Job prospects Senior Industrial Relations Officer in Northwest Territories

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Job opportunities in Northwest Territories

These outlooks were updated on December 11, 2024.

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be limited for Human resources professionals (NOC 11200) in Northwest Territories for the 2024-2026 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment decline will lead to the loss of some positions.
• Not many positions will become available due to retirements.
• There are a small number of unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.

• Human resources professionals are employed across nearly all industries in the Northwest Territories.
• Job opportunities in this occupation are closely linked to the overall health of the territory's economy.
• Digital transformation initiatives, including the availability of online services, artificial intelligence, and the automation of back-office processes may temper job growth and change some job functions.

Here are some key facts about Human resources professionals in Northwest Territories:

• Approximately 100 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
• Human resources professionals mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Public Administration and Defence (NAICS 91): 72%
  • Other Commercial Services (NAICS 54-56, 81): 10%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 92% compared to 88% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 8% compared to 12% for all occupations
• 71% of human resources professionals work all year, while 28% work only part of the year, compared to 71% and 28% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 46 weeks compared to 44 weeks for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 24% compared to 52% for all occupations
  • Women: 76% compared to 48% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: 7% compared to 17% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 22% compared to 26% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: n/a
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 7% compared to 18% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 33% compared to 17% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: 22% compared to 9% for all occupations

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