Job prospects Human Resources Officer in Newfoundland and Labrador

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Job opportunities in Newfoundland and Labrador

These outlooks were updated on November 29, 2023.

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be moderate for Human resources and recruitment officers (NOC 12101) in Newfoundland and Labrador for the 2023-2025 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment growth will lead to a few new positions.
• Not many positions will become available due to retirements.
• There are a moderate number of unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.

Jobseekers may benefit from considering consulting style roles, in which HR services are contracted to multiple companies, in addition to more traditional positions in-house with a single employer. Applicants with a less developed skillset may experience some difficulty in finding opportunities.

Here are some key facts about Human resources and recruitment officers in Newfoundland and Labrador:

• Approximately 300 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
• Human resources and recruitment officers mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Hospitals (NAICS 622): 35%
  • Management and administrative services (NAICS 55, 56): 15%
  • Provincial and territorial public administration (NAICS 912): 11%
  • Federal government public administration (NAICS 911): 10%
  • Oil and gas extraction (NAICS 211): 6%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 89% compared to 83% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 11% compared to 17% for all occupations
• 72% of human resources and recruitment officers work all year, while 28% work only part of the year, compared to 56% and 43% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 46 weeks compared to 40 weeks for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 19% compared to 51% for all occupations
  • Women: 81% compared to 49% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: less than 5% compared to 11% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 13% compared to 27% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: less than 5% compared to 17% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 41% compared to 23% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 34% compared to 14% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: 6% compared to 7% for all occupations

Breakdown by region

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