September 11, 2023

In this episode: the latest reports  from Indeed and Statistics Canada about employment trends, projected salary increases in 2024, employment expectations of Canadian university graduates, precarious work of journalists , and other topics. Stay with us to get the latest HR updates.

1. Canadian job postings continued their decline in August | Indeed Job Posting and Wage Tracker: Summer 2023 - Indeed Hiring Lab Canada
2. Statistics Canada announced that employment rose in August by 40,000 jobs. This increase in employment was outpaced by population growth  of 103,000 | The Daily — Labour Force Survey, August 2023 (statcan.gc.ca) 
3. Canadian college and university students do not prioritize a company’s  support for diversity & inclusion or gender equality in their career decisions | Canadian graduates prioritize high future earnings in 2023 - Universum (universumglobal.com) 
4. Canadian workers are forecast to receive an average salary increase of 3.6% in 2024 | Salary increases for 2024 : budgets remain high | Normandin Beaudry (normandin-beaudry.ca) 
5. Canadian Association of Journalists is concerned with the increasing state of precarious employment in journalism | All journalists deserve stable jobs and less precarious work - Canadian Association of Journalists (caj.ca) | TVO strike highlights the scourge of contract work in public service journalism - Canadian Manufacturing 
6. Saskatchewan will kick off its first National Health Care Recruitment Tour later this month to promote employment opportunities | Saskatchewan Delegation Preparing for National Health Care Worker Recruitment | News and Media | Government of Saskatchewan 
7. Only 25% of Canadian respondents characterized the air quality in their workplace as "very clean." | ONLY 29% OF AMERICAN AND CANADIAN WORKERS DESCRIBE THE INDOOR AIR AT THEIR WORKPLACE AS VERY CLEAN, ACCORDING TO FELLOWES' ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL DAY OF CLEAN AIR SURVEY (yahoo.com)