Survey of Job Opportunities, March 1979 [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. 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 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）的目标是识别灰心求职者（discouraged seekers）并刻画其特征。更具体而言，本次调查旨在收集当前未就业且过去四周未积极开展求职活动的人群相关信息。
在加拿大许多地区，潜在劳动者对雇主的年度招聘模式有着详尽了解，而雇主也依赖劳动力的参与规律。在此类情形下，潜在劳动者几乎不会开展求职活动，雇主的招聘行为也极为有限。由于雇主知晓大致的招聘时段，多数招聘活动均通过求职者与雇主的直接对接完成。
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，以对该理论进行研判与评估。
本次调查于每年3月开展，内容涉及上一历年的就业机会相关问题。
问卷内容基本未作调整，由此形成了覆盖14年的丰富数据集。