Released on July 5, 2011
Number of Opportunities Jumps by 45 Per Cent
Saskatchewan employers continue to create job opportunities in huge numbers. The Province's SaskJobs.ca website saw 13,035 job postings in June, a 45 per cent jump over June 2010. Employers from 327 Saskatchewan communities posted opportunities to the site. In the first six months of 2011, Saskatchewan employers posted 67,300 vacancies to the website, an increase of more than 13,000 over the same period in 2010.
"Employers in every corner of the province continue to open the doors of opportunity for Saskatchewan people," Advanced Education, Employment and Immigration Minister Rob Norris said. "We already have the lowest unemployment rate in the country, and with a growing number of job prospects, people from across Canada and around the world are looking at Saskatchewan as a great place to live, work and raise a family."
Other June statistics of note for SaskJobs.ca (all changes noted are year-over-year):
- The number of jobs posted in the Natural and Applied Science category jumped by 83 per cent;
- The Trades and Primary Industry categories accounted for 4,542 jobs - more than a third of the overall total; and
- About three quarters - almost 10,000 jobs - were full-time.
Interest in applying for jobs continues to grow as well, with the number of visits to SaskJobs.ca jumping by 12 per cent over June of last year. SaskJobs hosted 821,000 visits in June - a record for that month. Once again, visits from outside Canada saw a significant increase, with a year-over-year jump of 39 per cent.
"With more than 8,000 jobs posted right now, there are plenty of opportunities available throughout the province," Norris said.
SaskJobs.ca is Saskatchewan's largest job-matching website. The site provides job posting services free of charge for employers across the province and free résumé posting for job seekers from around the world.
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For more information, contact:
Christopher Jones-Bonk
Advanced Education, Employment and Immigration
Regina
Phone: 306-798-3106
Email: chris.jones-bonk@gov.sk.ca