EMPLOYMENT

Part-time work
keeps growing

PART-TIME work is the fastest
growing form of employment in
the metropolitan area and is a ma-
jor element in under-employment,
according to a report produced by
the Greater Vancouver Regional
District’s (GYRD) Development
Services Department.

The report says part-time work
now represents about 20 per cent
of all employment compared to
about 14 per cent five years ago.

Part-time work is concentrated
in the service and trade industries
and has an over-representation of
women and young workers.

Typical of service and trade in-
dustry jobs are sales clerks and
restaurant services.

Under-employment is shown by
the number of part-time workers
who would rather have a full-time
job. Prior to the start of the
general economic downturn about
five years ago only 14 per cent of
part-time workers wanted full-time
jobs.

Today that figure is closer to 35

CANADA FAVILION is faun-
ching an innovative program to
assist its employees in finding new
employment after Expo 86.

A catalogue of human resources
has been prepared by the pavilion’s
personnel division and is being cir-
culated to more than 5,500 private
and —-tvlic companies in the Lower
Maiailend area.

The catalogue consists of mini-
resumes which sketch individual
career objectives, professional
qualifications, job-related training
and experience and educational
achievements.

The program involves manage-
ment, hosting and visitor services
personnel, technical and ad-
ministrative support staff.

More than half of the 625 pavil-
ion empioyees are participating in
the placement program.

Deputy Commissioner General
John Powles, a veteran of six other
world expositions and Canada's
representative to the Bureau of In-
ternational Expositions, said the
program is a first.

“The idea has been talked about
before, but this is the first time
I’ve seen it implemented,’* Powles
said.

“Our people have demou strated
an exceptional level of perfor-
mance in the pressure filled en-
vironment of a world exposition. |
recommend that potential
employers take a close look at their
skills and qualifications.”

Employers wishing more infor-
mation on the placement program
should contact the Canada Pavil-
ion Personnel Division at 666-
2000.

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per cent though it has been declin-
ing as the employment picture im-
proves,

Who makes up the part-time
work force in Greater Vancouver?
More than 70 per cent of the jobs
are held by women, according to
the GVRD report. It found that a
significant number are in the 15 to
24 age group, which has been par-
ticularly affected by the decline in
full-time jobs.

Eighty per cent of ail part-time
employment in British Columbia is
in two industries, services, 55 per
cent and trade, 25 per cent. One
quarter of all jobs in these in-
dustries are part-time compared to
only 7 per cent in other industries,
the report states.

The report is one in a series of
information bulletins produced by
the GVRD Development Services
Department on issues concerning
trends affecting the metropolitan
area's economy and _ general
development.

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