Stuart McFadden, Acting Director Economic Development Services, released unemployment numbers for April today. Unemployment for Chatham-Kent dropped by .1% in April to 7% compared to March. Regionally 6.5% of people are unemployed, while the provincial rate increased .2% to 6.4%. The Chatham-Kent unemployment rate was 8.5% in March of last year.
The Canadian dollar is down more than .5 of a cent today, after US President Donald Trump said the United States will levy a 20% tax on Canadian softwood lumber imports yesterday. The dollar is trading at less than 73.5 US cents after closing Monday at 73.99 US cents. 80% of Canadian softwood lumber is exported to the US and […]
How much does a data ninja or coding wizard make? Significantly more than they did last year, according to the 2017 Salary Guides from staffing specialists Robert Half Technology and The Creative Group. The 2017 Salary Guides from staffing specialists Robert Half Technology and The Creative Group show that base salaries in the technology and […]
While organizations that operate in Canada fare better than companies in other countries in retaining and attracting employees, still one in four (26%) Canadian employees reports being likely to leave their employer within the next two years. Like their counterparts in the rest of the world, Canadian employers continue to grapple with the challenge of […]
In a time of increased uncertainty, many Canadians are considering entrepreneurship as a way to gain control over their future. According to RBC’s recent Small Business Poll more than three-quarters of Canadians (79-per-cent) believe that working for themselves is less risky than working for someone else because they can control their own financial future. While […]
As the year winds down, hiring picks up at many Canadian companies, new research from staffing firm OfficeTeam shows. One in five (20 per cent) of human resources (HR) managers interviewed said their organization typically increases hiring in the fourth quarter. Of those, 95 per cent of respondents indicated they bring on staff at year-end […]
Canada Post, the country’s No. 1 parcel company, today announced a strategic partnership with Shopify, the leading cloud-based, multichannel commerce platform designed for small and medium-sized businesses. With this new partnership, Shopify merchants are able to purchase shipping labels at up to 40% off the usual Canada Post rates when buying labels through Shopify. Canada […]
Timing is everything, the saying goes, and for firms trying to hire it could make the difference between securing the candidate and losing out. For more than six in ten Canadian workers (64 per cent) in a Robert Half survey, the most frustrating part of the job search is the long wait after an interview […]
Canadian travellers believe business travel is important for company financial performance and are satisfied with their overall business travel experiences, according to the GBTA Global Business Traveller Sentiment Index™, in partnership with American Express. The research, which includes a survey of 420 Canadian business travellers, examines satisfaction with, and the resources available for, various aspects […]
Employers in Canada are expecting salaries to rise by an average of 2.1 per cent in 2017, according to Morneau Shepell’s annual survey of Trends in Human Resources. This is down from the 2.5 per cent salary increase expected for 2016, as reported in last year’s survey. The average includes expected salary freezes and excludes […]