Job prospects Staffing Adviser in British Columbia

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Job opportunities in British Columbia

These outlooks were updated on November 29, 2023.

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be moderate for Human resources and recruitment officers (NOC 12101) in British Columbia for the 2023-2025 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment growth will lead to a moderate number of new positions.
• Not many positions will become available due to retirements.
• There are a moderate number of unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.

Here are some key facts about Human resources and recruitment officers in British Columbia:

• Approximately 3,850 people work in this occupation.
• Human resources and recruitment officers mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Management and administrative services (NAICS 55, 56): 26%
  • Hospitals (NAICS 622): 11%
  • Computer systems design services (NAICS 5415): 7%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 92% compared to 78% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 8% compared to 22% for all occupations
• 71% of human resources and recruitment officers work all year, while 28% 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 44 weeks compared to 42 weeks for all occupations.
• 11% of human resources and recruitment officers are self-employed compared to an average of 17% for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 28% compared to 52% for all occupations
  • Women: 71% compared to 48% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: less than 5% compared to 8% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 17% compared to 28% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 6% compared to 13% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 19% compared to 17% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 44% compared to 22% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: 12% compared to 12% for all occupations

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Labour market conditions over the next 10 years

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