Survey of Job Opportunities, March 1981 [Canada]

The objective of the Survey of Job Opportunities is to identify "discouraged seekers" and profile their characteristics. More specifically, the survey's purpose is to collect information on persons who are currently not employed and have not been actively looking for work in the past four weeks. <br> In may parts of Canada, potential workers have a detailed knowledge of the annual hiring patterns of employers, and employers rely on the participation patterns of the work force. In these situations there is little, if any, job search activity by potential workers and minimal recruitment activity by emploeyrs. Since potential employers know the approximate dates, much of the hiring activity takes place by direct contact between employee and emploeyr <br> Since 1979 Statistics Canada has conducted an annual survey, sponsored by Employment and Immigration Canada, to consider and evaluate this theory. The survey is conducted in March of each year, and asks questions about job opportunities from the previous calendar year. The questionnaire has remained largely unchaged resulting in a wealth of data covering 14 years.

就业机会调查（Survey of Job Opportunities）的核心目标是识别气馁求职者（discouraged seekers）并刻画其特征。具体而言，本次调查旨在收集当前未就业且过去四周未主动求职的人群相关信息。<br>在加拿大许多地区，潜在劳动者对雇主的年度招聘规律有着充分了解，而雇主也依赖劳动力的参与模式。在此类场景下，潜在劳动者的求职活动即便存在也寥寥无几，雇主的招聘活动同样寥寥。由于潜在雇主知晓大致的招聘时段，多数招聘活动均通过雇主与求职者的直接接洽完成。<br>自1979年起，加拿大统计局（Statistics Canada）便在加拿大就业与移民部（Employment and Immigration Canada）的资助下开展年度调查，以对该理论进行探讨与评估。本次调查于每年3月开展，问卷内容围绕上一历年的就业机会设置。问卷整体未做大幅调整，由此积累了覆盖14年的丰富数据集。