The best time to look for a job in Canada
Canadian employers are complaining that there's no one to work for, Canadians aren't responding to jobs, they want to stay home and get benefits.
There is a crisis in the labour market because of the shortage of staff. There are not enough immigrants either, because there were few selections in the pandemic. All in all, things are bad.
People in Russia, Ukraine and other countries also complain, according to them, it is impossible to find a job in Canada. They send out CVs and they are ignored or they write that they don't want to hire people from abroad. Everything is bad again.
Who to believe, I don't know, but for some reason in the last month Canadian news has been filled with articles about how everyone is understaffed.
Labour market research
I recently talked about how Canada's Atlantic provinces have a skills shortage and many employers are willing to hire people from abroad. It turns out that hiring problems aren't just in Atlantic Canada. There are regions where the shortage of specialists is even higher.
Canada's largest bank, RBC, has released an analysis of the Canadian labour market. It says Canada's job openings rose 22% from May to June, with more than 800,000 openings in June, but unemployment is still high at 7.5%, although it was 5.7% before the pandemic.
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