Job prospects Human Resources Assistant in Québec

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Job opportunities in Québec

These outlooks were updated on December 11, 2024.

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be very limited for Personnel clerks (NOC 14102) in Quebec for the 2024-2026 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment decline will lead to the loss of some positions.
• Not many positions will become available due to retirements.
• There are a moderate number of unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.

Here are some key facts about Personnel clerks in Quebec:

• Approximately 3,750 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
• Personnel clerks mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Federal government public administration (NAICS 911): 21%
  • Other retail stores (NAICS 44-45, except 445): 7%
  • Hospitals (NAICS 622): 5%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 89% compared to 82% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 11% compared to 18% for all occupations
• 74% of personnel clerks work all year, while 26% work only part of the year, compared to 62% and 38% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 46 weeks compared to 43 weeks for all occupations.
• Less than 5% of personnel clerks are self-employed compared to an average of 12% for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 25% compared to 52% for all occupations
  • Women: 75% compared to 48% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: less than 5% compared to 12% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 20% compared to 19% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 15% compared to 19% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 35% compared to 22% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 20% compared to 17% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: 6% compared to 11% for all occupations

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