CALGARY - Calgary is one of the best regions in the country for job seekers, but not the best, says job search engine Adzuna.ca.

In its latest report, “Where are all the jobs?”, the search engine compares the number of job listings to that of jobseekers in each of the largest metropolitan census areas in the country.

Grande Prairie is the best city in the country to find a job with 1.38 job seekers per vacancy. The other top 10 cities with the ratio of job seekers per vacancy were: Red Deer, 1.77; Edmonton, 2.15; Calgary, 2.31; Lethbridge, 2.91; Halifax, 3.18; Saskatoon, 3.24; Regina, 3.27; Winnipeg, 3.61; and Toronto, 4.09.

The report said the highest average annual salary for jobs in the past six months is in Calgary at $62,081.

Sales and Accounting/Finance were the top two hiring sectors with 15,826 jobs currently advertised across the country.

“As the Canadian economy continues to grow, we will see the competition for jobs decrease in the coming months. Typically, rates of pay should also improve in times of recovery, and we have seen a two per cent increase in the average salaries offered in January, compared to those offered in August,” said Gabriel Puliatti, Country Manager Canada, for Adzuna.

Adzuna.ca is a search engine for classified ads used by over a million visitors a month.

Job seekers can find the report at http://www.adzuna.ca/blog/2014/02/17/where-are-all-the-jobs-feb2014/

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