Job prospects Placement Officer - Human Resources near Charlottetown (PE)

Explore current and future job prospects for people working as "Human resources and recruitment officers" near Charlottetown (PE) or across Canada.

Current and future job prospects

The recent trends from the past 3 years were updated on July 25, 2025. The job outlooks over the next 3 years were updated on December 10, 2025.

Recent trends from the past 3 years

Labour shortage

Over the past few years (2022-2024), there was a labour shortage for Human resources and recruitment officers near Charlottetown (PE). There were more job openings than workers available to fill them in this occupation.

Source Labour Market Information | Recent Trends Methodology

Job outlook over the next 3 years

Moderate

The employment outlook will be Moderate for human resources and recruitment officers (NOC 12101) in Prince Edward Island 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 a small number of unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.

Here are some key facts about human resources and recruitment officers in Prince Edward Island:

  • Approximately 250 people work in this occupation.
  • Human resources and recruitment officers mainly work in the following sectors:
    • Federal government public administration (NAICS 911): 56%
    • Management and administrative services (NAICS 55, 56): 26%
    • Provincial and territorial public administration (NAICS 912): 12%
    • Local, municipal, regional, aboriginal and other public administration (NAICS 913-919): 6%
  • The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
    • Full-time workers: 90% compared to 84% for all occupations
    • Part-time workers: 10% compared to 16% for all occupations
  • 71% of human resources and recruitment officers work all year, while 28% work only part of the year, compared to 59% and 41% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 44 weeks compared to 41 weeks for all occupations.
  • The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
    • Men: 19% compared to 51% for all occupations
    • Women: 81% compared to 49% for all occupations
  • The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
    • no high school diploma: n/a
    • high school diploma or equivalent: 8% compared to 28% for all occupations
    • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: n/a
    • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 38% compared to 25% for all occupations
    • bachelor's degree: 28% compared to 17% for all occupations
    • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: 13% compared to 8% for all occupations

Source Labour Market Information | Prospects Methodology

Labour market conditions over the next 10 years

Find out what will be the job prospects for Human resources and recruitment officers across Canada over the next 10 years, from 2022 to 2031.

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