Human Resources Hiring Trends 2023

Human Resources Professionals in Highest Demand

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Training and Development Specialists 36%
Training and Development Managers 30%
Payroll Specialists 26%
HR Managers25%
Compensation and Benefits Specialists22%
HR Assistants18%

The ranking of roles is based on proprietary analysis of more than 186,000 positions posted on more than 300 independent job boards and company websites across Canada over the previous two quarters. Percentages reflect quarter-over-quarter growth.

Human Resources Managers Are Hiring — and Challenges Continue

January-June 2023

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Hiring for new roles

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Hiring for vacated roles

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Facing challenges finding skilled talent

Demand for Contract Workers Increases

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of HR managers plan to hire more contract professionals in the first half of 2023 (a 23% increase from July-December 2022).

Top areas where managers plan to add contract professionals:

Human resources
Recruitment
Training and development

Majority of HR Professionals Want Remote Work

Types of jobs these professionals are interested in pursuing:

A fully remote position: 60 per cent
A hybrid position: 49 per cent
A fully in-office position: 21 per cent

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of human resources professionals are looking or plan to look for a new job in the first half of the year.

Current Unemployment Rates

2.4%

Training and development managers

2.6%

Compensation and benefits administrators and analysts

3.0%

Training and development specialists

Labour Unemployment Numbers — December 2022, Statistics Canada, Jan. 6, 2023.

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Data Sources:

*Robert Half calculations are based on job postings provided by TalentNeuron™, a comprehensive source of global labor market analytics by Gartner®. GARTNER and TALENTNEURON are registered trademarks and service marks of Gartner, Inc. and/or its affiliates in Canada and internationally and is used herein with permission. All rights reserved.

Labour Force Summary — April 2023, Statistics Canada, May 5, 2023

Labour Unemployment Numbers — April 2023, Statistics Canada, May 5, 2023

Online surveys were developed by Robert Half and conducted by independent research firms. Respondents included executives, senior managers and employees from small (20-249 employees), medium (250-499 employees) and large (500+ employees) businesses in private, publicly listed and public sector organizations across Canada.