Job prospects Chief Risk Officer (CRO) - Financial, Communications And Other Business Services in Nova Scotia

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Job opportunities in Nova Scotia

These outlooks were updated on December 11, 2024.

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be moderate for Senior managers - financial, communications and other business services (NOC 00012) in Nova Scotia for the 2024-2026 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment growth will lead to a moderate number of new positions.
• Several 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 Senior managers - financial, communications and other business services in Nova Scotia:

• Approximately 550 people work in this occupation.
• Senior managers - financial, communications and other business services mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Construction (NAICS 23): 9%
  • Religious, grant-making, civic, and professional and similar organizations (NAICS 813): 9%
  • Computer systems design services (NAICS 5415): 7%
  • Monetary Authorities - central bank and securities, commodity contracts and other intermediation and related activities (NAICS 521, 522, 523): 6%
  • Other professional, scientific and technical services (NAICS 5414, 5416-5419): 5%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 90% compared to 82% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 10% compared to 18% for all occupations
• 83% of senior managers - financial, communications and other business services work all year, while 17% 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 49 weeks compared to 42 weeks for all occupations.
• 37% of senior managers - financial, communications and other business services are self-employed compared to an average of 11% for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 66% compared to 51% for all occupations
  • Women: 34% compared to 49% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: less than 5% compared to 10% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 12% compared to 27% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 5% compared to 12% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 13% compared to 22% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 43% compared to 20% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: 26% compared to 10% for all occupations

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