Job prospects Specialist, Standards in Yukon

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Job opportunities in Yukon

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 Yukon 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.

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

• Approximately 100 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
• Professional occupations in business management consulting mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Public Administration and Defence (NAICS 91): 45%
  • Other Commercial Services (NAICS 54-56, 81): 36%
  • Health care and social services (NAICS 62): 6%
  • Finance, insurance and Real estate and rental and leasing (NAICS 52-53): 6%
  • Construction (NAICS 23): 6%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 87% compared to 84% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 13% compared to 16% for all occupations
• 67% of professional occupations in business management consulting work all year, while 33% work only part of the year, compared to 65% and 35% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 44 weeks compared to 44 weeks for all occupations.
• 53% of professional occupations in business management consulting are self-employed compared to an average of 14% for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 72% compared to 49% for all occupations
  • Women: 28% compared to 51% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: n/a
  • high school diploma or equivalent: n/a
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 10% compared to 13% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 30% compared to 20% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 10% compared to 19% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: 45% compared to 11% for all occupations

Labour market conditions over the next 10 years

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