{"id":14136,"date":"2022-01-07T12:54:02","date_gmt":"2022-01-07T17:54:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hiringlab.org\/en-ca\/?p=13803"},"modified":"2022-01-07T12:54:02","modified_gmt":"2022-01-07T17:54:02","slug":"december-2021-lfs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hiringlab.org\/en-ca\/2022\/01\/07\/december-2021-lfs\/","title":{"rendered":"December Labour Force Survey: Strong for Now"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Canadian labour market remained on the right track through early December. Job growth cooled following a blow-out November, but remained at a firm pace, with especially strong gains in full-time work. It was also encouraging to see another solid drop in long-term unemployment. Long-term joblessness remains elevated, but is declining, a key condition for a true labour market recovery. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Perhaps the bigger story in today\u2019s numbers, though, is what wasn\u2019t captured: the effects of the latest upswing in the pandemic. The December Labour Force Survey captured conditions during the week of the 5 to 11th, before the most recent surge in COVID-19 cases, meaning we\u2019ll have to wait for the January numbers to get a sense of its employment impact. These will include the direct effects of Canadians increasingly staying at home, as well as new public health restrictions, but also the impacts of school closures and work absences from those who\u2019ve caught the virus.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The near-term situation will still be a challenge, especially for impacted workers at a time when government support is less generous than earlier in the crisis. The Canadian labour market throughout 2021 was able to bounce back well from the pandemic\u2019s ups and downs. Unfortunately, we\u2019ll have to wait until we’re on the other side of this current wave to regain momentum.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Momentum was solid through early December, but numbers didn\u2019t capture omicron\u2019s impact.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":13874,"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-14136","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":"\nDecember Labour Force Survey: Strong for Now - 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\/2022\/01\/07\/december-2021-lfs\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"December Labour Force Survey: Strong for Now - Indeed Hiring Lab Canada\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Momentum was solid through early December, but numbers didn\u2019t capture omicron\u2019s impact.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.hiringlab.org\/en-ca\/2022\/01\/07\/december-2021-lfs\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Indeed Hiring Lab Canada\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-01-07T17:54:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.hiringlab.org\/en-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/pasted-image-0-46.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"874\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Brendon Bernard\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.hiringlab.org\/en-ca\/2022\/01\/07\/december-2021-lfs\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.hiringlab.org\/en-ca\/2022\/01\/07\/december-2021-lfs\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Brendon Bernard\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.hiringlab.org\/en-ca\/#\/schema\/person\/b28cdbf17ac4ddf600775fb6b65c9401\"},\"headline\":\"December Labour Force Survey: Strong for Now\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-01-07T17:54:02+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.hiringlab.org\/en-ca\/2022\/01\/07\/december-2021-lfs\/\"},\"wordCount\":231,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.hiringlab.org\/en-ca\/2022\/01\/07\/december-2021-lfs\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/d341ezm4iqaae0.cloudfront.net\/hiringlaborg\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/02120848\/pasted-image-0-46.png\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-CA\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.hiringlab.org\/en-ca\/2022\/01\/07\/december-2021-lfs\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.hiringlab.org\/en-ca\/2022\/01\/07\/december-2021-lfs\/\",\"name\":\"December Labour Force Survey: Strong for Now - Indeed Hiring Lab Canada\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.hiringlab.org\/en-ca\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.hiringlab.org\/en-ca\/2022\/01\/07\/december-2021-lfs\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.hiringlab.org\/en-ca\/2022\/01\/07\/december-2021-lfs\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/d341ezm4iqaae0.cloudfront.net\/hiringlaborg\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/02120848\/pasted-image-0-46.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-01-07T17:54:02+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.hiringlab.org\/en-ca\/#\/schema\/person\/b28cdbf17ac4ddf600775fb6b65c9401\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.hiringlab.org\/en-ca\/2022\/01\/07\/december-2021-lfs\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-CA\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.hiringlab.org\/en-ca\/2022\/01\/07\/december-2021-lfs\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-CA\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.hiringlab.org\/en-ca\/2022\/01\/07\/december-2021-lfs\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/d341ezm4iqaae0.cloudfront.net\/hiringlaborg\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/02120848\/pasted-image-0-46.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/d341ezm4iqaae0.cloudfront.net\/hiringlaborg\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/02120848\/pasted-image-0-46.png\",\"width\":1600,\"height\":874,\"caption\":\"Line graph titled \u201cLong-term unemployment dipped again in December.\u201d With a vertical axis ranging from 0 to 600%, Indeed tracked the percent change in long-term unemployment along a vertical axis ranging from May 2019 to September 2021. 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