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]]>According to the Canadian Apprenticeship Forum’s National Labour Market Information Report, around 67,000 new job openings for journeypersons in the trades will be required to sustain the workforce through 2023, with BC, Alberta, and Ontario driving this growth of this job market [1].
Though the work can be dangerous, welders are essential to the construction industry. In fact, welders continued to operate throughout the pandemic. The job doesn’t require a post-secondary education, and pays at least $28.50 per hour. Due to their importance relatively high wage, welders are considered one of Canada’s most in-demand jobs.
As some of the only exceptions to pandemic-related border closures in Canada and the US, long haul drivers continue to be an essential role in the economy, ranking #2 on Randstad Canada’s list of most in-demand jobs for 2020. With the proper driver’s license, employment in this field should be easy to come by, earning between $36,650 to $48,600 annually.
One of the more highly skilled jobs in this industry, heavy duty mechanics work to repair and maintain large machinery. With a hand in nearly every major industry from construction and transportation to forestry and mining, this job made Canada’s top 15 in-demand careers according to the National Occupation Classification. Work in this career is lucrative, paying $25-$42 per hour in urban centres and upwards of $50/hour in more rural locations.
With society new fixation on health and hygiene, it’s no surprise that jobs in healthcare ranked highly on surveys of in-demand jobs in Canada. Add in an ageing Canadian population and it is clear why jobs in this field are a safe bet for job searchers.
In case you missed the daily 7:00pm cheers throughout the early days of lockdown, nurses are one of the most hardworking and dedicated people in the healthcare industry. With an average salary of $76,362 and a predicted 139,700 job openings by 2024, nurses are at the top of the list when it comes to jobs we need to fill.
Expected labour shortages in this field mean a positive outlook for occupational therapist. These healthcare professionals can work in places like hospitals, in physical rehabilitation clinics, or in social assistance. From 2019 to 2028, 11,800 of these new jobs are expected to become available.
The COVID pandemic affected many businesses, but jobs in the field haven’t disappeared entirely. In the uphill battle to regain economic stability, jobs in business-related fields are at the forefront.
Accountants monitor and keep track of a company’s financial operations by preparing financial statements and calculating taxes owed. As governments implement new laws for the financial sector, accountants will be essential in helping businesses comply with these new regulations. With a difficult individual tax season ahead due to the CERB program, Canadian accountants will find plenty of work come tax season. The average salary currently sits at $57,000 per year.
As businesses rebound from the impact of the pandemic, these jobs will take on the crucial role of determining a business’ priorities, planning and executing strategies for success. This job supports the growth and profitability of a company by developing and maintaining business relationships for an average yearly salary of $85,000.
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]]>Health and hygiene has been the focal point of the economy re-opening. Therefore, it’s no surprise that many of the new job opportunities are related to safety and COVID-19. Some of these jobs you never would have encountered in a job search a few months ago. For example, contact tracers for new coronavirus patients and greeters who screen construction workers before entering the site. There are many new positions being created amid the new focus on health and safety [1].
Manufacturing of Personal Protective Equipment like masks, goggles and face shields is another rapidly growing area. With 3,000 companies across Canada now producing medical equipment in response to shortages and 81% of businesses expecting to require PPE for their staff as they re-open, more jobs are available in this growing sector.
Schools and supermarkets are unable to hold the same number of occupants due to new regulations. As a result, new job markets are emerging to make it easier for everyone to stay inside. Take out delivery drivers are one example of a job that has gone through an unprecedented hiring boom.
Personal shoppers are no longer the realm of luxury retail, as shopping apps allow users to buy groceries online and send a personal shopper to collect the items, with some shoppers making up to $200 a day. One such company, Instacart, has reported a 150% jump in order volume this year, leading to the hiring of 300,000 new shoppers across North America since March. Warehouse workers for e-commerce giants are also in more demand as consumers begin to rely increasingly on online shopping.
Many of the services that were in demand before the pandemic are now finding new ways to reach clients. The enormous shift towards online education as schools and universities cope with social distancing has increased demand for tutors across a multitude of online learning platforms specializing in subjects from Art and Music to STEM and ESL. With such an array of options, job searchers with different skills can leverage their individual talents into a teaching gig.
As we begin to reimagine the public spaces of a post-coronavirus world, the job market for those who can design innovative solutions to the social distance problem has seen growing demand and a 10% hiring increase in recent months. No doubt jobs like occupancy planners, industrial designers, and interior architects will be vital to the way society moves forward.
Although the job market has started to rebound in many sectors, not all jobs are making a comeback. With social distancing in place, traditional service industries are expecting far fewer customers. Fewer workers will certainly be required in movie theatres, restaurants, airplanes, and arenas if these spaces aren’t filled to the brim with customers.
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BCjobs.ca is Western Canada’s largest job board, with majority of the jobs coming from Vancouver. For nearly 20 years, BC Jobs has connected job candidates with companies looking to add talent to their team. If your team is looking to recruit, BCJobs.ca is the right tool for you. Our job board has not slowed down during COVID at all; in fact, it as accelerated and grown through virtual career fairs, branding, and partnerships. Contact us at community@bcjobs.ca today.
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]]>Today, the job market favors personnel who are confident, reliable, and highly-effective communicators [1]. Demand for these soft skills — sometimes called “core skills” by job search experts — now outranks every other hiring requirement. This makes core skills a critical component of job search, application, hiring, and ongoing performative successes, especially for entry-level and remote jobs.
Consequently, the best strategies for work from home success focus on creating a remote-first or remote-friendly work environment, routine, and protocols. In doing so, people holding remote jobs can both leverage and further develop the core skills that make them most valuable to an employer.
Successful work from home activity requires and builds employee reliability, confidence, and communication skills. These core skills are apparent at every juncture in any remote job — including while creating an ideal work environment, setting and sticking to healthy work from home routines, and building and maintaining the most beneficial communication and connection structure for both performance and morale. Specifically, work from home employees who wish to continuously improve in their remote job performance know:
The first step for anyone aiming to improve their remote job performance is straightforward: ensure that the work from home environment meets the basic functional needs of the job.
This includes having access to necessary technology, stable and secure internet connectivity, privacy, and the ability to mitigate on-the-job distractions.
Much of the best advice for success in remote jobs involves boundary-setting. That is because creating expectations for other people present in the household as well as coworkers and supervisors — which includes working set hours, keeping a meeting/appointment schedule, taking scheduled breaks — makes work from home employees more confident and reliable.
A sense of disconnection from the firm is the driving force behind disengagement from objectives, loss of confidence in both the self and the organization, and the decision to start the job search for alternate positions. This makes collaboration, candid/consistent communication, and face- and air-time during meetings critical. In the absence of these elements, work from home employees run the risk of becoming siloed, which damages well-being and can diminish engagement with and personal commitment to both everyday tasks and ongoing projects.
The fact of the matter is: people who work from home are, on average, 47% more productive than in-office staff. Additionally, research shows that personnel assigned to (well-designed
and well-supported) remote jobs take shorter breaks during the workday, request less time off, and need fewer sick days than in-person job holders.
Work from home success is indicated by more than just quantitative performance metrics. Research shows that working in a (well-designed and well-supported) remote job dramatically lowers employee turnover. This suggests that the most successful work from home personnel should also report feeling:
Work from home employees who do not consistently feel confident, secure, and supported in the remote jobs — regardless of other measurable performative successes — will struggle to sustain high-level performance and will be unable to foster growth in relevant core skills. Nevertheless, this trajectory can be reversed by modifying the work from home environment, boundaries, and communicative structures. (https://www.dunkinbahamas.com)
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Simon Chou is the Vice President of Operations and Growth at BCjobs.ca. Over the course of his career, he carved a niche in brand development, marketing strategy, and online presence for startups. Prior to joining BCJobs.ca, Simon was an advisor for several global blockchain projects including Litecoin, NEM, and Ripple. In the past, he also worked with Fortune 500 companies in the healthcare space through SM Digital—a global marketing agency.
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]]>Coming as no surprise, healthcare workers are in some of the most valued positions today. Healthcare work can be very flexible, offering casual, part-time and full-time. You can work as a care aide, a nurse, doctor, dentist, or health support worker. The field is vast and can fit many different needs. Another benefit to working in healthcare is ease of relocation. Many countries are eager to have extra healthcare hands, particularly after the last four months. Having valued skills will make visa applications smooth sailing. Look at the list of top healthcare positions in Canada to see if you’re interested in a career change.
Shockingly, sales associates are some of the hottest jobs on the market. As the face or voice of a product or service, sales associate positions can also be in the remote sector as sales personnel. This
might appeal to some of you looking for remote work during isolation or because you’re looking for a new job. The flexibility for remote positions keeps sales associates as a job trend on the rise.
Check out Indeed for some remote sales positions, or start prepping your resume for heading back into the physical workforce!
Drivers rarely get enough credit, but a lot of our lives would fall apart if drivers didn’t exist. Canada is experiencing a shortage of truck drivers, as drivers retire. According to Canadian Visa, immigration to Canada may be easier if you’re coming as a driver.
As manufacturing has seen a significant decline since CoVID-19, there will be a rising need in manufacturing and machinists to assist with starting up regular operations. As the demand for retail in all sectors increases, manufacturing will follow suit.
This white collar position is currently in demand according to Randstand. If you’ve got experience in sales and a passion for creating and maintaining relationships, growth plans and team management, then this may be a new position worth considering. The significant thing about business development managers is flexibility and the combination of creativity and implementation – few jobs offer both possibilities.
Even CoVID-19 won’t be able to hinder the need for business development managers, and may create a higher need. As businesses reorganize and consider new approaches to working in a post-CoVID world, the need for fresh ideas and the ability to follow through will be an incredible asset.
We hope some of these job trends help you in your plans for the future, preparing for a strange new world, full of opportunities.
Simon Chou is the Vice President of Operations and Growth at BCjobs.ca. Over the course of his career, he carved a niche in brand development, marketing strategy, and online presence for startups. Prior to joining BCJobs.ca, Simon was an advisor for several global blockchain projects including Litecoin, NEM, and Ripple. In the past, he also worked with Fortune 500 companies in the healthcare space through SM Digital—a global marketing agency.
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]]>Coursera is known as the learning platform that provides thousands of courses to suit all tastes. For instance, college students can join a course in academic writing for assistance in essay writing. Coursera also offers a variety of educational programs for Android developers divided into several levels and topics. Those interested in Android development can search for the required course depending on their specific skillset or interest.
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Udacity’s main mission is to enhance and spread tech education. For starters, the platform offers a wide range of courses aimed to teach you how to build apps in Android Studio. Another advantage of Udacity is their cooperation with well-known tech companies. For example, the learning platform developed an educational program in partnership with Google. Finally, Udacity is well-funded by major investors including Andreessen Horowitz, Drive Capital, and Alphabet’s venture capital arm, GV.
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Udemy is one of the most popular learning platforms. The leading factor for their widespread popularity is their large portfolio of courses, offered at affordable rates. Udemy has a unique perspective in the area of Android development, teaching developers how to build apps with imagination and creativity.
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EdX is another trendy online course provider cooperating with top universities around the world. Android development courses on this platform are known for their in-depth approach. Future developers use this platform to gain a wide set of skills including GUI, Android Material Design tools, and graphical user interface.
Edureka is an online platform featuring Google-certified Android development online courses. The main aim of these courses is to learn basic Android architecture and apply various applications and tools to help create your first app. However, Edureka supplements this learning by offering a wide range of topics necessary for becoming a successful Android dev. This includes specialized tools, trouble-shooting tips, and video tutorials.
MindOrks is the next learning platform, which is worthy of attention. The primary uniqueness of the courses provided by MindOrks is the aim to teach future devs not only the basics but also the skills to cope with various problems. This includes the skills necessary to troubleshoot real-world development issues.
TurnToTech is the perfect platform for beginners to start their journey in the world of Android development. The learning platform offers an Android Bootcamp, where future developers can learn programming fundamentals and object-oriented programming for Android. However, TurnToTech also offers an advanced bootcamp geared towards more experienced developers. Both bootcamps are also offered on a part-time basis to accommodate unique schedules.
Another online platform, which will be useful for Android developers, is HyperionDev. Firstly, it provides a beginner-friendly course for aspiring mobile developers. Secondly, Hyperion covers several stages of software development that is useful for any aspiring developer. For example, Java, programming essentials, mobile development, and advanced Android development.
Bloc is online coding Bootcamp aimed to prepare a student for becoming a professional software engineer. Their Android development courses online are focused on sharing skills and knowledge. For instance, tools required for building full-featured mobile applications.
General Assembly online education platform offers both full-training and flexible part-time courses for future devs. The platform’s central benefit is through offering a huge variety of opportunities not only in the sphere of Android development but also in Java, API, UI, and XMS. Hence, the student can choose any of these areas to grow as an expert in software development.
Simon Chou is the Vice President of Operations and Growth at BCjobs.ca. Over the course of his career, he carved a niche in brand development, marketing strategy, and online presence for startups. Prior to joining BCJobs.ca, Simon was an advisor for several global blockchain projects including Litecoin, NEM, and Ripple. In the past, he also worked with Fortune 500 companies in the healthcare space through SM Digital—a global marketing agency.
Co-written by Joy Mayo, an experienced and passionate academic writer who specializes in custom essays and papers at EssayService.com. With a flair for linguistics and history, she enjoys spending her off-hours writing informative articles for her company and blog.
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]]>There are multiple styles of career fairs. Some have an emphasis on specific fields or careers, and others are a general fair. They can be a marvellous way to connect with employers or future business partners but manage your expectations. Most participants will not walk away with a job offer but should walk away with valuable insight, and important contacts that could develop into something more if you play your cards right.
Though enormous rooms packed with bodies and booths may give off an atmosphere of a comic-con or food fair, this is a professional event and should be treated as one. First impressions at a career fair can make or break a contact or job offer. Make sure you are wearing business-professional clothing and have resumes or business cards to hand out. Bring a briefcase or professional handbag to accept pamphlets, business cards or other promotional material.
Make sure you have monitored the event beforehand and taken notes of who you want to connect with, and which speakers you want to see.
You will market yourself at a career fair, whether you are an attendee or a presenter. Your job is to connect with employers, employees or other businesses. Make sure you’ve done your research and formed an agenda. This will allow you to research the right companies or potential recruits so your questions can go deeper than what is available on a website or LinkedIn page. You need to be knowledgeable and have formed a pitch that introduces who you are, your skills and accomplishments, and what you have to offer. It needs to be engaging but informative.
Most fairs will include seminars or keynote speakers that offer helpful advice, insider tips and encouragement to the job-hunter. Even if this is the only helpful thing you take away, it’s important to listen and pay attention. These speakers will be respected in the industry and will have helpful insight.
Take advantage of speakers in your field of interest, soak up as much information as you can about the ins and outs of your dream career – but don’t neglect the other speakers! Unexpected topics may surprise or inspire you to try something new. You may create partnerships that you wouldn’t normally consider.
Overall, these fairs can be a wonderful way to learn more about your future career, or foster connections that can further opportunities and relationships in the professional world.
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Simon Chou is the Vice President of Operations and Growth at BCjobs.ca. Over the course of his career, he carved a niche in brand development, marketing strategy, and online presence for startups. Prior to BC Jobs, he served as a marketing advisor for high-profile blockchain projects including Litecoin, NEM, and Ripple. He’s also worked with fortune 500 companies in the healthcare space.
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