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%