Personnel Clerks
Job description
These individuals compile, maintain, and process information on staffing, training, labour relations, and performance appraisals. They work in personnel departments in the public and private sectors.
Environment
- Controlled ambient temperature
Main tasks
- Process and write documentation related to the activities of the personnel department.
- Maintain and update filing and recording systems.
- Respond to inquiries from staff and public.
- Advertise or post vacancies.
- Participate in the selection and evaluation of candidates and check references.
- Administer and score vocational aptitude tests.
- Assist in the organization of internal and external training.
Advancement and mobility
- Experience leads to supervisory positions.
- Experience and additional training lead to officer positions.
Hourly wage
The hourly wage is calculated by averaging wages from 2022 to 2024.- Minimum
- $21.54
- Median
- $25.96
- Maximum
- $40.00
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% Female
- 26% Male
- 74% Female
- 26% 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 9129% of jobs
-
NAICS 621, 622, 62310% of jobs
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NAICS 44, 458% of jobs
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NAICS 615% of jobs
-
NAICS 55, 564% of jobs
-
Others44% of jobs
All of Québec
-
NAICS 9129% of jobs
-
NAICS 621, 622, 62310% of jobs
-
NAICS 44, 458% of jobs
-
NAICS 615% of jobs
-
NAICS 55, 564% of jobs
-
Others44% of jobs
Training and requirements
Formation
Most training programs are offered in French only.
Secondary
DVS in accounting
Placement rate: 72%
10.3% of graduates pursue further studies
DVS in comptabilité
Placement rate: 80.7%
8.8% of graduates pursue further studies
DVS in secretarial Studies
Placement rate: 69.6%
11.5% of graduates pursue further studies
DVS in secrétariat
Placement rate: 84.1%
8% of graduates pursue further studies
Sometimes required
- A college diploma or courses in Personnel Administration may be required.
- Some clerical experience may be required.
Main skills and characteristics
Skills
- Information processing
- Data collection
- Reading comprehension
- Active listening
- Oral expression
- Written expression
- Result evaluation
- Critical thought
- Social perception
- Time management
- Active learning
- Coordination
- Judgment and decision-making
- Service oriented
- Solving complex problems
Abilities
- Oral comprehension
- Verbal skills
- Written comprehension
- Speech clarity
- Written expression
- Near vision
- Speech recognition
- Awareness of issues
- Information organization
- Deductive reasoning
- Classification
- Inductive reasoning
Knowledge and attributes
- Capacity to establish and maintain interpersonal relations
- Critical thinking
- Sense of responsibility
- Capacity to work in a team
- Rigour
- Attention to detail
- Capacity to be discrete
- Intermediate knowledge of the English language
- Sense of observation
- Knowledge of office work
Interests
- Draft, communicate, and inform
- Work in an office
- Collect, verify, sort, and classify data or information
Personality profiles (RIASEC)
- Conventional
- People with this profile prefer specific, well-defined tasks. They like to respect the order of things and follow established rules.
- Social
- People with this profile prefer to be in contact with others, in particular to entertain, help or teach them.
- Enterprising
- People with this profile prefer having responsibilities, influencing others and responding to challenges.
Official name of the NOC 14102
Personnel clerks
Job titles
- Human resources assistant
- Staffing assistant
- Personnel clerk
- Human resources clerk
- Personnel services clerk
- Classification clerk - human resources
- Staffing clerk
- Training clerk
- Employment clerk
- Labour relations clerk
- Human resources clerk - canadian armed forces
Skill type
Business, finance and administration
Last update: January 29, 2026