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Profile of Canadian Environmental Employment
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Download the full report for free at
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IN THIS PRESENTATION
1. Understand the composition of professionals in the environmental workforce
2. Learn human resource strategies for recruiting, retaining and engaging staff
3. Discover future labour market needs, challenges and opportunities
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Defining Environmental Employment
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environmental employment1: employed individuals who spend 50% or more of their work time on activities associated with environmental protection, resource management, or environmental sustainability
2: individuals employed to conductwork in one or more of the threesubsectors defined by theECO Canada 2010 NationalOccupational StandardsModel (right), within one or more industries
3: employment in new emerging areasincluding Alternative/Renewable Energy& Eco-efficiency and Carbon & ClimateChange Mitigation
Defi ning Environmental Employment
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Profile of Environmental Employment
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Employment Fast Facts
There are 682,000 environmental professionals in Canada.
2,000,000+Canadian workers conduct some environmental activities.
318,000 environmental employers are found in Canada.
91% of environmental employees are multi-disciplinary*
*involved in activities in more than one NOS category
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40% of professionals are skilled in Environmental Health & Safety
28% of professionals are skilled in Waste Management
20% of professionals are skilled in Site Assessment & Reclamation
19% of professionals are skilled in Communications & Public Awareness
11% of professionals are skilled in Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting
7% of professionals are skilled in Construction
6% of professionals are skilled in Administration & support
5% of professionals are skilled in Professional, Scientific & Technical
Professional Skills Breakdown
Top Occupational Areas Top Industries
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Comparing Demographic Distributions
Environmental workers are
• more highly educated, • of a similar age distribution, and • are under-represented by women and aboriginals
when compared to the rest of the Canadian workforce.
* within the past 5 years
Demographic Group Environmental Workforce Total Canadian Workforce
Women 40% 45%
Aboriginals 2.5% 2.8%
<30 years of age 24% -
>55 years of age 14% -
Bachelor degree or higher 36% 22%
Recent immigrant* 5.5% -
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Recruiting Environmental Employees
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Effectiveness of Recruitment Methods
Environmental employers consider internal recruiting to
be the most effective recruitment method.
Other effective methods include referrals, Co-op programs, on-campus recruiting, & online job banks.
Effective but less commonly used• Co-op programs• On-campus recruitment
Effective & commonly used• Internal recruitment• Referrals• Online job banks
Less effective & less commonly used• Acquire another company• Recruitment Agency• Newspapers
Less effective but commonly used• Posting on corporate websites
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Reputation, Brand, & Compensation are the top 3 factors influencing recruiting success.
Factors in Effective Recruiting
Use of diverse recruitment techniques
Effective HR department
Speed of hiring process
Clearly explained recruiting processes
Use of existing employee network
Competitiveness of wage & benefits package
Strong corporate brand
Reputation as an employer of choice
31%
38%
40%
42%
46%
52%
52%
64%
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Employee Turnover
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Reasons for Employee Turnover
2X as many employers have lost workers due to retention issues than due to downsizing during the recession.
Causes of employee turnover from survey responses:
Retirement of employee
8%
Downsizing of workforce
19%
Worker fired for poor performance
26%
Employee found better benefits, salary or career opportunities elsewhere
42%
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Survey results indicate that many employers face retention problems that can be addressed through HR policies.
Top Retention Issues
Better benefits at another company
Better work life balance at another company
Higher salary at another company
Better opportunities for career advancement at
another company
13% 14%23% 25%
25%of retention issues stem from the perception that there are better opportunities for career advancement with other companies.
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Employee Engagement
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*Employee Engagement definitions by Towers Watson, New York
2/3 of environmental employees are engaged workers.
Level of Employee Engagement
Engaged Employees
• Fully understand roles/responsibilities
• Give full effort• Highly motivated• Bring passion &
energy to their work
Enrolled Employees
• Fully understand roles /responsibilities
• Give some effort• Lower levels of
motivation, passion & energy in work
Disenchanted Employees
• Lower level understanding of roles/responsibilities
• Low level of emotional connection with work
Disengaged Employees
• Rationally & emotionally disconnected from work
• Not motivated & poorer performing
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Employee Engagement Strategies
Rewards for performance
The challenge of greater
responsibility & variety of tasks
Team building activities
Professional development opportunities
Corporate goals
Successful strategies for highly engaged employees:
Overall, employee engagement can best be increased through
high leverage engagement strategies.
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Employee Engagement Strategies
Less successful engagement strategies for all employees:
Ownership options
Retention training for managers
Opportunity for career
advancement
Unexpected rewards
Successful strategies for all employees:
Better benefits
Strong HR department
policies
Management feedback tools
Strong leadership from
management
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Hiring during Economic Downturn
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Hiring during Economic Downturn
Even during the economic downturn of 2008, nearly 40% of environmental employers have hired or attempted to hire environmental employees.
1/3 of employers who were hiring experienced difficulties finding workers, mainly due to lack of appropriate job skills.
12%
27%61%
Experiencing difficulties filling vacant positions (during economic downturn)
No difficulties filling vacant positions (during economic downturn)
No vacant positions in the past 12 months
Difficulty experienced in hiring:
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Future Hiring Expectations
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Canadian Employment Trends
61% of employers did not have vacant positions during the economic downturn.
Nearly 1/2 of environmental employers plan to
hire workers over the next 2 years.
The future of Canadian Environmental Employment is bright.
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The Impact of Retirement
100,000 retirement vacancies will be created over the next decade.
Environmental education
Waste management
Water quality
Retirement will create job opportunities in:
Research & development
Environmental health & safety
Site assessment & reclamation
14% of the environmental workforce will reach retirement age.
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Future Environmental Skills & Jobs
High demand skills:
1) Green construction
2) Manufacturing
3) Agricultural sectors
High demand jobs:
1) Environmental engineer
2) Engineering technologist
3) Operations manager, project manager
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Global Employment Trends
53% 46% 44% 40% 39% 37%
% of employees with a Bachelor Degree or higher
High levels of education will be needed in high growth areas.
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1) Strong global growth across the sector
2) Increased career opportunities in high- growth sectors of the industry
3) Worker transferability between multiple disciplines, industries & environmental sectors
4) Continuous learning through an evolving & changing sector
5) Rising employment opportunities as baby boomers retire
Future of the Environmental Workforce
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