Jobs | Investment Executive https://www.investmentexecutive.com/tag/jobs/ Canada's news source for financial professionals Thu, 04 Dec 2025 16:02:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2018/01/cropped-favicon-1-32x32.png Jobs | Investment Executive https://www.investmentexecutive.com/tag/jobs/ 32 32 U.S. filings for jobless benefits fall to lowest level since September 2022 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/uncategorized/u-s-filings-for-jobless-benefits-fall-to-lowest-level-since-september-2022/ Thu, 04 Dec 2025 16:02:18 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=527019 The report potentially complicates the Fed’s upcoming rate decision

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]]> Fewer Americans sought unemployment benefits last week as job cuts stay low https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/fewer-americans-sought-unemployment-benefits-last-week-as-job-cuts-stay-low/ Wed, 26 Nov 2025 14:25:16 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=526365 For now, the U.S. job market appears stuck in a “low-hire, low-fire” state

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]]> U.S. employers added surprisingly solid 119,000 jobs in September https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/u-s-employers-added-surprisingly-solid-119000-jobs-in-september/ Thu, 20 Nov 2025 14:34:48 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=525928 Unemployment rate rose to 4.4% as more people entered the labour market

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]]> U.S. Labor Department won’t release full Oct. jobs report, amid federal shutdown https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/u-s-labor-department-wont-release-full-oct-jobs-report-amid-federal-shutdown/ Wed, 19 Nov 2025 19:13:31 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=525861 The jobs numbers have lately been contentious

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]]> Another month of surprise job gains reinforces BoC’s rate hold: economists https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/research-and-markets/another-month-of-surprise-job-gains-reinforces-bocs-rate-hold-economists/ Fri, 07 Nov 2025 14:21:45 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=524869 Economy adds 67,000 jobs for second straight month of surprise job gains

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]]> Job vacancies in August fell to lowest since 2017: Statistics Canada https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/job-vacancies-in-august-fell-to-lowest-since-2017-statistics-canada/ Thu, 30 Oct 2025 21:24:15 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=524182 On a year-over-year basis, job vacancies were down 15.2% in the month

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]]> U.S. job openings barely budged in August at 7.2 million https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/industry-news/u-s-job-openings-barely-budged-in-august-at-7-2-million/ Tue, 30 Sep 2025 15:10:15 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=521510 Hiring slows as layoffs and quits both decline

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]]> Number of Canadians on EI rose 1.2% in July to 552,000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/industry-news/number-on-canadians-on-ei-rose-1-2-in-july-to-552000/ Thu, 18 Sep 2025 15:24:47 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=520541 EI beneficiary numbers climbed 13.2% between December 2024 and July

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]]> Job vacancies down 12.7% year over year https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/industry-news/job-vacancies-down-12-7-year-over-year/ Tue, 16 Sep 2025 17:59:55 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=520309 Average hourly wage offered for vacant positions was up by 4.5%

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]]> U.S. jobless claims rise to 263,000, highest in 4 years https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/research-and-markets/u-s-jobless-claims-rise-to-263000-highest-in-4-years/ Thu, 11 Sep 2025 13:54:57 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=519855 Higher than expected number, other data, signal cooling labour market

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