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National Occupational Classification (NOC)

A system of classifying and coding all occupations in Canada. The NOC is the basis for the organization of occupations in WorkBC.

New job seekers

New workers who are added to the labour market in a region during a certain period. Examples of new job seekers: people who leave the school system and enter the labour market for the first time; migrant workers who move into the region; others looking for work as a result of layoffs elsewhere, cyclical changes in the economy, seasonal changes in labour demand or similar reasons.