Jobs

Ranking of industries and occupations

The ranking below identifies the three largest industries from each county of the London Economic Region by the number of people employed. The ranking of occupations within industries explores the three dominating occupations within each of the largest industries.

2016 EmployerOne survey results (presentation | hard-to-fill jobs’ report)

The London Economic Development Corporation (LEDC) in partnership with the Small Business Centre (SBC) will launch multi-phase food and beverage programming to support entrepreneurship in the agri-food sector. For details please read the following press release.

The Government of Canada recently introduced a new career tool on its website, Job Bank. The new search tool is intended to inform young people, parents and career counsellors about the benefits of working in various occupations and help them determine the educational and training needs to pursue quality jobs for these occupations. The Career Tool allows users to explore over 100 fields of study, with data on average pay, employment rates and the types of jobs people have five years after graduation.

Career tool by Government of Canada Job Bank

Entrepreneurial Climate Study by the London Small Business Centre and Academica Group
Labour Market Refresh and Strategic Plan Review by Oxford Workforce Development Partnership (February 2015)
In the Fall of 2014, the Centre for Organizational Effectiveness was retained to review and update the County of Oxford Labour Force Development Strategy (March 2011) as well as review the work of the Oxford Workforce Development Partnership (OWDP) in order to determine the impact of the current strategic priorities and identify changes in trends that would inform the work to be undertaken by Oxford Workforce Development Partnership over the next several years. The document in now available.