Job prospects Specialist, Standards in Nova Scotia

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Job opportunities in Nova Scotia

These outlooks were updated on November 29, 2023.

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be good for Professional occupations in business management consulting (NOC 11201) in Nova Scotia for the 2023-2025 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 small number of unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.

Many professionals enter the consulting business as a form of post-retirement employment, utilizing their years of knowledge and experience. Consulting work can be accommodative to work-life balance, in terms of when and where work can be completed, and allow individuals to work for themselves. Quite often, opportunities arise on a short-term, contract basis. Many employers, including government, have increased their reliance on outside consultants in an effort to lower their dependence on middle-management staff. The amount of job opportunities for consultants is dependent on government spending and economic conditions.

Here are some key facts about Professional occupations in business management consulting in Nova Scotia:

• Approximately 2,400 people work in this occupation.
• Professional occupations in business management consulting mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Other professional, scientific and technical services (NAICS 5414, 5416-5419): 38%
  • Computer systems design services (NAICS 5415): 8%
  • Monetary Authorities - central bank and securities, commodity contracts and other intermediation and related activities (NAICS 521, 522, 523): 5%
• 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 professional occupations in business management consulting 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 42 weeks for all occupations.
• 31% of professional occupations in business management consulting are self-employed compared to an average of 11% for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 47% compared to 51% for all occupations
  • Women: 53% 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: less than 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: 42% compared to 20% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: 28% compared to 10% for all occupations

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Labour market conditions over the next 10 years

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