Job prospects Housesitter 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 Other service support occupations (NOC 65329) in Quebec for the 2023-2025 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment growth will lead to several new positions.
• Several positions will become available due to retirements.
• There are a moderate number of unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.

Here are some key facts about Other service support occupations in Quebec:

• Approximately 4,550 people work in this occupation.
• Other service support occupations mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Personal and laundry services (NAICS 812): 28%
  • Other retail stores (NAICS 44-45, except 445): 12%
  • Arts, entertainment and recreation (NAICS 71): 12%
  • Finance, insurance, real estate and leasing (NAICS 52, 53): 9%
  • Repair and maintenance (NAICS 811): 7%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 61% compared to 82% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 39% compared to 18% for all occupations
• 37% of other service support occupations work all year, while 63% 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 34 weeks compared to 43 weeks for all occupations.
• 5% of other service support occupations are self-employed compared to an average of 12% for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 66% compared to 52% for all occupations
  • Women: 34% compared to 48% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: 17% compared to 12% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 32% compared to 19% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 20% compared to 19% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 20% compared to 22% 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 11% for all occupations

Breakdown by region

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Labour market conditions over the next 10 years

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