Human Resources and Recruitment Officers
Job description
These individuals identify and advertise vacancies and recruit candidates. They are also responsible for the selection and assignment of staff.
Environment
- Controlled ambient temperature
Main tasks
- Identify and post job openings, collect and review applications, and interview candidates.
- Recruit graduates from various educational institutions.
- Serve on selection committees and coordinate their activities.
- Inform candidates of selection results and write job offers.
- Inform managers and employees about staffing policies and procedures and services (e.g. employee assistance).
- Ensure staff training.
- Organize and administer staff consultation and grievance procedures.
- Negotiate to resolve conflicts.
- Coordinate employment termination.
Advancement and mobility
- Experience leads to specialist or managerial positions.
Hourly wage
The hourly wage is calculated by averaging wages from 2022 to 2024.- Minimum
- $23.08
- Median
- $31.79
- Maximum
- $51.00
Job prospects for 2024-2028
Job prospects for 2024-2028
Job prospects
All of Québec
All of Québec
Total jobs for 2023
All of Québec
All of Québec
Gender distribution
All of Québec
- 74.3% Female
- 25.7% Male
- 74.3% Female
- 25.7% Male
Job types
All of Québec
- Full time
- Part time
- Full time
- Part time
Yearly wage on 2020
All of Québec
All of Québec
Other characteristics
All of Québec
- Non traditional for men
- None
All of Québec
- Non traditional for men
- None
Sectors of activity
All of Québec
-
NAICS 55, 5619% of jobs
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NAICS 9116% of jobs
-
NAICS 621, 622, 62312% of jobs
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NAICS 615% of jobs
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NAICS 5416, 54175% of jobs
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Others43% of jobs
All of Québec
-
NAICS 55, 5619% of jobs
-
NAICS 9116% of jobs
-
NAICS 621, 622, 62312% of jobs
-
NAICS 615% of jobs
-
NAICS 5416, 54175% of jobs
-
Others43% of jobs
Training and requirements
Formation
Most training programs are offered in French only.
College
ACS in agent en support à la gestion des ressources humaines
Placement rate: 84.1%
5.3% of graduates pursue further studies
University
Business administration
Bachelor’s degree
Placement rate: 84.1%
12.1% of graduates pursue further studies
Master’s degree
Placement rate: 92%
3.1% of graduates pursue further studies
- HEC Montréal
- Bishop's University
- Concordia University
- Université de Sherbrooke
- Université du Québec à Chicoutimi
- Université du Québec en Outaouais
- Université du Québec à Montréal
- Université du Québec à Rimouski
- Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
- Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue
- Université Laval
- McGill University
- TÉLUQ
Guidance counselling or educational and vocational information
Bachelor’s degree
Placement rate: 65.5%
30.5% of graduates pursue further studies
Master’s degree
Placement rate: 95.2%
Industrial relations
Bachelor’s degree
Placement rate: 87%
10.5% of graduates pursue further studies
Master’s degree
Placement rate: 97.4%
2.6% of graduates pursue further studies
Psychology
Bachelor’s degree
Placement rate: 35.3%
60.2% of graduates pursue further studies
Master’s degree
Placement rate: 23.3%
69.8% of graduates pursue further studies
Sometimes required
- Professional development in personnel management may be required.
- Experience in an administrative or clerical position related to administration may be required.
Main skills and characteristics
Skills
- Data collection
- Active listening
- Oral expression
- Reading comprehension
- Critical thought
- Information processing
- Written expression
- Coordination
- Judgment and decision-making
- Social perception
- Active learning
- Result evaluation
- Time management
- Human resource management
- Service oriented
- Solving complex problems
Abilities
- Written comprehension
- Oral comprehension
- Verbal skills
- Written expression
- Deductive reasoning
- Speech recognition
- Speech clarity
- Awareness of issues
- Near vision
- Information organization
- Classification
- Inductive reasoning
Knowledge and attributes
- Capacity to establish and maintain interpersonal relations
- Critical thinking
- Focussed on results
- Knowledge of personnel and human resource management
- Autonomy
- Capacity to work in a team
- Capacity to network
- Sense of initiative
- Knowledge of office work
- Sense of equity
Interests
- Draft, communicate, and inform
- Work in an office
- Assist and advise
Personality profiles (RIASEC)
- Enterprising
- People with this profile prefer having responsibilities, influencing others and responding to challenges.
- Social
- People with this profile prefer to be in contact with others, in particular to entertain, help or teach them.
- Investigative
- People with this profile prefer relying on theoretical knowledge before acting. They like observation, analysis and problem solving.
Official name of the NOC 12101
Human resources and recruitment officers
Job titles
- Recruiting officer
- Placement officer - human resources
- Human resources officer
- Staffing adviser
- Personnel management adviser
- Recruitment assistant
- Personnel administrator
- Assistant personnel officer
- Senior staffing officer
- Staffing officer
- Student placement officer
- Personnel recruitment officer
- Personnel selection officer
- Personnel officer
- Staffing analyst
- Head-hunter
- Labour force consultant
- Personnel adviser
- Recruitment consultant
- Staffing coordinator
- Interviewer - human resources
- Employment interviewer
- Personnel interviewer
- Recruiter - employment
- Executive recruiter
- Recruitment specialist
- Employment supervisor
- Personnel supervisor
- Human resources technician
Skill type
Business, finance and administration
Last update: January 29, 2026