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.
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