Calgary Economic Development’s next Soul of the City event explores the topic of business diversity. We prep you with some background information
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Lamphier: Edmonton is job central in Canada
EDMONTON – Just how hot is the Edmonton region’s jobs juggernaut?
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Highest rate of unfilled jobs in Alberta
CALGARY – Alberta has the highest rate of unfilled jobs in Canada, according to new numbers released by Statistics Canada on Tuesday.
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Incredibly Cool GIF Shows Unemployment By State From 2006 To Today
Via the Data Is Beautiful subreddit and user bls_is_the_best, here is a .gif showing the evolution of unemployment in all 50 states from 2006 to the present.
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Alberta experiences healthy gain in Help-Wanted Index
CALGARY — Alberta saw a healthy gain in August in the Conference Board of Canada’s Help-Wanted Index after four months of decline.
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Unemployment rate falls to 7.1 per cent in August, Statistics Canada reports
OTTAWA – More people working part-time helped Canada’s economy grind out 59,000 jobs in August, Statistics Canada reported Friday, about triple what most economists had expected.
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Youth unemployment rises as adults take teen jobs
TORONTO — A new report suggests that a growing number of older workers are taking on part-time jobs, which in turn is pushing up the unemployment rate among teenaged students.
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Is part-time work the new normal?
DETROIT — To make ends meet, newly minted attorney Scott Neal is working three part-time jobs.
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Alberta gains 16,600 jobs in July, while Canada loses 39,400
The Alberta economy added nearly 17,000 jobs last month, fueled by gains in manufacturing and transportation and warehousing, Statistics Canada said Friday.
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Why are young adults returning to the city?
Much has been said about Millennials — the generation born from 1980 through the late 1990s, sometimes called Gen Y and Echo Boomers — choosing downtown living.
Two-thirds of this cohort believes it is important to live in walkable neighborhoods, the consultant Robert Charles Lesser & Company has reported. As downtowns revive, Millennials often account for the lion’s share of the market.
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