LMIC SEB Talk

LABOUR MARKET INFORMATION COUNCIL
CONSEIL DE L’INFORMATION SUR LE MARCHÉ DU TRAVAIL
Employment and Social Development Canada, Skills
and Employment Branch
10 May 2019
Steven Tobin | Tony Bonen | Behnoush Amery | Emna Braham
SEB Talk
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1 Who we are
2 Understand the LMI Canadians want
3 Promote best practices in LMI
4 Local, granular LMI
5 Explore the labour market outcomes of Canadians
6 The changing nature of the world of work
7 Sharing LMI
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WHAT WE HEARD
Having a better
understanding of my
career choices
helped me decide
what was the best
training for me to
take.
More robust labour
market information will
provide policy makers
such as myself with
added insights to
design more
contemporary labour
market policies.
I decided to
open my
business here
because I knew I
could find
skilled
employees. Expanded labour
market information
and insights will
provide me with
additional tools to
counsel students
about the important
choices they make.
Who we are:
Our Mandate: To improve the timeliness, reliability and accessibility of labour market
information to facilitate decision-making by employers, workers, job seekers, academics,
policy makers, educators, career practitioners, students, parents and under-represented
populations.
Establishing LMIC: LMIC is a not-for-profit corporation established by the Forum of Labour
Market Ministers (FLMM) to provide the autonomy and the flexibility to undertake its
mandate
Governance:
LMIC’s Board of Directors is composed of 15 senior government officials representing each
province and territory as well as the federal government (ESDC) and Statistics Canada.
The NSAP, comprised of non-government stakeholders possessing substantial knowledge
and expertise provides advice on the overall activities of the LMIC, including identifying
specific priorities on an annual basis.
The Experts Panel provides expertise and advice on labour market information policy,
practice and methods to address the needs of the LMIC.
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WHAT WE DO
COLLECT ANALYZE DISTRIBUTE
Strategic Goals:
Guided by our founding mandate, vision and mission we have developed three key
strategic goals to focus our efforts over the next three years as we establish a vibrant
organization:
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Goals Projects
Collect
Gather and improve the
availability of relevant labour
market information to
Canadians
• Taking stock of existing LMI
• Report assessing progress in closing LMI gaps
• 9 surveys on understanding LMI needs of
Canadians
• NEET-focused survey
• Qualitative research on 1st-year students
• Job postings and Skills from Vicinity Jobs
Analyze
Undertake insightful and high-
quality analyses of labour
market information
• Future of Work Annotated Bibliography (evergreen)
• Labour market outcome indicators in ELMLP data
• Skills-to-NOC mapping
• Modelling approaches for local, granular data
• PSE graduate earnings trajectories using ELMLP
Distribute
Provide Canadians with timely,
relevant and reliable labour
market information and
insights in an effective
manner.
• Social media presence (follow us!)
• Establishing our selves as thought leaders
• Close collaboration with provinces and territories
• Online Labour Encyclopedia (OLE!)
• LMIC Data Hub

1 Who we are
7 Sharing LMI
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USING, FINDING & UNDERSTANDING LMI
Students and unemployed wrestle to find LMI
% of respondents experiencing difficulties in finding LMI
Unemployed struggle to understand LMI
% of respondents experiencing difficulties understanding LMI
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
Employed Persons with disabilities Parents Recent Immigrants Students Unemployed Graduates
Graduates among the largest LMI users
% of respondents using LMI
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70%
Students
Unemployed
Recent graduates
Persons with disabilities
Parents
Recent immigrants
Employed
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60%
Unemployed
Recent Immigrants
Graduates
Persons with disabilities
Students
Parents
Employed
Public Opinion Research:
In 2018, LMIC launched a major public opinion research project to better understand the
diverse labour market information (LMI) needs of Canadians. In total, over a period of
several months, more than 20,000 individuals and organizations from nine user groups
were surveyed.
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THE CHALLENGES THEY FACE
Data, when
found, is not
meeting the
needs of
Canadians
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THE LMI CANADIANS NEED
Wages and
skills
are the most
commonly
identified
LMI need
For more information:
A series of LMI Insights summarizing initial results of the survey are available on our
website. The LMI Interactive Dashboard include findings from from all individual
respondents (employed, unemployed, people with disabilities, recent immigrants, recent
graduates, students, parents) [Available here: https://lmic-cimt.ca/public-opinion-research-
project/]
Future Development:
Additional results on these groups as well as on employers and career practitioners coming
soon on LMIC website.
We are also digging deeper to understand the specific needs of target groups of Canadians
selected in collaboration with our stakeholders. We are conducting a short quantitative
survey on youth (16-29) Not in Education, Employment or Training (NEET) and a qualitative
online immersive research on 1st year post-secondary education students. Results will be
published in the upcoming months.
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7 Sharing LMI
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PROMOTE BEST PRACTICES IN LMI
Data quality
guidelines for
producers
Online Labour
Encyclopedia to
navigate concepts
and data sources
Common language
on labour shortages,
skills shortages and
skills mismatch
Defining and
observing skills
Promote best practices in LMI
Data quality guidelines for producers
After consultation with the former sector councils, LMIC has imitated the development of
guidelines to provide Labour Market Information (LMI) producers with support in developing
good quality information for their users. The guidelines will cover the entire LMI production
process, from collection to analysis and distribution. Consultation with federal, provincial
and territorial stakeholders have been initiated [coming soon on LMIC website]
Online Labour Encyclopedia to navigate concepts and data sources
OLE will provide users with throughout definitions of key labour market concepts and a map
to navigate available data in Canada. Each entry you will include three sections: definitions
and measures, applications and data [coming soon on LMIC website]
Common language on labour shortages, skills shortages and skills mismatch:
Building on the existing literature and consultation with stakeholders, the LMI Insight issue
n3 clarify the distinction between labour shortages, skills shortages and skills mismatch.
[available here: https://lmic-cimt.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/LMI-Insights-No-3-v2.pdf,
new publication on skills shortages definitions and measures coming soon]
Defining and observing skills
Developing a pan-Canadian mapping that links skills to occupations is an important step
towards improving our understanding of the changing nature of jobs. In collaboration with
ESDC and Statistics Canada, options are explored on developing and maintaining a
mapping between the recently developed Skills and Competency Taxonomy of
Employment and Social Development Canada and the National Occupational Classification
(NOC) system [Concept Paper coming soon]
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7 Sharing LMI
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Local Granular LMI
LG: Supply Side
• Small area estimation (SAE) models
• Piloting application to assess feasibility
LG: Demand Side
• Job posting data mapped to 4-digit NOC
• Dashboard of in-demand jobs and skills
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1 Who we are
7 Sharing LMI
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ELMLP, A NEW DATA PLATFORM
Education and Labour Market Longitudinal Platform
(ELMLP)
• Postsecondary Student Information System (PSIS)
• Registered Apprenticeship Information System (RAIS)
• T1 Family File (T1FF)
Projects in collaboration with EPRI
• Report 1: Earning trajectories of PSE graduates by
educational credentials
• Report 2: Earning trajectories of PSE graduates by fields of
study
• Report 3: Earning trajectories of apprentices by type of
apprenticeship
What is ELMLP
ELMLP is a linkage platform in which separate data files can be merged by researchers
with an anonymized master key. For more information see LMIC’s Insight:
https://lmic-cimt.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/LMI-Insights-No.-4.pdf
LMIC projects
LMIC is collaborating with Education Policy Research Institute (EPRI) to produce three
reports on the current datasets of ELMLP.
In the first report, we use the PSIS and T1FF datasets for all Canadian provinces and
territories to identify graduate cohorts who completed and received their credentials from
post-secondary institutions and follow them through the years after graduation from 2010 to
2016. The earnings level, growth, and distribution are analyzed for five cohorts (graduates
from calendar years 2010 through 2014). We compare outcomes across demographic
variables such as age, gender, and occupational information such as industry of current
employment. Graduates are classified according to seven education credentials:
apprenticeship program certificate, college certificates, college diploma, bachelor’s degree,
professional degree, master’s degree, and Ph.D.
In the second report, we present the same descriptive analysis but broken down by 11
fields of study based on the Classifications of Instructional Programs (CIP).
In the third report, we use the RAIS data linked to the T1FF files across all Canadian
provinces and territories to follow the earnings trajectories of all individuals trained in a
federally registered program from 2008 to 2016. Earnings levels, growth, and cross-
sectional distributions are analyzed for seven cohorts of trainees (2008-2014) on an annual
basis starting with their first full year of earnings following their completion date.
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7 Sharing LMI
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FUTURE OF WORK
Version 2.2
released April
Theme Canada-focused reports
International
reports
FoW Drivers
Technological Change (Automation, AI, etc.) 57% 85%
Demographic Change (e.g., aging) 53% 33%
Climate Change 3% 18%
Type of Analysis
Multiple scenarios 3% 30%
Skills-specific projections 10% 26%
Level of Analysis
National-level forecasts 53%
Provincial-level forecasts 23%
Sub-provincial-level forecasts 7%
Total Number of Reports 30 27
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7 Sharing LMI
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Use cases
LMIC
Skill
demands
Job
outlooks
Salaries
by field
of study
Cost of
living
New Data + RestructuringLMI Sources and delivery
Statistics
Canada (RDC,
LFS, Census,
etc.)
F/P/T (admin
data,
occupational
outlook, etc.)
Private
sources
(vacancy data,
etc.)
Other, e.g.
international
Understand
and refine
needs for
each use
case
Map LMI
Delivery
system of
use case
Identify
and
collaborate
to close
LMI gaps
Intermediary 1
Intermediary 2
LMI Delivery system
SHARING LMI
An LMI Data Hub for Intermediaries
LMIC is developing a database to deliver labour market data to organizations providing
career support services. These include career counselors and employment support
services at universities and colleges, industry groups, etc.
The ultimate objective is to maintain a database of reliable labour market information (LMI)
that is available in a format and structure that would allow third-parties to easily extract data
(e.g., through an API call) that feeds into an end-user tool such as a mobile app or website.
Along with the database, LMIC will develop and provide capacity building content to
promote best practices in communicating LMI.
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PUBLICATIONS TO DATE
FOW
Future of Work Annotated Bibliography 2.0 Link
INSIGHT
LMI Insights 1 - Taking Stock of Past Labour Market Information Assessments Link
LMI Insights 2 - The Future of Work in Canada: Bridging the Gap Link
LMI Insights 3 - What’s in a Name? Labour Shortages, Skills Shortages, and
Skills Mismatches
Link
LMI Insights 4 - Exploring Data to Assess Labour Market Outcomes of Post-
Secondary Students and Apprentices
Link
LMI Insights 5 - Is it Difficult to Find Information That Helps Career-Related
Decisions?
Link
LMI Insights 6 - Easily Understood LMI is Essential for Making Informed Career
Decisions
Link
NEWSLETTER
Newsletter – July - Helping Canadians navigate the #futureofwork Link
Newsletter – August - Making sense of the future: new plans and products from
LMIC
Link
Newsletter – September - Bridging the gap in labour market insights Link
Newsletter – October - Providing insights on key labour market challenges Link
Newsletter – Nov/Dec - How Data is Changing the Labour Market Information
Landscape
Link
WEB
Main Results: LMI Interactive Dashboard Link
LMICBLOGS
We need to better understand how the world of work is changing Link
Evidence-based policy making is a collaborative endeavour Link
Openness and transparency: Cornerstones of good governance Link
Nothing is more difficult to predict than the future Link
Making sense of the future of work in Canada Link
Introducing LMIC’s first Operational Plan Link
Mind the Gap: Taking Stock of Canada’s LMI System Link
Bridging the knowledge gap in the future of work: A Canadian perspective Link
LMI and you Link
What’s in a name, or three? Link
Hidden biases and mindful data Link
LMI and Microdata Linkages Link
ELM L.P. Has Dropped Link
Not Your Average “Future of Work” Event Link
Career Development Practitioners: Vital Partners in Labour Market Information
Link
The future of work – at LMIC Link
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QUESTIONS?
…
For any additional information, visit our website (https://lmic-cimt.ca/) or contact us:
• Steven Tobin: steven.tobin@lmic-cimt.ca
• Tony Bonen: tony.bonen@lmic-cimt.ca
• Behnoush Amery: behnoush.amery@lmic-cimt.ca
• Emna Braham: emna.braham@lmic-cimt.ca
Sign up to our newsletter, follow us on Twitter (@LMIC_eng) and LinkedIn
(https://www.linkedin.com/company/lmic-cimt/)
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