Local Labour Market Information

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Local Labour Market Information

• HRCC Kamloops
• LMI Services

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LMI the Service

• To produce a set of self-serve Information
  Products useful to the local Labour Market
• Collect/Analyse/Distribute

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Purpose

• Support unemployed job seekers in their efforts
  to return to work
• Facilitate the Mobility of Canadian Workers
• Support employers search for skilled workers

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Purpose

• Support communities and our partners in their
  labour market related decisions
• Support our Department with information necessary
  for planning, budgeting, and program delivery
• EI adjudication

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The LMI Factory

• Matt 1 FTE
• Debbie Bell 1/2 FTE
• Community Partners
• Summer student

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Collect - Information

• Generic Labour Force Data
• Industrial
• Occupational
• Employer

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Products

• Result of Analysing the Information
• Labour Market Bulletin
• Labour Market Review
• Occupation Profiles
• Adhoc Reports
• Community/Industrial Profiles

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Distribution

• Resource Library
• Internet Site
• Direct Mail
• Media
• Inquiry

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What is a labour market?

• The labour Market is a meeting place for
  employers (with specific needs) and workers (with
  required skills).

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Labour market information includes information on

• demand
• employers want to buy the best workers at the
  lowest cost
• supply
• job seekers want to sell their skills for the
  highest wages

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Supply of Labour

• New entrants into the labour market
• New entrants into the local labour market
• Labour force exit

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Population Changes

• Population growth of
• Age Structure

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Labour Force Changes

• Labour force growth 15
• Employment growth 22
• Drop in unemployed

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Labour Force Changes

• (000's) 1991 1996 change
• Pop. 15 yrs plus 53.5 59.7 12
• Labour Force
• Total 35.4 41.4 17
• Employed 30.1 36.8 22
• Unemployed 5.2 4.6 -12
• Not in the labour force 18.1 18.3 1
• Participation rate 66.1 66.3
• Unemployment rate 14.8 11.1

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EI Claimants

• 3 years of decline

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Labour Demand by Industry

• Employment growth in Goods 4
• Employment growth in services 17

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Economic Drivers

• Forest and wood manufacturing
• Public Admin education/social services
• Retail/wholesale trade

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Short-Term

• Export markets
• Construction Levels
• Tourism-related

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Future employment

• Changing work environment
• Education Levels
• Information Technology
• Self-Reliance

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Think Entrepreneur

• What work needs to be done (whether it currently
  exists as a job or not)?
• What other customers can I serve?
• What can I do that someone is willing to pay for?

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Future employment opportunities will come from

• Knowledge-based high-tech industries
• Privately owned enterprises - especially small
  and home-based businesses
• Mix of private and public

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Burden of Promise and Choice

• opportunity to choose your own career
  (standard/non-standard employment)
• choices without familiar guideposts

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