more than 800,000 open jobs in Canada in July, but Toronto-based Jane Di Biase says she can’t get past the interview stage — if that.“It’s been really hard,” says Di Biase, whose last job was as a senior manager for client services.“When (employers) see your photo or your age or your tenure or your education timeframe, I find, like, instantaneously you get an email saying, ‘You have great experience and but we’re going with another candidate.'”Di Biase is 60 and that, she believes, is hobbling her job search.Canada is facing a historical labour shortage.
In the middle of the summer, employers in accommodation and food services alone were trying to fill 132,800 jobs, accounting for the highest job vacancy rate the industry has ever seen.