Notably, Management Occupations jobs accounted for a 22% share of the Canadian pharma industry new job postings in Q3 2023, down by 34% over the prior quarter.

Management Occupations drive pharma industry hiring activity

Of the industry's total hiring activity, the highest number of new job postings were for Management Occupations, which accounted for 22% of the total new job postings in Q3 2023 and were down by 35% year-on-year. Second highest were Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations, which accounted for 9% and drop by 65% year-on-year, and third highest were Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations, which were 23% of the new job postings and 69% lower year-on-year.

Top five companies in pharma industry accounted for 40% of hiring activity

The highest number of jobs were posted by Charles River Laboratories International with 120, followed by Pharmascience with 119, while the highest increase was at AstraZeneca at 37%.

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