What do you want to be when you grow up? If you already know, then pay attention. If you don’t, then pay more attention. Work B.C. published their Labour Market Outlook for 2022. To put it simply, after using their magic calculator, the government has listed the top 60 jobs which will be in high demand within seven years from now.
It is estimated that one million jobs will be opening up in British Columbia by 2022. The experienced needed vary from a university degree to a simple high school diploma.
As for you, who crawled and clawed through years of post-secondary education for a degree which you struggle to pay for by making non-fat lattes for middle aged women at Starbucks, you’re in luck! 41 out of the 60 jobs (almost 70 per cent) require a university degree, college education or apprenticeship training. It’ll mostly be out with the old and in with the new. They forecast roughly 68 per cent of job openings will be due the older generations retiring.
The top two jobs, retail salesperson and transport truck drives, merely require a high school degree or less. But only 31 per cent of the upcoming jobs demand the minimal requirement of a high-school diploma or occupation-specific training.
If you are currently having a mid (or early) life crisis and don’t know what to do with your life then scroll down. You have seven years to get ready, educated and fit the requirements for all the opportunities coming your way.
Top 50 Job Openings In 2022
- Retail salespersons
- Transport truck drivers
- Administrative assistants
- Administrative officers
- Carpenters
- General office support workers
- Financial auditors and accountants
- Receptionists
- Accounting technicians and bookkeepers
- Cooks
- Social and community service workers
- Early childhood educators and assistants
- Construction managers
- Heavy equipment operators (except crane)
- Accounting and related clerks
- Food and beverage servers
- Security guards and related security service occupations
- Material handlers
- Electricians (except industrial and power system)
- Restaurant and food service managers
- College and other vocational instructors
- Welders and related machine operators
- Property administrators
- Lawyers
- Steamfitters, pipefitters and sprinkler system installers
- Construction millwrights and industrial mechanics
- University professors and lecturers
- Senior managers – construction, transportation, production and utilities
- Painters and decorators (except interior decorators)
- Home child care providers
- Delivery and courier service drivers
- Heavy-duty equipment mechanics
- Home building and renovation managers
- Professional occupations in business management consulting
- Senior managers – financial, communications and other business services
- Chefs
- Facility operation and maintenance managers
- Plumbers
- Computer programmers and interactive media developers
- Civil engineers
- Professional occupations in advertising, marketing & public relations
- Purchasing agents and officers
- Police officers (except commissioned)
- Program leaders and instructors in recreation, sport and fitness
- Social workers
- Retail sales supervisors
- Residential and commercial installers and servicers
- Contractors and supervisors, heavy equipment operator crews
- Taxi and limousine drivers and chauffeurs
- Executive assistants
- Family, marriage and other related counselors
- Contractors and supervisors, other construction trades, installers, repairers and servicers
- Bakers
- Legal administrative assistants
- Business development officers ,marketing researchers and consultants
- Plasterers, drywall installers and finishers and lathers
- Human resources professionals
- Electrical and electronics engineers
- Mechanical engineers
- Industrial electricians
Written by: Sarine Gulerian
Photos credit: William Ness Photography
