YUKON
Labour Market Information
PURPOSE: Labour Market Information Strategy is part of Yukon’s Labour Market Framework. The goal of the Labour Market Information Strategy is to provide relevant, high-quality and timely labour information for users to make informed decisions regarding the labour market in Yukon by:
• Generating and updating labour market information;
• Increasing awareness of labour market information; and,
• Increasing access to labour market information
MINISTRY
Departments of Education and Advanced Education, Government of Yukon
DESCRIPTION
Yukon Education uses the following labour market information initiatives as tools to make informed decisions about funding dollars and training projects:
• Using the National Occupations Classification codes (NOCs), Yukon Occupational Modeling System forecasts top occupations in demand based on macro-economic scenarios.
• The Yukon Labour Supply and Migration Study provide an analysis of Yukon labour force and migration data.
• The Yukon Business Survey focuses on updating the business registry information in Yukon, specifically regarding the information on business operations, labour demand, tourism, mining and construction impact, and future activities of businesses.
• The Labour Market Information Study identifies the best options for efficiently disseminating labour market information to stakeholders.
RESULTS
Yukon Occupational Modeling System assists Yukon Education in prioritizing funding allocation for training to meet the skills and trades in demand.
Report results of Yukon Labour Supply and Migration study are encouraging:
• Employment demand is anticipated to be strong in the medium and long term, with a need for 3,683 additional employees by 2021.
• When retirements and other factors are included, projected employment demand increases to 6,308 positions.
The Labour Market Information Study concluded that there was a need for a unification of Yukon specific information through an online tool that is accessible to all audiences.
• A Labour Market Information Web Portal is currently in development and is expected to launch in July 2015. This will play a critical role in generating and updating labour market information and increasing the awareness and accessibility of labour market information.
• The Labour Market Information Web Portal will disseminate Yukon-specific labour market information from a variety of sources such as Statistics Canada, Yukon Bureau of Statistics, Canada Job Bank, Yukon WorkFutures, and Yukon Occupational Modeling System.
A Labour Market Forum was held in May 2014 to disseminate results of the Labour Market Information Study to stakeholders.
FURTHER INFORMATION
http://www.education.gov.yk.ca/pdf/Yukon_Labour_Market_Supply_and_Migration_Study