employment in 2013 as shown in our upcoming 2014 Labour

Market Plan.

JOB POSTINGS BY OCCUPATION

The number of postings for Sales and Services has fallen by 29.0% since last year, or by 335 vacancies

As in April –June 2013,

management, sales and

service, trades, transport and

construction, and other

categories remain in the top

five. General Help Wanted

fell to seventh place while

health occupations have

risen to second, up from

ninth last year. Together, the

top five constitute 55.0% of

all postings this year.

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Permanent Job Postings by Top Five Industries*Trades, Transport, ConstructionRetail and ServicesHelp Wanted (including warehouse jobs)SalesProcessing, Manufacturing, Utilities

*This excludes jobs classified as "Other".

Top 5 Occupational Groups by Number

of Job Postings*

% of All Job Postings Q2 2014

% of All Job Postings Q2 2013

Health 14.0% 7.0%

Management 14.0% 14.0%

Trades, Transport, Construction 10.5% 12.3%

Sales and Services (including Retail) 19.0% 21.1%

Administrative and Legal 10.0% 8.4%

Total 67.1% 62.5%

*The top five were taken from Q2, 2013.

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Growth in health occupations reflects the trend

observed since 2008-2013 of increasing

employment (Statistics Canada Labour Force

Survey). Despite its decline since Q2 2013, sales

and service occupations remain one of the top

five in job postings.

The number of ads declined for all other occupational groups during this time, however. This ranged from a minimum of 35 fewer ads for administrative and legal occupations, to a maximum of 252 fewer ads for business, finance and accounting occupations.

Top Occupational Groups by Growth % Change

Since 2013

Health 61.0%

Education 20.0%

Trades, Transport, Construction 33.0%

Top Occupational Groups by Decline % Change

Since 2013

Administrative and Legal -7.6%

Management -20.1%

Social, Government, Religious

Services

-22.0%

ABOUT THE DATA

Workforce Planning Hamilton has contracted with Millier Dickinson Blais and Vicinity Jobs Inc. to

receive quarterly job vacancy statistics. The technology platform collects any data from online job

postings including location, industry, occupation, type of employment, duration of employment and job

posting source.

Why are vacancy statistics useful?

Job vacancies capture a portion of real-time labour demand in the community. As most detailed

information on local employment trends is only released every five years with the Census (and

beginning in 2011 the National Household Survey), most studies are limited to working with data that

can be several years old. With job vacancy data, we can see the type of work employers are hiring for in

Hamilton right now. Vacancy statistics are used by job seekers, employers, community organizations

and governments to help determine where the jobs are.