How is the Vancouver job front doing since the recession?

I have been planning to live and work there for a good while now before the recent global recession began to been planning I hoped to live work there for a year possibly longer, so now I am wondering whats happening over there on the job front since this dark recession, I am in the UK and the jobs have been hit very hard Over here just like America, How is it for Vancouver and the rest of Canada? I was over in Vancouver last December- January 2008 and the jobs there were plentiful, how so now?

There are still jobs available but it's definately slowing down and becoming much more competitive. There are still much work in the service industry but it's generally minimum wage to start ($8/hr). BC has one of the lowest minimum wages in Canada especially when you compare it to the cost of living.There is a lot of contract/casual work for higher pay available but of course, that isn't stable nor long term. Keep in mind when finding work, that the 'living' wage in Metro Vancouver is $16.74/hr (over double our minimum wage) (From the Vancouver Province). So getting a job may be easy, but being able to afford rent, food, utilities, transportation, etc may not come so easily. This is why many people I know end up having to take 2 or more jobs to make ends meet.

Although most jobs are slowing down, many tourist attractions are hiring many employees in preparation for the Olympics. Speaking a foreign language is very helpful for getting a job in Whistler Village.

Vancouver has been hit very hard. When the US catches a cold, Canada gets the flu. Canada always has higher unemployment on average than the USA.