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Hiring Demand Bulletin August 2024

Workforce Consultant Newsletter, August 2024 Edition

Focus on: Labour Market Information

Did you know?

  • There are 18 Workforce Consultants (WFC) in communities across Alberta. WFCs provide employers with tools and resources to help them recruit, retain and strengthen their workforce.
  • Employment remained relatively unchanged (-600) in July 2024.
  • Full-time employment increased by 46,400 (+2.3%) while part-time employment decreased by 47,000 (-9.7%).
  • Short timeline: Canadian Apprenticeship Strategy – Union Training and Innovation Program: Sustainable Jobs Stream - This funding opportunity aims to support a series of projects that will develop and deliver green training for journeypersons and apprentices in Red Seal trades that are key to reducing Canada's emissions. Funded projects will contribute to building a robust trades and apprenticeship training ecosystem in Canada.
  • Important Update: As of 1:00pm August 7, 2024, the Canada-Alberta Job Grant (CAJG) stopped accepting new applications. This program pause is expected to be in effect until April 2025. The decision to pause the program is due to a reduction in federal funding received through the Canada-Alberta Labour Market Transfer Agreements. Applications received up to 1:00 pm August 7, 2024 will be processed. Employers with an active application(s) can access the portal, track progress and communicate with program staff as usual. You can read more HERE

Regional Events & Opportunities

  • Job Fairs on the Horizon – links to all are HERE

Red Deer

  • Wednesday, September 11, Central Alberta Fall Job Fair: Pidherney Curling Centre, 4725 43rd Street, Red Deer, 12-5pm

Rocky Mountain House

  • Thursday, September 5, Rocky Mountain House Mini Job Fair: Rocky Regional Recreation Centre (Subway Room), 12-5pm

Lacombe

  • Thursday, September 12, 2024, Lacombe & District Fall Job Fair: Lacombe Centre Mall, 2-6pm

Stettler

  • Thursday, September 12, 2024, Stettler Regional Fall Job Fair: Stettler Recreation Center (Red Arena), 6-9pm

Olds

  • Tuesday September 17, 2024, Olds College Hiring Event: Olds College, 11am-4pm

Wetaskiwin

  • Wednesday September 25, 2024, Wetaskiwin Mini Job Fair: Norquest College, 12-5pm

Olds

  • Thursday October 3, 2024 Drayton Valley Mini Job Fair: Clean Energy Technology Centre, 12-5pm
    • Business Advantage – Central Alberta Economic Partnership (caepalberta.com) – Central Alberta Economic Partnership two year series of session geared to help with various human resources topics is coming to an end this fall. There is still time to take in the following sessions.
      • Managing Opportunities for Work Integrated Learning – September 10th
      • Job Descriptions & Job Postings – October 2nd
      • Coaching for Job Interviews – October 16th
      • Championship Leadership – November 6th
    • Employment standards set out the rights and obligations of employers and employees in Alberta. This includes the minimum standards that employers must provide to employees. Employment Standards webinars (including live Q&A) are scheduled for the following topics:
      • Overview of Employment Standards- Vacation Pay and General Holiday Pay Tuesday, September 10, 2024 (1:30 PM)
      • Employment Standards in Alberta - Administration and Enforcement Thursday, September 19, 2024 (1:30 PM)
      • For more information, or to register for any of the sessions, please visit: www.alberta.ca/employment-standards-webinars
      • o To book a presentation for your company or organization, please email: EOP.Presentations@gov.ab.ca
    • Join the Workforce Consultant team as we host a free 1-hour webinar from the International Qualifications Assessment Service (IQAS). During the presentation IQAS experts will provide information on how IQAS assessment can help employers make hiring decisions for internationally educated applicants by comparing their international credentials with educational standards in Canada.
      • Date: Wednesday October 2,2024
      • Time 10:30am to 11:30am
      • To register click HERE
    • Alberta is Calling: Moving Bonus Program: Join the Workforce Consultant Team as we host a free webinar about the Moving Bonus Program, which is a one-time $5,000 refundable tax credit to attract individuals to move to Alberta to work in key trade and construction related occupations. For more information on this program, please visit: alberta.ca/MovingBonus
      • Date: Tuesday September 10, 2024
      • Time: 2:00 – 3:00 pm
      • o To register click HERE
    • Introduction to Disability Management and Occupational Health & Safety: A free webinar from WCB and OHS on effective disability management practices, offering free information on OHS resources and OHS management system. The team will highlight resources available from the OHS Resource Portal at https://ohs-pubstore.labour.alberta.ca/.
      • Date: Tuesday September 24, 2024
      • Time: 9:00am to 10:30am
      • To register click HERE
    • Chartered Professionals in Human Resources Course Offerings
    • Bredin is offering English Classes – Canadian Language Benchmarks 5-8 – if you have staff that need to get a little more advanced English, this is a great opportunity to get them registered. Email reddeer@bredin.ca for full details.

Labour Market Information

Provincial

  • The unemployment rate remained unchanged at 7.1% in July 2024 after decreasing slightly in June 2024.
  • Alberta has the highest participation rate in Canada among provinces at 68.9%.
  • Labour demand indicates that the labour market is moving towards a balance. This is evidenced by a decreasing trend in online job postings by employers and decreasing job vacancies.
  • In July 2024, there were 34,320 new job openings advertised by employers in Alberta’s online media.
  • In July job postings decreased in seven out of 10 occupation categories
    • Occupations in education, law and social, community and government services, business, finance, administration occupations had the largest decreases compared to the previous month.
  • Job postings increased among sales and service occupations, health occupations, manufacturing, and utilities.

Related Information

Articles of Interest

Labour market resilience in the face of an aging population

Working With Employers to Recruit and Retain People With Disabilities and Disorders - alis (alberta.ca)

Working With Employers to Recruit and Retain Indigenous People - alis (alberta.ca)

Labour market fails to gain momentum

Underlying strength in Alberta’s labour market

Alberta's occupational outlook (2023-2033)

Annual population estimates for Alberta municipalities (2016-2023) in Excel format can be accessed here