Help Wanted in Hamilton Job Vacancies Full Report: 3rd 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 July to September 2014. OVERVIEW
July August There were 5,917 posts advertised Number of Job 1,964 2,009 online in the Hamilton area during the Postings third quarter of 2014. At the same time, Unemployment Rate 6.9 6.3 the Hamilton Census Metropolitan Area (Hamilton CMA) (including Burlington and Grimsby) unemployment rate averaged approximately 6.4%, or 26,500 people out of work.
September 1,944 6.0
Most of the job postings broadly indicated Hamilton as the location of work (77%), with Stoney Creek second at 16%, and Dundas and Ancaster closely tied at 9% and 8% respectively. This reflects the share of postings from last year’s third quarter. In comparison to this year’s second quarter, the number of job postings located in Hamilton has grown by 30% while the postings for other locations fell (34% to 18%). TYPE OF EMPLOYMENT
Full-time vacancies have risen 48% from last quarter
Type
Q3 2013
Q3 2014
Percentage Change
Full-time 3259 2802 -14.0% However, they declined 14% from Q3 2013 (or by 457 jobs). Part-time vacancies increased by Part-time 677 919 35.7% 51% from last quarter, and by 36% (or 242 jobs) from Q3 2013. 3,839 posts this year and quarter Full/part-time 328 118 -64.0% specified the type of employment (full-time, Unknown 2478 2078 -16.1% part-time, or full/part-time) involved in the advertised position (65% of all posts). Of those postings, 73% were for full-time, 24% were for part-time, and 3% were for either full-time or part-time. Full-time work is typically considered 30 hours or more per week. 40% of job ads indicated if the position was temporary or permanent. Out of 2,384 such posts, 76% were for permanent jobs. Compared to last year, permanent job posts rose 12%; temporary jobs fell by 24%. Compared to last quarter, permanent job posts have nearly doubled (up by 90%), while temporary jobs have increased by 20%. JOB POSTINGS BY INDUSTRY
Since many employers do not identify industry in their postings, this section focuses only on the 1,405 ads (23% of all job posts) that included industry-specific information. The top five industries with the
Prepared by: Workforce Planning Hamilton Data Source: Vicinity Jobs Inc
most ads were wholesale and retail trade, manufacturing, educational services, health care and social assistance, and public administration. Together they account for 70% of job postings, falling from 75% in Q2. These industries were also in the top five for Q3 2013 (apart from public administration, which replaced finance and insurance).With the exception of public administration, these align with Hamilton’s top five industries of employment in 2013 as shown in our 2014 Labour Market Plan. The industries with the most ads posted a variety of job titles: Wholesale and retail trade
Manufacturing
Educational services
Health care and social assistance
Public administration
Pharmacy Technician
Overhead crane operator
Dietary aide
Full time management trainee Mobile sales associate Cosmetician
Industrial painter
Manager, student media and computing Digital media specialist
Tourism product development specialist Tenant placement representative
Apparel quality control
Payroll clerk Health, safety and environmental coordinator Buyer planner for textile manufacturing
Academic plan project facilitator Data management assistant System athletics program supervisor
Building maintenance worker Dietary cook Security guard
Lifestyle consultant
Surface water technician Restoration technician Forestry and horticulture coordinator
JOB POSTINGS BY OCCUPATION
Ads requiring experience have fallen to 24%, compared to 30% last year 1,433 ads this quarter required experience, down 23% from Q3 2013. Yet little has changed from the previous quarter, where 22% of ads (1,120 jobs) indicated a need for experience.
Top 5 Occupational Groups by Number of Job Postings Sales and Services (including Retail) Trades, Transport, Equipment Operators Health Business, Finance and Administration Management Total
% of All Job Postings* Q3 2014 20% 17% 14% 9% 7% 67%
% of All Job Postings* Q3 2013 24% 20% 12% 13% 11% 80%
It should be noted that occupations are now categorized differently from previous quarter reports. Prepared by: Workforce Planning Hamilton Data Source: Vicinity Jobs Inc
However, the five occupations with the most job ads remained virtually the same from Q2 2014: sales and service; trades, transport and equipment operators; health; business, finance and administration occupations; and management. This also reflects the top five occupations in July –September 2013.
Top Occupations by Growth and Decline
Q3 2013-2014
0.4 0.3
Business, Management Manufacturing finance and and utilities administration
% Change of Postings
0.2 0.1 0
Art, culture, recreation and -0.2 sport -0.1
Health
-0.3
Education, law and social, community and government services
-0.4 -0.5
Within the top five, health occupations are the only ones that are growing (up by 152 postings), and are among the occupations that have grown the most since last year. Business, finance and administration and management are among the occupations with the biggest drop in ads since the same period (down 152 and 147 postings, respectively). 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