Job prospects Secretary-clerk in Québec

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Job opportunities in Québec

These outlooks were updated on November 29, 2023.

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be good for Administrative assistants (NOC 13110) in Quebec for the 2023-2025 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 moderate number of unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.

This occupation is found in every industry.

The administrative support community is also experiencing labour shortages. Employee turnover is high, and succession is not sufficient to meet the labour market demand.

The pandemic has hastened company transitions to digitizing their business and implementing telework. This occupational group can expect a growing number of organizations to adopt flexible work arrangements, including permanent telework or hybrid arrangements. The need to coordinate work teams in a virtual environment will therefore remain important.

Since bilingualism is essential for companies that want to increase business opportunities both nationally and internationally, candidates who are proficient in both official languages are highly sought after.

While the employment outlook for this occupation is good at the provincial level, it will be moderate in five regions.

Here are some key facts about Administrative assistants in Quebec:

• Approximately 79,050 people work in this occupation.
• Administrative assistants mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Finance, insurance, real estate and leasing (NAICS 52, 53): 12%
  • Construction (NAICS 23): 9%
  • Elementary and secondary schools (NAICS 6111): 7%
  • Ambulatory health care services (NAICS 621): 6%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 82% compared to 82% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 18% compared to 18% for all occupations
• 64% of administrative assistants work all year, while 36% 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 44 weeks compared to 43 weeks for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: less than 5% compared to 52% for all occupations
  • Women: more than 95% compared to 48% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: 5% compared to 12% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 24% compared to 19% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 27% compared to 19% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 30% compared to 22% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 11% compared to 17% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: less than 5% compared to 11% for all occupations

Breakdown by region

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Source Labour Market Information | Prospects Methodology

Labour market conditions over the next 10 years

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