Jobs in Vancouver

This article discusses jobs in Vancouver, outlook, and opportunities. Vancouver faces a vibrant employment outlook due to rapid growth, immigration, being home to 2010 Winter Olympics (bringing exposure, tourism, and construction jobs), and being the economic center of a resource-based province when resources are experiencing rapid price inflation.

Vancouver, Strategically Located for Job Growth

Vancouver is home to Canada's largest port, and home to headquarters of forestry and mining industries and is a center for software development, high technology, biotechnology, film and tourism. Some of the major Hollywood productions, including X Files, have been filmed in Vancouver. Vancouver is also home to the Vancouver Stock Exchange (VSE), which provides venture financing for resource-based industries as well as high-tech startups. This in turn leads to a vibrant economic climate now dominated not by old-style manufacturing, but by high growth technology, finance, and service companies.

Demographics

City of Vancouver consists of 600,000 people, while Greater Vancouver has over two million inhabitants. Vancouver is the largest city in British Columbia (BC) and the third largest city in Canada. The city is ethnically diverse, with 52% of city residents speaking a first language that is not English.

Job Outlook

As a result of Vancouver's unique position, jobs in Vancouver have been rotating towards service industries (e.g. commerce, tourism) and away from industrial jobs. In the last ten years, the services sector saw a growth rates faster than other sectors. The service sector consists of business services, restaurants, accommodation, travel agencies and many others. Not all sectors have experienced growth; manufacturing, public services, and utilities have actually seen a reduction in employment. What follows is a description of the two leading industries.

Tourism

Tourism has been, and promises to be, a major source of employment for years to come. Although the high exchange rates versus US Dollars have somewhat dampened tourism, there is still a great deal of interest in Vancouver from US visitors as well as South East Asian visitors. Tourism industry, consisting of hotels, motels, travel and supporting services provide a stable source of jobs, which is expected to dramatically grow with the onset of the Winter Olympics in 2010.

New Media and High Technology

Being located on the West Coast corridor and a short flight away from San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Seattle, Vancouver has experienced a rapid expansion of high technology jobs. Places like trendy Yaletown in Downtown Vancouver are now host to myriad of technology companies. There are more than 800 innovative firms and 15,000 workers located in Canada's largest new media cluster.

In summary, Vancouver is experiencing a growth in jobs fueled by tourism, service industries, resources, high technology and multimedia.

Visit Jobs Vancouver for list of the latest jobs. For agencies and hiring firms, post jobs as Vancouver General Jobs. For technology job postings, refer to IT Jobs, Vancouver Section.

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