Executive assistants in Côte-Nord

The employment outlook will be Good for executive assistants (NOC 12100) in the Côte-Nord and Nord-du-Québec regions for the 2025-2027 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.

This occupation is found in most industries, but particularly in finance, insurance, public administration and education.

In the last two sectors, there should be low growth at the beginning of the forecast period due to budgetary constraints, which will limit hiring in various levels of government.

However, the digitization of business activities and the change in working methods, such as employees returning in person, flexible work arrangements that increasingly require days in the office and the geographic dispersion of work teams, should benefit this occupational group. The need to coordinate teams in a virtual environment will remain important, which will be an asset for this occupation.

Here are some key facts about executive assistants in the Côte-Nord and Nord-du-Québec regions:

• Approximately 160 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
• Executive assistants mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Ambulatory health care services and hospitals (NAICS 621-622): 31%
  • Construction (NAICS 23): 20%
  • Provincial and territorial public administration (NAICS 912): 15%
  • Local, municipal, regional, aboriginal and other public administration (NAICS 913-919): 14%
  • Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (NAICS 21): 11%