Job prospects Clerk, General Office in Alberta
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Job opportunities in Alberta
These outlooks were updated on December 11, 2024.
Prospects over the next 3 years
The employment outlook will be moderate for General office support workers (NOC 14100) in Alberta for the 2024-2026 period.
The following factors contributed to this outlook:
- Employment growth will lead to a few new positions.
- Several positions will become available due to retirements.
- There are a moderate number of unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.
- As general office support workers are employed across all industries, opportunities should be relatively consistent over the forecast period.
Here are some key facts about General office support workers in Alberta:
- Approximately 18,700 people work in this occupation.
- General office support workers mainly work in the following sectors:
- Hospitals (NAICS 622): 26%
- Construction (NAICS 23): 8%
- Other retail stores (NAICS 44-45, except 445): 6%
- Ambulatory health care services (NAICS 621): 5%
- The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
- Full-time workers: 71% compared to 80% for all occupations
- Part-time workers: 28% compared to 20% for all occupations
- 64% of general office support workers work all year, while 36% work only part of the year, compared to 61% and 39% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 42 weeks compared to 42 weeks for all occupations.
- 7% of general office support workers are self-employed compared to an average of 15% for all occupations.
- The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
- Men: 13% compared to 53% for all occupations
- Women: 87% compared to 47% for all occupations
- The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
- no high school diploma: 9% compared to 10% for all occupations
- high school diploma or equivalent: 35% compared to 28% for all occupations
- apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 15% compared to 13% for all occupations
- college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 23% compared to 19% for all occupations
- bachelor's degree: 14% compared to 21% for all occupations
- university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: less than 5% compared to 9% for all occupations
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