Economy: Labour: Canada follows Norway, leads Germany, UK and 14 other countries in re-employment optimism
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Statistically speaking, Canadians are more optimistic about their possiblities of re=employment should they lose a job. Roma Luciw reports in Globe and Mail, Toronto, on a survey of workers in 18 countries regarding re-employment chances:
Canadians are increasingly upbeat on their job prospects according to a poll that found more than half believe they could find a similar job with a comparable salary if they were handed a pink slip. ...North America > Canada
The poll by Toronto-based Right Management found that the number of Canadian workers who feel it is somewhat or very possible they could be laid off from their jobs in the coming year edged higher to 18.2 per cent from 17.5 per cent last May.
A third of Canadian employees said it would be “somewhat easy” or “very easy” to find another job for the same pay, up from 26.5 per cent in May. Fewer employees — 19.5 per cent compared with 27.5 per cent in May — said it would be “very difficult” for an unemployed worker to find similar work. But 44.2 per cent said it would be “somewhat difficult” to find work, up from 41.6 per cent.
Canadian workers are “more concerned about future economic conditions, so there was a slight increase in the number who feel they may lose their jobs in the coming year,” said Bram Lowsky, the senior vice president and general manager of Right Management in Canada. “Employees are also more concerned about future economic conditions, so there was a slight increase in the number who feel they may lose their jobs in the coming year.”
In the 18 countries surveyed, Norway's workers were at the top of the heap in re-employment optimism; while German employees were near the bottom. ... The United Kingdom stats registered its workfroce as the most pessimistic of all. "In addition, 30.4 per cent of all workers in the UK felt they might lose their jobs within the next 12 months, up from 21.2 per cent."
They survey, called the Right Management Career Confidence Index, found the Canadian results to be the h+est in four years."
In my opinion, the last year with the scandal-ridden mendacious previous Liberal govt out of office at last, followed by the steady-as-you-go quality of the new minority Conservative govt's economic policies, has added to the RMCCI standing of Canada's workers. From the settlement of the forestry trade-policy to the fearless arrest of the scofftax move of Big Corporations into Income Trusts, the Conservatives have showed they sincerely search for equitable solutions, altho special interests line up against both achievements.
-- Owlb
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