{"id":13483,"date":"2021-05-04T11:19:03","date_gmt":"2021-05-04T15:19:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hiringlab.org\/en-ca\/?p=13483"},"modified":"2021-05-04T11:19:03","modified_gmt":"2021-05-04T15:19:03","slug":"april-2021-lfs-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hiringlab.org\/en-ca\/2021\/05\/04\/april-2021-lfs-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"April Labour Force Survey Preview: Back in Pause?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Canadian labour market took surprisingly large strides on its road to recovery according to February and March Labour Force Surveys. However, where things stand in April is a whole other question. A surge in COVID-19 cases since mid-March and new restrictions introduced thereafter are likely to halt progress in several pandemic-exposed sectors that were making gains.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Similar to the experience during the second wave, how badly the overall labour market is hit by the third wave will hinge on the extent of losses in sectors like accommodation and food service, as well as retail, and the degree to which they\u2019re potentially offset by progress elsewhere in the economy. The results in December and January were net employment losses of 53,000 and 213,000, respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A key difference this time however, is that the ongoing vaccine rollout provides a light at the end of the tunnel. Employers directly impacted by the third wave will have to consider a potentially brighter summer outlook in their near-term staffing plans. In addition, job postings on Indeed Canada are now <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hiringlab.org\/en-ca\/2021\/04\/28\/job-postings-through-april-23-2021\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">well above their pre-pandemic leve<\/a>, suggesting more opportunities for those out of work. Nonetheless, getting back to \u201cnormal\u201d will require COVID-19 cases staying low, even as businesses fully re-open. We\u2019re not there yet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The pandemic\u2019s third wave will likely halt recent momentum.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":14051,"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-13483","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 v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>April Labour Force Survey Preview: Back in Pause? - Indeed Hiring Lab Canada<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiringlab.org\/en-ca\/2021\/05\/04\/april-2021-lfs-preview\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"April Labour Force Survey Preview: Back in Pause? 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