Nova Scotia Labour Market in Brief

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• Nova Scotia Labour Market in Brief
• Nova Scotia Workforce Connex
• Membertou, Nova Scotia
• June 29, 2006

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Current Labour Force
Nova Scotia stands out as having a small youth
cohort and a large older cohort.
38.29
37.14
35.97
34.55
33.94
33.30
31.53
32.23
31.13
30.74
16.59
17.49
18.65
16.24
16.69
16.42
15.21
16.54
15.04
12.32
Source Labour Force Survey 2005
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Aging Population Distribution
Source Statistics Canada Quarterly Demographic
Statistics 2005
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Natural Population Increase
Source Labour Force Survey
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Retirements
Source Canadian Occupational Projection System,
2005 Reference Scenario
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Critical Labour Market Challenges and Actions

• A workforce has the skills needed to support
• employer needs and participation in the
• global economy
• Effective education strategies to provide our
  children with the means to participate to their
  full potential in the workforce
• Education and training programs that are
  responsive to changing employer and employee
  needs
• Effective apprenticeship and workplace education
  strategies
• Access to lifelong learning opportunities in the
  workplace and at education/training institutions

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Critical Labour Market Challenges and Actions

• Effective communication to match supply and
  demand, employer needs and other changes in the
  labour market.
• Access to timely and reliable labour market
  information to support effective decision-making
  by individuals, employers, educators and
  trainers, and governments
• Effective supports for career decision-making
• Effective human resource planning by employers
  (recruitment and retention strategies, training
  strategies, succession management)
• Adopting and adapting technologies that
  contribute to productivity growth and ensure that
  we can remain competitive in our key export
  markets and support penetration into new markets

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Our Reality

• The demographic die is cast there is little we
  can do to reverse or even slow the ag(e)ing of
  Canadas population over the coming decades. But
  it is certainly within our power to plan better
  for it. And better planning begins with better
  information concerning the long-term fiscal
  implications of the coming demographic shift.
• --Auditor
  General of Canada

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Education Initiatives

• Options and Opportunities
• Youth Apprenticeship
• Career Options-novascotiacareeroptions.ca
• Workplace Education
• Nova Scotia School for Adult Learning
• One Journey Work and Learn

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Growing Potential of Aboriginal Youth Population
Labour Force Ages 15 to 64