Labour Market Information - Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC)

This information can be found through a number of sources such as newspapers, statistics, community organizations, government publications and services, libraries, schools, the Internet and employers. It includes information such as Occupational Profiles, salaries, training programs, graduates' experiences, potential employers and statistics indicating the condition of the labour market. The information can be used by students, counselors, job seekers, employers and parents to help guide career and education decisions, the use of new technologies, identify hiring trends and growth industries. Essentially, timely up-to-date LMI ensures that individuals of all ages remain highly marketable within a continually changing labour market.

National Labour Market Information System (NLMIS)
HRDC National Website for Labour Market Information across Canada, such as occupational profiles, labour market reviews and employer lists.

Training Programs
Provincial Post Secondary Offerings List for Memorial University, College of the North Atlantic, private training institutions, School of Nursing and Distance Education.

CareerSearch
Employment Experience and Earnings of Recent Graduates, 1999

HRDC National Job Bank
Search for jobs across Canada or zero in on a more specific area of our country.

WorkSearch
A guide through all aspects of the work search process.

Electronic Labour Exchange (ELE)
An electronic matching service for workers and employers. Create a profile of your skills and experience, find job opportunities, advertise your skills and save your profile for future use.

Job Futures
Volume One of Job Futures can help users with career planning since it provides information on the type of economic conditions that face newcomers to an occupational group. This information focusses on employment opportunities, working conditions and financial benefits. Individual preferences, aptitudes,skills, education and training also play an important role in career planning.

Volume Two of Job Futures can help users with educational and career planning since it provides information on the economic conditions that face graduates when they enter the world of work. Individual preferences, aptitudes, skills, education and training also play an important role in educational and career planning.

Information Technology: Closing the Human Resources Gap in Newfoundland & Labrador
A Committee represented by the Newfoundland Alliance of Technical Industries (NATI), the Canadian Information Processing Society (CIPS), Operation ONLINE, Human Resources Development Canada, Memorial University of Newfoundland, the Department of Industry, Trade & Technology, and the Department of Development & Rural Renewal released a report in May 1998 entitled "Information Technology: Closing the Human Resources Gap in Newfoundland & Labrador." The report addressed changes in the information technology sector as they relate to human resource issues and requirements. Specifically, the report covers topics such as providing an industry definition, an overview of an employer and employee survey, core skills identification, core skills gap, and accreditation and certification. To view the report in its entirety, please click here.