In spite of ongoing layoff concerns, Canada’s best job opportunities remain in the tech sector according to this year’s Canada LinkedIn Jobs on the Rise list.
The list - which uses data to compile the nation's 20 fastest-growing job titles over the past five years - found that e-commerce roles such as growth marketing managers, product operations managers, cannabis dispensary technicians, technical program managers and user experience writers ranked as most in-demand for 2023.
This comes in spite of a series of high-profile layoffs in the sector, including the replacement of Vancouver-based company Hootsuite’s CEO Tom Keiser alongside roughly 70 other staff members (source:
BetaKit).
Hootsuite also cut approximately 400 employees - 30 percent of its global workforce - in August, with similar cuts taking place at Microsoft, Clearco and Lightspeed.
Speaking of the list’s findings, LinkedIn news editor Jessy Bains said: “When we hear about layoffs, we often see other tech companies swoop in and hire laid-off employees.
“While we are seeing signs of an economic slowdown, it’s still a historically strong labor market in Canada, with near record low unemployment rates and hiring remaining steady. Shortages [of employees] appear to be broad-based across many industries.”
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