BC Canada's transportation and construction industries face hiring shortfall
110,000 jobs to be filled in sectors servicing Canadian trade
A retiring British Columbia, Canada workforce is creating a demand for 110,000 jobs in transportation and construction. However, people aren’t exactly lining up to take them, according to data released by the Asia Pacific Gateway Skills Table (APGST).
“Some jobs are tighter than others,” said Krista Bax, APGST's executive director. “Some jobs will experience hiring difficulty.”
BC continues to lead the country’s drop in unemployment as growth in job supply outpaces demand. According to APGST's Labour Market Outlook 2016-2025, the Lower Mainland will face difficult hiring conditions between 2019 and 2023 across construction and transportation sectors.
Occupations facing the hardest hiring difficulty were purchasing agents, logistics and managers.
BC will see 18,920 new jobs in construction and transportation sectors, a growth of six per cent. The labour supply is expected to grow by under 18,000 people over the same period. Almost half of the supply (47 per cent) will be new entrants to the workforce. New entrants make up an even greater part of northern BC’s labour supply at 65 per cent.
Immigrants will also contribute greatly to the new supply, comprising 17 per cent of new workers province-wide. In the Lower Mainland, a quarter of new workers will come from other countries.