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Executive Assistants

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  • Job description
  • Hourly wage
  • Job prospects for 2021-2025
  • Sectors of activity
  • Training and requirements
  • Main skills and characteristics
  • Personality profiles (RIASEC)
  • Additional information

Job description

These individuals coordinate administrative procedures and activities related to public relations, research, and analysis. They work for:

  • Parliament members
  • Ministers
  • Deputy ministers
  • Officers
  • Executives
  • Committees
  • Boards of Directors

Environment

  • Controlled ambient temperature

Main tasks

  • Establish and coordinate administrative policies and procedures.
  • Analyze memoranda, briefs, and reports received and to be sent.
  • Prepare and present presentations and reports.
  • Schedule committee and board meetings.
  • Conduct research and compile data.
  • Meet with individuals or groups on behalf of management, committees, and boards of directors.
  • Liaise between senior managers of departments or companies and other organizations or associations.

Hourly wage

The hourly wage is calculated by averaging wages from 2019 to 2021.
Minimum
$20.60
Median
$28.21
Maximum
$43.96

Job prospects for 2021-2025

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Job prospects for 2021-2025

Job prospects

All of Québec

Non available
Limited
Good
Very good
Very good

All of Québec

Non available
Limited
Good
Very good
Non available

Total jobs for 2020

All of Québec

12,000

All of Québec

na

Gender distribution

All of Québec

Not available.
90.9% Female
9.1% Male

Not available.
  • 90.9% Female
  • 9.1% Male

Job types

All of Québec

Not available.
Full time
Part time

Not available.
  • Full time
  • Part time

Yearly wage on 2015

All of Québec

$55,000

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

Not available.
  1. Public Administration
    NAICS 91
    23% of jobs
  2. Educational Services
    NAICS 61
    10% of jobs
  3. Other Services (except Public Administration)
    NAICS 81
    8% of jobs
  4. Health Care
    NAICS 621, 622, 623
    7% of jobs
  5. Finance
    NAICS 521, 522, 523, 526
    6% of jobs
  6. Others
    46% of jobs

All of Québec

Not available.
  1. Public Administration
    NAICS 91
    23% of jobs
  2. Educational Services
    NAICS 61
    10% of jobs
  3. Other Services (except Public Administration)
    NAICS 81
    8% of jobs
  4. Health Care
    NAICS 621, 622, 623
    7% of jobs
  5. Finance
    NAICS 521, 522, 523, 526
    6% of jobs
  6. Others
    46% of jobs

Training and requirements

Formation

Most training programs are offered in French only.

Secondary

DVS in secretarial Studies This hyperlink will open in a new window.
Code : 5857

Placement rate: 69.6%

11.5% of graduates pursue further studies

More on graduates’ employment situation
DVS in secrétariat This hyperlink will open in a new window.
Code : 5357

Placement rate: 84.1%

8% of graduates pursue further studies

More on graduates’ employment situation

College

DCS in administration générale (Programme expérimental) This hyperlink will open in a new window.
Code : 410E0
DCS in office System Technology This hyperlink will open in a new window.
Code : 412A0
DCS in office System Technology (Micropublishing and Hypermedia) This hyperlink will open in a new window.
Code : 412AB

Placement rate: 67.7%

20% of graduates pursue further studies

More on graduates’ employment situation
DCS in office System Technology (Office Work Coordination) This hyperlink will open in a new window.
Code : 412AA

Placement rate: 85.7%

10.7% of graduates pursue further studies

More on graduates’ employment situation

Sometimes required

  • A Bachelor's degree in Public Administration, Political Science, or related discipline may be required.
  • Experience in a related administrative position is usually required.

Main skills and characteristics

Skills

  • Data collection
  • Reading comprehension
  • Active listening
  • Information processing
  • Oral expression
  • Written expression
  • Service oriented
  • Coordination
  • Time management
  • Critical thought
  • Social perception
  • Active learning
  • Result evaluation
  • Judgment and decision-making
  • Negotiation
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Abilities

  • Written comprehension
  • Oral comprehension
  • Written expression
  • Verbal skills
  • Speech recognition
  • Speech clarity
  • Near vision
  • Information organization
  • Awareness of issues
  • Classification
  • Deductive reasoning
  • Perception speed
  • Selective attention
  • Idea generation
  • Originality
  • Inductive reasoning
  • Processing flexibility
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Knowledge and attributes

  • Capacity to develop and maintain business relations
  • Capacity to establish and maintain interpersonal relations
  • Focussed on results
  • Political sense
  • Spoken and written bilingualism (French and English)
  • Sense of initiative
  • Capacity to be discrete
  • Friendliness
  • Assiduity and punctuality
  • Knowledge of office work

Interests

  • Draft, communicate, and inform
  • Work with numbers
  • Work in an office

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.
Additional information

Note about CNP

Occupational information is provided based on the National Occupational Classification (NOC) 2016. The 5-digit code of the NOC 2021 is shown in parentheses for information purposes only for occupations that correspond to those of NOC 2016.

Official name of the NOC 1222 (12100)

Executive assistants

Job titles

  • Executive assistant
  • Legislative assistant
  • Parliamentary assistant
  • Corporate secretary
  • Ministerial assistant
  • Special assistant
  • Medical information assistant
  • Constituency aid
  • Committee clerk
  • Parliamentary committee clerk
More Less job titles

Skill type

Business, finance and administration

Related occupations

  • Administrative assistants
  • Administrative officers
  • Conference and event planners

See also

  • Glossary (PDF 229 Kb)
  • Québec emploi This hyperlink will open in a new window.

Last update: December 22, 2022

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