Unemployment levels in British Columbia went down significantly between February and March following more than a year and a half of little job growth, according to Statistics Canada.
The province saw its labour force increase by 18,000 between those two months, pushing the unemployment rate down to 5.8% from 6.4%.
The data, released April 4, showed national unemployment levels dropped from 7% in February to 6.9% in March.
Tara Talbot, vice-president of human resources at Workopolis, said her company's job-search website has seen Alberta and Saskatchewan overshadow British Columbia in terms of postings the last few months.
But recently, the company has witnessed a trend of far more B.C. job postings for positions in forestry, health care, education and white-collar professions.
"The positive thing there is they're mostly full-time," Talbot said.
Overall, B.C. added 10,000 full-time jobs and 8,000 part-time positions across the province.
Although the unemployment level dropped, Talbot said there have been declines in certain sectors.
"When we also look at the roles we may have thought have always been very prominent in B.C., we see some of them shrinking," she said, noting job postings in tourism and travel have gone down.
Talbot added there are also fewer postings in B.C. for security guards, paralegals and jobs in the mining sector.
