LinkedIn reveals the 20 most promising jobs in Canada for 2017
Feb 15 2017, 9:56 pm
Potential for career advancement, job growth, and salary.
Those are the three major criteria LinkedIn, the world’s largest professional networking site, used to determine the most promising jobs in Canada for 2017.
The data used to compile the list includes information drawn from the member profiles of more than 12 million Canadians. And since Forbes recently released the best employers in Canada for 2017, you might want to take your ambition to the next level by trying to combine these two lists to find the perfect job.
Of course, you might also want to update your LinkedIn profile before you start applying.
Here are the 20 most promising jobs in Canada for 2017:
| Job | Median Base Salary |
Job Openings | Career Advancement Score (out of 10) |
Top Skills |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Registered Nurse | $80,200 | 1,500+ | 4.0 | Basic Life Support, Patient Safety, Advanced Cardiac Life Support, Critical Care, Healthcare |
| 2. Business Development Manager | $77,000 | 250+ | 8.0 | Sales Management, Account Management, Business Strategy, Negotiation, Marketing |
| 3. Project Manager | $84,000 | 2,000+ | 6.0 | Project Planning, Project Estimation, Contract Management, Value Engineering, Construction Management |
| 4. Marketing Manager | $73,500 | 500+ | 8.0 | Social Media Marketing, Market Research, Advertising, Email Marketing, Brand Management |
| 5. Sales Manager | $77,800 | 1,000+ | 6.0 | Negotiation, Account Management, Sales, B2B, Sales Operations, Business Development |
| 6. Financial Analyst | $64,000 | 300+ | 9.0 | Accounting, Microsoft Excel, Financial Modeling, Variance Analysis, Forecasting |
| 7. Tax Manager | $91,000 | 100+ | 8.0 | Corporate Tax, Tax Research, Tax Accounting, International Tax, Tax Advisory |
| 8. Business Analyst | $70,000 | 500+ | 8.0 | Requirements Analysis, Business Requirements, Software Development Life Cycle, User Acceptance Testing, Visio |
| 9. Pharmacist | $100,000 | 300+ | 4.0 | Medication Therapy Management, Community Pharmacy, Patient Counselling, Pharmacy Automation, Clinical Pharmacy |
| 10. Inside Sales Representative | $49,100 | 300+ | 10.0 | Account Management, Sales, Salesforce.com, Customer Services, Sales Management |
| 11. Product Manager | $82,000 | 150+ | 8.0 | Product Management, Product Marketing, Product Development, Product Launch, Competitive Analysis |
| 12. Frontend Developer | $60,000 | 300+ | 8.0 | CSS, jQuery, HMTL5, JavaScript, SASS |
| 13. Solutions Architect | $100,000 | 150+ | 6.0 | Solutions Architecture, Enterprise Architecture, Service-oriented Architecture (SoA), Integration, Cloud Computing |
| 14. Software Engineer | $73,000 | 500+ | 5.0 | JavaScript, C++, SQL, HTML, Linux |
| 15. Financial Manager | $84,000 | 100+ | 8.0 | Financial Reporting, Financial Analysis, Accounting, Managerial Finance, Internal controls |
| 16. Quality Assurance Analyst | $59,300 | 200+ | 8.0 | Requirement Analysis, Requirement Gathering, Visio, Software Development Life Cycle, Software Documentation |
| 17. System Engineer | $86,500 | 100+ | 6.0 | Windows Server, VMware, Active Directory, Virtualization, Linux |
| 18. Human Resources Business Partner | $80,000 | 50+ | 10.0 | Performance Management, Employee Relations, Employee Engagement, Recruiting, HR Policies |
| 19. Business System Analyst | $75,000 | 100+ | 8.0 | Business Requirements, Requirement Gathering, Business Requirements, Visio, User Acceptance Testing |
| 20. Financial Services Manager | $52,000 | 100+ | 10.0 | Financial Analysis, Financial Services, Banking, Finance, Financial Reporting, Risk Management |
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