Job prospects Corporate Secretary in Québec

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Job opportunities in Québec

These outlooks were updated on December 11, 2024.

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be good for Executive assistants (NOC 12100) in Quebec for the 2024-2026 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.

This occupation is found in most industries, but particularly in services. In the medium term, it is expected to benefit from projected growth in the finance, insurance, real estate and leasing, health care and social assistance, teaching services and professional, scientific and technical services industries. 

The administrative support community is still experiencing a labour shortage. Employee turnover is high, and succession is not enough to meet the labour market demand. 

Companies that are transitioning to digitizing their business and the geographic dispersion of work teams should continue to benefit this occupational group. With a growing number of organizations adopting flexible work arrangements, the need to coordinate work teams in a virtual environment will therefore continue to be important, which will help this professional group. 

With bilingualism being essential for companies that want to increase business opportunities both nationally and internationally, there is a high demand for candidates who are fluent in both official languages. 

Here are some key facts about Executive assistants in Quebec:

• Approximately 12,900 people work in this occupation.
• Executive assistants mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Finance, insurance, real estate and leasing (NAICS 52, 53): 13%
  • Federal government public administration (NAICS 911): 11%
  • Provincial and territorial public administration (NAICS 912): 9%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 94% compared to 82% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 6% compared to 18% for all occupations
• 80% of executive assistants work all year, while 20% 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 48 weeks compared to 43 weeks for all occupations.
• Less than 5% of executive assistants are self-employed compared to an average of 12% for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 10% compared to 52% for all occupations
  • Women: 90% compared to 48% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: less than 5% compared to 12% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 14% compared to 19% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 16% compared to 19% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 34% compared to 22% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 21% compared to 17% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: 12% compared to 11% for all occupations

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