Job prospects Technical Assistant - Office Support 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 good for Administrative officers (NOC 13100) in Quebec for the 2024-2026 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

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

This occupation is found in most industry sectors, but a significant portion of employment is concentrated in government services, particularly in hospitals. Growth should be lower than expected at the beginning of the forecast period due to a hiring freeze in Quebec's public service. However, other sectors should continue to hire these workers.  

The administrative support community is still experiencing a labour shortage. Employee turnover is high, and replacement workforce is not enough to meet the labour market demand. Although the Government of Quebec has set up an accelerated training program for hiring support staff in clinical areas who assist nurses with administrative duties, there are still recruitment difficulties. 

The continued digitization of business operations and changes to work modes, such as employees returning on site and flexible working arrangements, will boost demand for this occupational group because the need to coordinate work teams in a virtual environment will remain important. 

Here are some key facts about Administrative officers in Quebec:

• Approximately 59,050 people work in this occupation.
• Administrative officers mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Hospitals (NAICS 622): 28%
  • Provincial and territorial public administration (NAICS 912): 10%
  • Finance, insurance, real estate and leasing (NAICS 52, 53): 8%
  • Federal government public administration (NAICS 911): 6%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 87% compared to 82% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 13% compared to 18% for all occupations
• 75% of administrative officers work all year, while 25% 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 administrative officers are self-employed compared to an average of 12% for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 20% compared to 52% for all occupations
  • Women: 80% 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: 17% compared to 19% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 17% 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: 10% compared to 11% for all occupations

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