Labour and Skills Demand in Alberta Insights Using Big Data Intelligence

This report examines Alberta's labour market trends, focusing on the impact of economic downturns, the COVID-19 crisis, and digital transformation. This study uses real-time labour market data, drawn from online job postings, to offer a granular perspective on demand dynamics across various sec...

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Autor principal: OECD (author)
Autor Corporativo: OECD, author, issuing body (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Paris : OECD Publishing 2023.
Edición:1st ed
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Foreword
  • Executive summary
  • 1 The context: Trends in online job postings in Alberta
  • The data: Using online job postings to track Alberta's labour market evolution
  • The context: Overall trends in online job postings in Alberta around the COVID-19 crisis
  • The pandemic also led to new forms of work: Remote working opportunities
  • Evolution of online job postings by required qualifications and degrees
  • The number of job postings requiring high school/no diploma nearly tripled post-pandemic
  • Trends in online job postings for different Albertan regions
  • Calgary's decline in OJPs during the pandemic and recover period afterwards were much steeper than the decline and recovery in Edmonton
  • Grande prairie saw the largest decrease in 2020, and the steepest recovery post-pandemic
  • References
  • 2 Tracking demand in online job postings by sector of activity in Alberta
  • Tracking the demand in online job postings published in Alberta: Top growing sectors
  • Which occupational career areas represent the largest volume of OJPs within the top growing sectors in Alberta?
  • The Mining, Quarrying, Oil and Gas Extraction is a volatile sector that faces labour shortages post-pandemic
  • The number of OJPs for the Public Administration sector decreased significantly in 2020
  • OJPs for Transportation and Warehousing sector kept increasing during and after the pandemic
  • References
  • Notes
  • 3 The evolution of growing occupations in online job postings in Alberta
  • The fastest-growing occupations that require post-secondary education
  • Ageing populations are boosting the demand for Home Health Aides in Alberta and Canada
  • Demand for professionals in the logistics and transportation sector was increasing before the pandemic and remains strong.
  • The peak of the pandemic: Which occupations were most affected during the turmoil of the pandemic and how did they recover?
  • The job of licensed practical nurse in Alberta saw a spike in demand during the pandemic
  • Alberta's Welders and Machinists had one of the steepest declines in the average number of OJPS during the peak of the pandemic
  • References
  • Notes
  • 4 Assessing the impact of digitalisation in Alberta through the lens of big data
  • The digital transition: Challenges and opportunities for Alberta going forward
  • Identifying digital occupations and the volume of job postings available in Alberta
  • The geography of Alberta's demand for digital occupations
  • Trends in online job postings for group one of the digital professionals
  • The demand for data mining analysts and business intelligence analysts has been rapidly growing pre-pandemic
  • Data scientists and data engineers are amongst the occupations with the fastest rate of growth across digital occupations
  • Demand for Computer Scientists and Cyber Security Professionals has been trending upwards in Alberta
  • Skill requirements for occupations in the group of Computer and data analysts / administrators
  • Trends in online job postings for group two of the digital professionals
  • Software developers, programmers and engineers concentrate a high volume of online job postings in Alberta
  • Trends in online job postings for group three of the digital professionals
  • The demand for ICT supporting roles has experience more rapid growth in Alberta than in Canada
  • Trends in online job postings for group four of the digital professionals
  • Demand for managerial roles as well as for HR and marketing professionals has been steadily increasing, and rapidly growing since mid-2020
  • How quickly are digital skill demands permeating Alberta's workplaces?.
  • The diffusion of the demand for Advanced Data Analysis skills
  • The diffusion of the demand for Programming skills
  • References
  • Notes
  • 5 Insights on the challenges faced by youth in Alberta
  • Youth labour market in Alberta after the pandemic
  • Tracking Alberta's demand for youth workforce using OJPs
  • Classifying youth-accessible online job postings
  • Tracking youth-accessible postings in Alberta
  • Youth-accessible postings across economic sectors
  • Characterising Alberta's potential demand for youth workforce
  • The evolution over time of YAPs by required qualifications and degrees
  • Type of contracts in OJPs for youth
  • Skills demanded in main career areas for youth
  • Transition pathways from low to high demand occupations: The example of career transitions from administrative assistants to business/management analysts
  • Supporting youth to develop skills that are relevant in a changing world
  • References
  • Notes
  • Annex A. Occupations excluded from the teleworking analysis
  • Annex B. Details on occupations
  • Annex C. Using machine learning to analyse the information contained in online job postings
  • Notes
  • Annex D. Leveraging big data to assess the diffusion of digital skill demands in labour markets
  • Note.