Recruitment Specialist

The employment outlook will be Very limited for human resources and recruitment officers (NOC 12101) in Ontario for the 2025-2027 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment is expected to remain relatively stable.
• Not many positions will become available due to retirements.
• There are several unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.

What Types of Employers Are Out There?

• Employed in all major industries, but the leading share is in employment services

What are the Main Trends Affecting Employment?

• There may be a fair amount of competition for jobs given weaker hiring activities by employers due to economic uncertainty
• Outsourcing to external human resources consultancy firms has become common and made easier by computerized processes, which could also moderate in-house job growth in this occupation in some companies

What Skills Do I Need to Succeed?

• In addition to other formal education, a professional designation such as Certified Human Resources Professional (CHRP) is often considered an asset in securing employment.

Here are some key facts about human resources and recruitment officers in Ontario:

• Approximately 20,500 people work in this occupation.
• Human resources and recruitment officers mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Management and administrative services (NAICS 55, 56): 33%
  • Computer systems design services (NAICS 5415): 7%
  • Federal government public administration (NAICS 911): 6%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 91% compared to 81% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 9% compared to 19% for all occupations
• 67% of human resources and recruitment officers work all year, while 33% work only part of the year, compared to 63% and 37% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 43 weeks compared to 43 weeks for all occupations.
• 10% of human resources and recruitment officers are self-employed compared to an average of 15% for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 31% compared to 52% for all occupations
  • Women: 69% compared to 48% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: less than 5% compared to 9% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 14% compared to 25% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: less than 5% compared to 8% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 24% compared to 22% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 43% compared to 24% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: 15% compared to 13% for all occupations