LABOUR MARKET INFORMATION AT THE PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT SERVICE CENTRE OF QUÉBEC Normand Roy, Director Director for the CETECH and Labour Market Information.

LABOUR MARKET INFORMATION AT THE PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT SERVICE CENTRE OF QUÉBEC

Normand Roy, DirectorDirector for the CETECH and Labour Market Information (DCIMT)Emploi-Québec

Workshop on Labour Migration and Labour Market Information Systems 25 February 2009

PRESENTATION OVERVIEWPRESENTATION OVERVIEW

1. Context and mission of the public employment service in Québec

2. LMI from Emploi-Québec3. Characteristics, target public,

fields of action, and LMI functions 4. Production of LMI and forecasting

exercises 5. Dissemination of LMI and LMI

On-Line

BRIEF FIGURES ABOUT QUÉBECBRIEF FIGURES ABOUT QUÉBEC

Population of more than 7.5 million. Almost one Canadian out of every four (22.7%) lives in Québec.

The economically active population totals some 4 million people.

In 2008, the unemployment rate was 7.2%, broadly the same as in 2007.

40% of the population aged between 25 and 64 years has post-secondary or university education: one of the highest rates in the OECD countries.

Québec's per capita GDP is $29,000 (PPP USD), compared to $34,000 (PPP USD) for Canada.

MISSION OF EMPLOI-QUÉBECMISSION OF EMPLOI-QUÉBEC

The mission of Emploi-Québec is to assist the development of employment and workers, and to tackle unemployment, exclusion, and poverty, within a perspective of economic and social development.

EMPLOI-QUÉBEC: BRIEFLYEMPLOI-QUÉBEC: BRIEFLY

An agency of the Ministry of Employment and Social Solidarity (4,500 employees and 150 local job centres)

Clientele: individuals, companies, and associations Services offered:

Universal information services on the labour and job markets Specialized services (active measurements)

Annual budget of almost $1 billion ($ CAN): 250,000 workers assisted 40,000 employers assisted 125,000 people employed after the involvement of Emploi-

Québec Partners are involved with the agency’s management Managerial model that is partnership-based, decentralized, and

results-oriented (targets agreed on with the government in an action plan)

DEFINITION OF LMIDEFINITION OF LMI

Labour market information (LMI) is information of use to:

any personperson who is looking for a job, wants to make a career choice, or wishes to improve his/her position on the job market,

and any employeremployer who is in need of qualified

workers to pursue his/her company's purpose.

DEFINITION OF LMI (2)DEFINITION OF LMI (2)

LMI primarily provides details about: jobs available skills sought working conditions training offered and sought job descriptions job market trends and, in general, any facts that can help understand the dynamics of the labour market

CHARACTERISTICS OF LMI CHARACTERISTICS OF LMI

LMI must be up-to-date, reliable, complete, and useful

INTERVENTION LEVELS:

Local (around 150 local centres) Regional (17) and metropolitan National

PROVIDED ON SELF-SERVICE AND ASSISTED BASES

FIELDS OF ACTION AND FIELDS OF ACTION AND FUNCTIONS OF LMIFUNCTIONS OF LMI

Emploi-Québec is a user, producer, and publisher of LMI

Functions of LMI:1.Dissemination: LMI is a universal

service2.Support for public employment

services:• Planning of measurements • Support for measurements and

services

TARGET PUBLIC OF LMITARGET PUBLIC OF LMI

Users: people with jobs and people without jobs, welfare recipients,

unemployment benefit recipients, and students choosing a career businesses (at least 200,000 companies)

Participants: staff of Emploi-Québec, labour market partners…

Partners and external resources

Ministries and agencies of the government of Québec (MELS,

CSST, MICC, school networks...)

DISSEMINATION OF LMIDISSEMINATION OF LMI

Ways LMI is made available:

Comprehensive web site: LMI On-line Web sites of Emploi-Québec and of the

CETECH: studies, research, analyses Collaboration with private outreach bodies Printed materials

EXAMPLES OF LMI PRODUCTS EXAMPLES OF LMI PRODUCTS

Available at: http://emploiquebec.net/francais/imt/index.htmhttp://www.cetech.gouv.qc.ca/

Two exercises Two exercises in forecasting and diagnosis in forecasting and diagnosis

by Emploi-Québec:by Emploi-Québec:

Professional PerspectivesProfessional PerspectivesProfessions in Demand Professions in Demand

PROFESSIONAL PERSPECTIVESPROFESSIONAL PERSPECTIVES

The professional perspectives model developed by Emploi-Québec has the following characteristics:Three components: expansion demand,

replacement demand, and available workers Produced for the 17 regions of Québec and for

the province as a wholeCovers 500 trades and professionsUpdated yearly

PROFESSIONAL PERSPECTIVESPROFESSIONAL PERSPECTIVESSOME RESULTSSOME RESULTS

Slightly over 700,000 positions to be filled between 2008 and 2012, of which: 230,000 additional jobs will be created 480,000 positions requiring replacements

(departures following retirement) 160 professions offer professional perspectives that

are favourable or very favourable The health sector will continue to enjoy very

favourable perspectives The IT sector will remain dynamic

PROFESSION CURRENTLY IN DEMAND PROFESSION CURRENTLY IN DEMAND

A profession in which the current demand for workers by employers is judged to be enough to allow qualified job-seekers a reasonable chance of securing such a position

SOME EXAMPLES OF SOME EXAMPLES OF PROFESSIONS CURRENTLY IN DEMAND PROFESSIONS CURRENTLY IN DEMAND

General practitioners and family doctors (3112) Dentists (3113) Pharmacists (3131) Audiologists and speech therapists (3141) Physical therapists (3142) Registered nurses (3152) Community- and social-service workers (4212) Kindergarten teachers and kindergarten assistants (4214) Specialized teachers (4215) Translators, terminologists, and interpreters (5125) Graphic design technicians (5223) Graphic designers and illustrators (5241) Technical sales specialists: wholesale (6221)

THE PROFESSIONS CURRENTLY IN DEMAND THE PROFESSIONS CURRENTLY IN DEMAND EXERCISE ENTAILS… EXERCISE ENTAILS…

1. Seventeen regional lists of professions in demand

2. One list for Québec as a whole

3. A sectoral list (according to NAICS sector groupings)

4. One list for the Greater Montréal Region

LMI ON-LINE LMI ON-LINE www.emploiquebec.netwww.emploiquebec.net

LMI ON-LINELMI ON-LINE

LMI on-line

To provide, via the internet, a coherent array of information related to the labour market, with data that is easy to understand and interpret, and so allow informed choices to be made in connection with job-market matters

GOAL OF LMI ON-LINEGOAL OF LMI ON-LINE

In April 2003, Emploi-Québec made a labour market information service available on line. 

In 2007-2008, it received more than 2 In 2007-2008, it received more than 2 million visits.million visits.

LMILMI ON-LINEON-LINE

Personalized access to full labour market information (LMI):

trades and professions professional perspectiveslists of professions in demandtraining programs overviews of different sectors directory of companies

FEATURESFEATURES

FEATURES (CONT.)FEATURES (CONT.)

Data for Québec as a whole and each of its regions

Links to training programs:• Professional and Technical Training Information Highway (FPT

Inforoute), and • Web sites of Québec universities

Interaction with the on-line placement service of Emploi-Québec

A bilingual site

THE FOUR PORTALS THE FOUR PORTALS

Trades and professions–Professional perspectives–Professions in demand– Training programs – link to education (Inforoute) – Job offers – link to on-line placement – And plenty of other information

Training programs– Professional and technical programs – link to education (Inforoute) – University programs – links to Québec's universities – And plenty of other information

Business sectors – Sector overviews – Professions in demand– And plenty of other information

Directory of companies – Name, address – Business sectors – Number of employees

LMI: BETTER PLANNING FOR LMI: BETTER PLANNING FOR IMMIGRATION TO QUÉBECIMMIGRATION TO QUÉBEC

Collaboration with the Québec Ministry of Immigration and Cultural Communities:

So that new arrivals are selected for training in trades that offer good job prospects

Identification of under-pressure professions (in conjunction with the Government of Canada) for the selection of temporary immigrants

Publishing LMI on the internet encourages the circulation of information:

Future immigrants can use LMI On-line to research Québec's labour market

Questions …Questions …

Comments …Comments …

Thank you!!!Thank you!!!

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