Job prospects Classification Specialist in Québec

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Job opportunities in Québec

These outlooks were updated on November 29, 2023.

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be moderate for Human resources professionals (NOC 11200) in Quebec for the 2023-2025 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment growth will lead to a moderate number of new positions.
• A moderate number of positions will become available due to retirements.
• There are a small number of unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.

Prospects for this occupation may increase as companies seek to improve their efficiency. However, less favourable employment forecasts in the public sector could adversely affect this occupational group and mitigate job growth in this occupation.

Increased worker mobility, workflow and labour productivity requirements, job retention and training are creating new positions for these workers.

The continued implementation of telework with hybrid or full-time arrangements still requires remote employee recruitment and management. In addition, many private and public organizations are expanding their initiatives to support the mental health of their employees, which creates a greater need for these professionals.

The renewal of several large collective agreements in both the public and private sectors will have a positive impact on this occupational group.

The aging population is also contributing to the demand for this occupation by increasing the number of employees who need to be replaced and reducing the available pool of qualified workers.

While the employment outlook is moderate at the provincial level, it will be good or very good in nine regions.

Here are some key facts about Human resources professionals in Quebec:

• Approximately 37,600 people work in this occupation.
• Human resources professionals mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Federal government public administration (NAICS 911): 14%
  • Finance, insurance, real estate and leasing (NAICS 52, 53): 13%
  • Provincial and territorial public administration (NAICS 912): 8%
  • Religious, grant-making, civic, and professional and similar organizations (NAICS 813): 7%
  • Other professional, scientific and technical services (NAICS 5414, 5416-5419): 7%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 93% compared to 82% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 7% compared to 18% for all occupations
• 79% of human resources professionals work all year, while 21% 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 47 weeks compared to 43 weeks for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 27% compared to 52% for all occupations
  • Women: 73% 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: 6% compared to 19% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 5% compared to 19% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 18% compared to 22% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 47% compared to 17% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: 22% compared to 11% for all occupations

Breakdown by region

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Labour market conditions over the next 10 years

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