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 April May June advertised online in the Hamilton area during Number of Job Postings 1,583 1,891 1,525 the second quarter of 2014. During this time, the unemployment rate in the Hamilton Census Unemployment Rate 6.4% 6.9% 7.2% Metropolitan Area (including Burlington and (Hamilton CMA) 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 parttime, 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.
Prepared by: Workforce Planning Hamilton Data Source: Vicinity Jobs Inc
Type
Q2 2013
Q2 2014
Percentage Change
Full time
3101
1894
-39.0%
Part time
486
608
25.1%
Unknown
2183
2374
9.0%
Permanent Job Postings by Top Five Industries* 900
Number of job postings
800
Trades, Transport, Construction Retail and Services Help Wanted (including warehouse jobs) Sales Processing, Manufacturing, Utilities
129
700 600 500
142 99
147
67
400 300
141
191
107
200
100
227
160
0 Q2 2013
Q2 2014
Year
*The top five were taken from Q2, 2013.
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.
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%
Prepared by: Workforce Planning Hamilton Data Source: Vicinity Jobs Inc
*This excludes jobs classified as "Other".
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%
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.
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.
Prepared by: Workforce Planning Hamilton Data Source: Vicinity Jobs Inc