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An LMIC Report

Keeping Up With the Labour Market: How Career Development Professionals Use LMI  

 

Career development professionals (CDPs) put labour market information (LMI) into practice every day. What can their experience tell us?

To understand how CDPs view and use LMI in Canada, LMIC partnered with the Canadian Career Development Foundation to survey over 200 CDPs. This report details those findings. 

What you'll learn:

  • How and in which contexts CDPs use LMI
  • What information and sources CDPs rely on
  • What challenges CDPs face while accessing LMI
  • What labour market issues affect CDP clients

Why this report matters

What does the experience of CDPs have to do with the rest of the labour market?

CDPs have a front row view of the labour market and act as a critical link between LMI and the people who rely on it. Their experience provides valuable insight into how LMI is actually used in practice. 

This report helps you understand:

What makes LMI useful in the everyday

What gaps remain in LMI

How AI affects the use of LMI

In this report, you'll learn exactly what CDPs and their clients, including jobseekers and newcomers, need from the LMI ecosystem. 

About LMIC Reports

LMIC research reports provide in-depth and evidence-based analysis on key labour market issues. They bring together data, methods, and perspectives to explore complex questions and support policy and system-level decisions. 

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