The State of Private Sector Electronic Labour Exchange Services in Canada

Andrew Sharpe () and Alexander Murray ()

No 2011-01, CSLS Research Reports from Centre for the Study of Living Standards

Abstract: This report has two aims. The first is to provide a descriptive overview of the services offered by private sector electronic labour exchanges (ELEs) in Canada. The second is to assess those services in terms of their likely effects on labour market matching, their accessibility, and the degree to which they satisfy the needs of all Canadian jobseekers and employers. The report finds that there is a robust private sector in ELE services in Canada. The private sector provides a broader range of services than the main public sector alternative, Job Bank. However, there are key areas in which the private sector does not deliver adequate services. The public sector, through Job bank, can take the lead in providing specialized job-search services tailored toward groups with unique labour market needs.

Keywords: labour market matching; electronic labour exchange services; private sector; public sector (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J20 J64 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011-02
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