{"id":13084,"date":"2021-01-08T15:38:47","date_gmt":"2021-01-08T20:38:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hiringlab.org\/en-ca\/?p=13084"},"modified":"2021-01-08T15:38:47","modified_gmt":"2021-01-08T20:38:47","slug":"december-2020-lfs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hiringlab.org\/en-ca\/2021\/01\/08\/december-2020-lfs\/","title":{"rendered":"December Labour Force Survey: Pandemic\u2019s Drag Intensifies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The pandemic\u2019s second wave hit the job market in December. Losses in areas of the economy most vulnerable to the virus and resulting restrictions, like accommodation and food services, continued to gain steam, while momentum elsewhere generally softened. The conditions also deteriorated for self-employed workers, who accounted for nearly all of the net job losses in the month.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The labour market recovery had been walking a tightrope during the fall, but ultimately succumbed to the pressure of the pandemic. If there\u2019s a silver lining, it\u2019s that things could\u2019ve been worse. December\u2019s drop was nowhere near the scale of the declines we saw last spring, and some areas of the economy, like manufacturing and professional services, still achieved solid gains.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, the data is already a bit far in the rear-view mirror. The crisis has intensified since early December, especially in central Canada, and tighter restrictions could be coming. Overall employer hiring appetite on Indeed held up fairly well <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hiringlab.org\/en-ca\/2021\/01\/06\/job-postings-through-dec-31\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">through the end of the year<\/a>, highlighting that many employers are looking ahead to brighter prospects later this year. Nonetheless, it\u2019s clear once again that the job market can\u2019t recover amid a raging pandemic.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December reversed November\u2019s gains.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":14150,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"recruiter-hub-blocks.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"post_mwm_category":[715],"post_topic":[],"post_content_type":[],"post_duration":[],"post_actions":[],"post_franchise":[],"post_mwm_author":[670],"class_list":["post-13084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","post_mwm_category-state-of-the-labour-market","post_mwm_author-bbernard"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>December Labour Force 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