Labour Market Information

Manufacturers face challenges vital to competitiveness in recruiting, retaining and developing a skilled workforce. Manufacturers, like many sectors in Canada, are currently being challenged by an aging workforce, limited entry into some skilled-related occupations, increasing educational requirements in many traditional occupations, and the appearance of many new occupations as technology creates new modes of working.

ManufacturingGPS Partnership Opportunity

It can be difficult finding the information you need to understand and support local manufacturing organizations and labour mobility. In order to support with this task, ManufacturingGPS welcomes the opportunity to partner with community organizations and manufacturing stakeholders to promote and disseminate Labour Market Information (LMI).

GPS Partnership Program includes, but not limited to :

  • Free access to the Evergreen ManufacturingGPS Labour Market Information and HR Benchmarking Tools;
  • Promote LMI survey and data collection implementation within partner’s networks and communities;
  • Participation in survey design and/or consultations and data collection implementation;
  • Provide direct feedback to assist in further developing the tool; and in turn increasing the value of the tool for yourself and manufacturers

Sample list of ManufacturingGPS Partners:

  • Business Council of Canada
  • City of Mississauga
  • Colleges & Institutes Canada (CICan)
  • County of Grey
  • Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
  • Government of Canada - Immigrant, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
  • Government of New Brunswick - Post-Secondary Education, Training and Labour - Fredericton
  • Government of Saskatchewan
  • Labour Market Information Council
  • Magnet, Ryerson University
  • Municipality of Chatham-Kent
  • Ontario East Economic Development Commission
  • Township of Langley
  • Workforce Planning Board of Waterloo Wellington Dufferin

Please contact Lisa Steudle, Project Administrator at lsteudle@emccanada.org to discuss ManufacturingGPS partnership opportunities.

ManufacturingGPS: The next generation of LMI system

All manufacturers need sound, timely and relevant information on which to make these important business decisions. Now more than ever, industry needs to understand what skills they will require to meet their shifting business objectives. Postsecondary institutions, too, need to predict what curricula and subsequent skills their graduates require in order to transition into the workforce, and government needs to understand what they can do to support labour mobility, sub-sectors in need, and how to support sub-sectors ready to grow.

ManufacturingGPS is offering Labour Market Intelligence (LMI) to:

  • Be accurate with up-to-date to reflect changing environment;
  • Be relevant with customizable reporting; and
  • Be sound by including both supply and demand​