Trends in the Youth Job Market

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Trends in the Youth Job Market

• With a focus on the Toronto Area

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The Challenge Canada 2002-2007

• Over the next five years almost 1,000,000 new
  jobs will be created in Canada.
• Retirements will provide an additional 1,000,000
  job openings.
• About 2/3rds of these jobs will require higher
  education or training, including training on the
  job.

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DEMOGRAPHICS
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Adapted from Ontario Job Futures 2002
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The Double Cohort

• In 1999, post-secondary participation rate was
  60, leaving 40 of 18 year old youth in the
  labour market
• In Ontario, due to the double cohort, we estimate
  that there will be an 11 labour force increase
  for 18 year olds seeking full time work in 2003
• Will further disadvantage those who have not
  completed high school.

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ECONOMIC GROWTH
GDP Forecast
Source GDP Conference Board of Canada.
Employment Statistics Canada Labour Force
Survey Based on first 3 quarters of 2002
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Source Statistics Canada Labour Force Survey
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Toronto Employment Grew by 5 from 2000-2002

• Faster Growth
• Manufacturing.
• Finance, insurance, real estate and leasing.
• Accommodation and food services.
• Construction

• Slower Growth
• Transportation and warehousing.
• Retail and wholesale trade.
• Professional, scientific and technical services.

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Trade
Professional, scientific and technical services
Finance, insurance, real estate and leasing
Health care and social assistance
Educational services
Accommodation and food services
Information, culture and recreation
Transportation and warehousing
Management of companies and administrative and
other support services
Other services
Public Administration
Source Statistics Canada Labour Force Survey
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Where do Youth Work?

• Youth work in all sectors but some industries
  have higher concentrations of entry opportunities

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Entry Level Jobs in the Service Sector with Good
Employment Prospects

• Truck drivers
• Customer service and information clerks
• Nurses aides and orderlies

• Construction labourers
• Visiting homemakers
• Manufacturing labour

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What skills are required?

• According to HRDC analysis of Toronto Job
  Advertisements through our Workwaves project,
  employers are looking for the following skills

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Core Skills

• Communications.
• Personal management (flexible, positive attitude,
  self-motivation).
• Thinking/Planning/Organizing.
• Interpersonal (people skills/networking).
• Teamwork (leadership).
• Numeracy.
• Multilingualism an asset in global economy
• Computer literacy

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Fostering Core Skills

• We must remove barriers to employment
• We must work together to help youth get the
  information and gain the skills, work experience
  and abilities they need to make a successful
  transition to the workplace

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Meeting the Challenge

• Fewer future entrants to the labour market, so
  employers need to look at how to utilize
  unemployed youth to meet their demands
• Promote on-the-job work experience and skill
  develop opportunities leading to continuous
  learning

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Meeting the Challenge

• Integrating unemployed youth into the knowledge
  economy is not easy
• However it is imperative to provide every
  Canadian with the opportunity to participate
  fully in the workplace and the community
• And as our society ages, we will require their
  contribution.
• We must make extra efforts to address this group
  in unanticipated economic situations

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Some useful websites

• http//www.hrdc.gc.ca/career
• http//www.jobsetc.ca
• http//www.youth.ca
• http//www.ontariojobfutures.net