Employment Outlook

The employment outlook will be moderate for Post-secondary teaching and research assistants (41201) in Prince Edward Island for the 2022-2024 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment growth will lead to a moderate number of new positions.
• Not many positions will become available due to retirements.
• There are a small number of unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.
• High employee turnover in this occupation could lead to additional employment opportunities.

Labour needs will stem primarily from positions vacated by teaching and research assistants at the post-secondary level who complete their studies and move on to other occupations. This underlines the high turnover in this occupation.

Job opportunities will be accessible essentially to students who have a bachelor’s degree and who are enrolled in a master’s or doctoral program in a relevant field of specialization. Candidates are selected on the basis of their academic results and their communication skills.

Here are some key facts about Post-secondary teaching and research assistants in Prince Edward Island:

• Approximately 300 people work in this occupation.
• Post-secondary teaching and research assistants mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Universities (NAICS 6113): 92%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 74% compared to 84% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 26% compared to 16% for all occupations
• 41% of post-secondary teaching and research assistants work all year, while 59% 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 37 weeks compared to 41 weeks for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 42% compared to 51% for all occupations
  • Women: 57% 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: 25% compared to 28% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: n/a
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor’s: less than 5% compared to 25% for all occupations
  • bachelor’s degree: 40% compared to 17% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: 31% compared to 8% for all occupation

Source: Job Bank

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