Canadian HR Reporter

CANADIAN HR REPORTER December 14, 2015 4 HR BY THE NUMBERS Compiled by Liz Bernier - Source: Statistics Canada 437,000 Number of job vacancies in Canada during the second quarter of 2015. 2.8% National job vacancy rate in the second quarter. 5.1% Job vacancy rate in Yukon, representing the highest vacancy rate in Canada. 3.4% Job vacancy rate in Alberta and New Brunswick, the two provinces with the highest vacancy rate. 2.1% Job vacancy rate in Quebec, the province with the lowest vacancy rate. 26,000 Job vacancies for food counter attendants and kitchen helpers, the sector with the most vacancies. $18.80 National average hourly wage offered for vacant jobs in the second quarter. $28 Average hourly wage offered for vacant jobs in Nunavut, the highest wage nationally. $13.70 Average hourly wage offered for vacant jobs in Prince Edward Island, the province with the lowest wage. How much are unhappy employees costing you? It could be as much as £16,000 per employee — or C$32,144 per employee in staff turnover, according to a British survey of 12,000 employees. As many as seven in 10 employees feel dissatisfi ed with their jobs, found the study — but off ering better career prospects could dramatically improve the situation. An organization with 10,000 employees could save £4.9 million per year, or C$9.8 million, by off ering better career advancement. Source: CEB/CIPD Holiday bonus? You might expect your team to be less productive in the days and weeks before the winter holidays, but for many workers the opposite is true. Twenty-fi ve per cent of workers polled said they become more productive at work one week before a major holiday, while only eight per cent reported their output wanes, according to a Canadian survey of more than 270 workers. Not that surprising? e least productive time of day for workers before the holiday season is between 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. Source: Accountemps/Robert Half Canada Least productive TIME OF DAY • 8 a.m. to 10 a.m.: . . . . 19% of workers • 10 a.m. to noon: . . . . . 11% • Noon to 2 p.m.: . . . . . 18% • 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.: . . . . . 18% • 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.: . . . . . 22% Source: Canadian Labour Reporter/www.labour-reporter.com CANADIAN HR REPORTER HR BY THE NUMBERS 437,000 Number of job vacancies in Canada during the second quarter of 2015. 2.8% National job vacancy rate in the second quarter. 5.1% They earn what? $ 14.25 Hourly salary of a park security employee with the City of Gatineau in Quebec. at works out to an annual salary of $29,640, assuming a 40-hour work week. ere is a wage adjustment of 1.65 per cent eff ective Jan. 1, 2017, and one paid day off in the event of an employee's marriage. Workers with the best chance of a sizable salary bump are likely those with digital expertise, according to a 2016 Canadian salary guide. Base salaries in the technology and creative fi elds are expected to rise an average of fi ve per cent and 2.1 per cent respectively in 2016. However, some roles are expected to see signifi cantly higher salary increases — up to as much as 8.5 per cent . Many of these increases are for roles with high starting salaries as well. e high- paying jobs with the highest expected salary increases for 2016 include: • data scientist (8.5%) • wireless network engineer (8.2%) • mobile app developer (8.1%) • big data engineer (7.8%) • user interface developer (4.1%) • multimedia designer (3.1%) • content strategist (3%) Source: Robert Half Technology Mapping salary landscape THE 5.1% Job vacancy rate in Yukon, representing the highest vacancy rate in Canada. 3.4% Job vacancy rate in Alberta and New Brunswick, the two provinces with the highest vacancy rate. 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