Job prospects Office Assistant in Northwest Territories

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Job opportunities in Northwest Territories

These outlooks were updated on November 29, 2023.

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be limited for General office support workers (NOC 14100) in Northwest Territories for the 2023-2025 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment decline will lead to the loss of some positions.
• A moderate number of positions will become available due to retirements.
• There are a moderate number of unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.

Many sectors employ general office support workers in Northwest Territories such as finance, insurance, real estate and rental leasing, and other commercial services. The demand for this occupation is closely tied to the overall health of the territory’s economy, which is expected to grow moderately for the next few yearss.

Here are some key facts about General office support workers in Northwest Territories:

• Approximately 300 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
• General office support workers mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Public Administration and Defence (NAICS 91): 44%
  • Health care and social services (NAICS 62): 16%
  • Wholesale and Retail Trade (NAICS 41, 44-45): 11%
  • Finance, insurance and Real estate and rental and leasing (NAICS 52-53): 5%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 84% compared to 88% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 16% compared to 12% for all occupations
• 61% of general office support workers work all year, while 39% work only part of the year, compared to 71% and 28% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 42 weeks compared to 44 weeks for all occupations.
• Less than 5% of general office support workers are self-employed compared to an average of 7% for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 15% compared to 52% for all occupations
  • Women: 85% compared to 48% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: 18% compared to 17% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 38% compared to 26% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 11% compared to 12% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 22% compared to 18% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 9% compared to 17% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: less than 5% compared to 9% for all occupations

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