Job prospects Recruitment Specialist in Ontario
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Job opportunities in Ontario
These outlooks were updated on December 11, 2024.
Prospects over the next 3 years
The employment outlook will be limited for Human resources and recruitment officers (NOC 12101) in Ontario for the 2024-2026 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.
What Types of Employers Are Out There?
- Employed in all major industries, but the leading share is in employment services
What are the Main Trends Affecting Employment?
- Employment trends in this occupation generally follow broader economic conditions
- There may be a fair amount of competition for jobs given weaker hiring for this occupation
- Outsourcing to external human resources consultancy firms has become common and made easier by computerized processes, which could also moderate in-house job growth in this occupation in some companies
- In addition to other formal education, a professional designation such as Certified Human Resources Professional (CHRP) is often considered an asset in securing employment.
- Approximately 17,950 people work in this occupation.
- Human resources and recruitment officers mainly work in the following sectors:
- Management and administrative services (NAICS 55, 56): 34%
- Computer systems design services (NAICS 5415): 6%
- Federal government public administration (NAICS 911): 6%
- The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
- Full-time workers: 91% compared to 81% for all occupations
- Part-time workers: 9% compared to 19% for all occupations
- 67% of human resources and recruitment officers work all year, while 33% work only part of the year, compared to 63% and 37% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 43 weeks compared to 43 weeks for all occupations.
- 10% of human resources and recruitment officers are self-employed compared to an average of 15% for all occupations.
- The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
- Men: 31% compared to 52% for all occupations
- Women: 69% compared to 48% for all occupations
- The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
- no high school diploma: less than 5% compared to 9% for all occupations
- high school diploma or equivalent: 14% compared to 25% for all occupations
- apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: less than 5% compared to 8% for all occupations
- college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 24% compared to 22% for all occupations
- bachelor's degree: 43% compared to 24% for all occupations
- university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: 15% compared to 13% for all occupations
What Skills Do I Need to Succeed?
Here are some key facts about Human resources and recruitment officers in Ontario:
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