Job prospects Human Resources Officer in Nova Scotia

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Job opportunities in Nova Scotia

These outlooks were updated on December 11, 2024.

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be moderate for Human resources and recruitment officers (NOC 12101) in Nova Scotia 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 small number of unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.

Some companies have been increasing the resources dedicated to attracting and retaining talent, which has boosted the demand for some HR and recruitment roles in recent years. Even so, prospects vary considerably by region within the province. Jobseekers may benefit from being willing to move to communities where conditions are more competitive, and positions are more numerous.

Jobseekers may benefit from considering consulting style roles, in which HR services are contracted to multiple companies, in addition to more traditional positions in-house with a single employer. In more rural areas, in-house positions are often concentrated among larger health care and manufacturing employers.

Registering with the CPHR (Chartered Professionals in Human Resources) and getting an HR designation are not required but are assets. Applicants with a less developed skillset may experience some difficulty in finding opportunities.

Here are some key facts about Human resources and recruitment officers in Nova Scotia:

• Approximately 700 people work in this occupation.
• Human resources and recruitment officers mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Other management and administrative services (NAICS 55, 56 except 5614 and 5617): 20%
  • Hospitals (NAICS 622): 10%
  • Federal government public administration (NAICS 911): 10%
  • Nursing and residential care facilities (NAICS 623): 7%
  • Social assistance (NAICS 624): 6%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 92% compared to 82% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 8% compared to 18% for all occupations
• 75% of human resources and recruitment officers work all year, while 25% 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 46 weeks compared to 42 weeks for all occupations.
• Less than 5% of human resources and recruitment officers are self-employed compared to an average of 11% for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 34% compared to 51% for all occupations
  • Women: 66% compared to 49% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: less than 5% compared to 10% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 16% compared to 27% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 7% compared to 12% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 25% compared to 22% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 42% compared to 20% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: 8% compared to 10% for all occupations

Breakdown by region

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