The month of May was another of the difficult-to-assess months on the labour front.
Statistics Canada released its Employment Survey. It is better known as the monthly job reports and, in this one, the agency found that roughly 3,000 simply dropped out of the workforce in Saskatchewan.
Most employers might agree with that finding since they can’t seem to find people to fill jobs. But it seems to contradict the anecdotal evidence as it coincides with the arrival of university students entering the workforce for the summer.
On top of that, the federal agency suggests the number of people in the working age demographics actually rose by 1,500 in May.
Further, the report suggests more than 4,000 full-time jobs disappeared in the month. Again, that seems to contradict the reality of the working world in this province as job vacancies continue to grow.
Clearly employers are generating employment opportunities. There are more people of working age in the province but thousands suddenly decide to drop out of the workforce at a time when choices favour employees. All that data that feels a bit like defying gravity.
