Job prospects Business Consultant 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 Professional occupations in business management consulting (NOC 11201) 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.

Employment growth will be driven primarily by the expansion of professional, scientific and technical services.

The constant need to increase productivity in a context of global competition, the development of innovative management approaches, increased quality requirements and the frequent use of subcontracting should support occupations in this group. 

To deal with the labour shortage, companies are likely to redefine jobs and review job descriptions and the roles and responsibilities of each employee. The large number of retirements that remain unfilled require work reorganization, which may create jobs in this occupation.

Here are some key facts about Professional occupations in business management consulting in Quebec:

• Approximately 23,350 people work in this occupation.
• Professional occupations in business management consulting mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Other professional, scientific and technical services (NAICS 5414, 5416-5419): 21%
  • Finance, insurance, real estate and leasing (NAICS 52, 53): 16%
  • Computer systems design services (NAICS 5415): 8%
  • Provincial and territorial public administration (NAICS 912): 6%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 88% compared to 82% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 12% compared to 18% for all occupations
• 70% of professional occupations in business management consulting work all year, while 30% 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 45 weeks compared to 43 weeks for all occupations.
• 24% of professional occupations in business management consulting are self-employed compared to an average of 12% for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 53% compared to 52% for all occupations
  • Women: 47% 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: 7% compared to 19% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: less than 5% compared to 19% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 18% compared to 22% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 34% compared to 17% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: 35% compared to 11% for all occupations

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