Job prospects Manager, Employment Equity - Human Resources in New Brunswick

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Job opportunities in New Brunswick

These outlooks were updated on December 11, 2024.

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be moderate for Human resources managers (NOC 10011) in New Brunswick for the 2024-2026 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 moderate number of unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.

• Human resource managers are employed across all industries.
• Familiarity with the Employment Equity Act and other federal/provincial labour laws is generally required.
• Technological advancement, particularly with respect to information management systems, continues to have a major impact on this occupation. Increasingly computerised processes has made managers less reliant on internal human resources personnel and has made it easier to outsource work to independent human resources consultancy firms.
• Accreditations like Certified Human Resources Professional (CHRP) and Certified Human Resources Leader (CHRL) are generally required by employers.
• Knowledge of both French and English will be required in most cases. Due to the social nature of the work, candidates would likely be interacting with people in both official languages.

Here are some key facts about Human resources managers in New Brunswick:

• Approximately 800 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
• Human resources managers mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Federal government public administration (NAICS 911): 13%
  • Other retail stores (NAICS 44-45, except 445): 8%
  • Construction (NAICS 23): 7%
  • Local, municipal, regional, aboriginal and other public administration (NAICS 913-919): 5%
• 85% of human resources managers work all year, while 15% 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 49 weeks compared to 42 weeks for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 33% compared to 52% for all occupations
  • Women: 68% compared to 48% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: less than 5% compared to 11% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 18% compared to 30% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 5% compared to 12% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 30% compared to 23% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 30% compared to 16% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: 17% compared to 7% for all occupations

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